Patents do give a hint of what companies are contemplating for us in the future. Here’s a latest patent filed by Sony that envisions of giving us a single universal controller for various type of consoles. The patent says the controller is able to “emulate the controllers of popular game consoles, such as…the PlayStation, […]
Microsoft loses Office patent appeal
Microsoft and i4i have been entangled in a legal battle related to handling of XML files in Office for quite some time. The judgment back in May favored i4i awarding them $200m in damages but it did not halt sales of infringing Word and Office copies. However, yesterday the U.S. Court of Appeals for […]
HTC patents capacitive stylus to give resistive-like accuracy
Depending on the type of display, touchscreen phones can either give the high sensitivity of capacitive or accuracy of resistive screen. RIM has already applied for a patent to give the best of both worlds and it looks like HTC is following the suit but in a different way. The recent patent application reveals […]
RIM patent for hybrid resistive/capacitive touchscreen
Ask a company and they would give rational reasons so as to why one should go with capacitive or resistive touchscreens. But giving this one of a kind to a consumer defeats the advantages other type of screen has to offer. This is why, Research in Motion has come up with a novel solution. […]
Patent reveals PS3 will use ‘anything’ as the controller in the future
It looks as if Sony has pulled a similar thing to Microsoft’s Project Natal but with a major difference that the Japanese company’s version uses everyday objects as the controllers. A new patent filed by Sony shows that any three dimensional object in the real world could act as a controller for a PS3 […]
Apple iPods to get the unibody treatment?
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 […]
Microsoft and TomTom drop patent lawsuits, settle differences
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 could be barred from selling phones in Germany
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 […]
USPTO rewards Multi-Touch patent to Apple
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 […]
Patent infringement haunts Nokia, Palm and RIM
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 […]