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Image: Apple's iPod-like patent

News Apple has filed this patent for an iPod-like device that has a touch-sensitive bezel around the display and can toggle between different operating states.

27 October 2006, 10:03

Sony files patent, but won't release gaming phone yet

News Sony Ericsson has filed a US patent application for a mobile device with videogame features, but said on Monday that it is not poised to launch a phone based on its PlayStation Portable videogame brand.

12 June 2007, 9:43

NSA granted Net location-tracking patent

News The National Security Agency in the U.S.has obtained a patent on a method of figuring out an Internet user's geographic location. Patent 6,947,978, granted on Tuesday, describes a way to discover someone's physical location by comparing it to a...

23 September 2005, 10:27

Apple patent reignites iPhone rumours

News A newly published Apple patent application has reignited rumours of the almost mythical 'iPhone', on the eve of a press event in San Francisco. Last week the US Patent and Trademark office published a patent application that Apple made in March...

12 September 2006, 11:45

Google employees patent wireless ideas

News The US Patent and Trademark Office has published three wireless-related patents filed by Google employees, as the search giant seeks to delve deeper into the wireless market. The patent applications, filed in 2004 and published earlier this month...

28 March 2006, 10:20

Creative wins patent for MP3 player interface

News Creative Technology said on Tuesday it has been awarded a patent for a user interface found in its portable media players and in competing devices, such as Apple's iPod. The digital entertainment company said that on 9 August it received US Patent...

1 September 2005, 9:42

Is the Wiimote violating a patent?

News Nintendo of America has been sued by Interlink Electronics over alleged patent infringement in its Wii console's remote control. Interlink, a Los Angeles-based company specialising in remote controls and electronic-signature technology, filed suit...

12 December 2006, 8:39

Apple attempts to patent 'tamper-resistant software'

News Apple, which is in the process of switching to computers based on the omnipresent Intel processor, has filed a patent application describing a method for securely running Mac OS X on specific hardware.

10 November 2005, 9:06

US patent litigants target DVRs

News Forgent Networks, which has so far garnered more than $100m in fees on its so-called JPEG patent, is going after the digital video recorder industry. Others have said that patent offices need to provide a method for early dispute resolution and...

13 April 2005, 14:25

Google tries to patent Web syndication ads

News Google is claiming that it has invented a unique way to distribute online advertising via syndicated news feeds -- and it wants a patent for the technology. If granted, the patent would presumably give Google the exclusive rights for "incorporating...

1 August 2005, 10:28

Microsoft and Apple in iPod patent tussle

News While Microsoft has struggled to challenge the iPod in the marketplace, the software behemoth's lawyers have managed to slow Apple's attempt to patent its digital music technology. In a ruling issued last month, a patent examiner rejected Apple's...

15 August 2005, 10:18

Creative sues Apple over iPod patent suit

News In both cases, Creative says that the iPod and iPod nano infringe on a patent the company has for its Zen player's interface, a patent granted last August. Creative chief executive Sim Wong Hoo said in December that it would "aggressively pursue...

16 May 2006, 11:05

News.blog: Apple to strike a new multitouch chord?

News A recent Apple patent filing spotted by Macsimum News, among others, covers technology described as a "multitouch gesture dictionary". It's basically a way of assigning certain tasks, such as opening an application, to a series of gestures and...

3 August 2007, 10:06

News.blog: Motorola going green?

News Motorola is up to new tricks with its recent patent for a mobile phone display that doubles as a solar cell. We have no idea which phone model Motorola would outfit with the technology but it appears a Razr Maxx Ve showed up in the patent filing.

24 May 2007, 10:41

Photos: Lego celebrates 50 years

News Yesterday, Lego celebrated the 50th anniversary of the day it filed its first patent for the iconic plastic brick. The Lego system was first unveiled in 1955, before the patent for the now-iconic plastic brick was filed.

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29 January 2008, 8:52