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  Apple’s been bullish on its unibody construction style since it first integrated with the Macbooks last year and to see the unibody design in other Apple devices is not surprising at all. A new patent filed by Apple reveals that the iPod range will too get the advantages of unibody construction. Though we have [...]

  The skirmish between MS and TomTom didn’t last long. Microsoft first sued TomTom, on which TomTom countersued on the same grounds of patent infringement. Now both the companies have announced that they have reached a patent agreement which will enable them to use each other’s patents in a ‘pragmatic’ way. The agreement holds for [...]

  HTC has a successful run selling phones in European countries including Germany. But the recent developments hint that HTC may have to stop selling their phones if they don’t reach an agreement with IPCom. IPCom filed a case against HTC accusing them of infringing the ‘100 series’ patents which included UMTS related patents used [...]

  Apple has finally been granted the multi-touch patent which was filed by them way back in September 2007. The US Patent No. 7479949 is very lengthy one spanning 358 pages and details each and every aspect of the multi-touch behavior. So now it seems Tim Cook’s bold comment were not made for namesake. He [...]

  Saxon Innovations from Tyler, Texas has shouted out loud that their owned patent has been violated by gadget importing companies which include the likes of Nokia, HTC, Palm, Panasonic and RIM. The investigation is in the process, and if the International Trade Commission (ITC) finds the complaint legitimate, companies could be banned from importing [...]

  If you thought RIM’s flip-out keyboard was out of the roof, then take a look at this one. The Origami inspired patent shows a Nokia device (purportedly Communicator) sporting hinges to complete a four-way folding mechanism. Not that we are completely against it, but how can someone come up with such a uniquely bizarre [...]

  Add this one to the long list of strangest patents filed. A new patent filed by RIM hints about a future device (if any) with a flipped out SureType keyboard. The original design makes the phone look and work like any other alphanumeric phone, but flipping the two rows, transforms it into a SureType [...]

  Canon’s fuel cell dream will take its shape as a new patent has been unearthed highlighting their goal of greener photography. The patent says that the fuel cells used in the DSLR cameras will not only be used to power the camera but also the accessories hooked up with the cam. This means that [...]

  MacRumors has discovered a new patent from Apple which involves the use of solar panel to power its portable devices. Just imagine, we wouldn’t have to keep our iPods, iPhones for charging as it can be done on the go. Solar panels, however, take unnecessary space which makes it difficult to integrate it on [...]