In light of the much-publicised dispute over handset design patents between Apple and Samsung, many commentators have cast Samsung as the “fast-follower”, while Apple is pushing at the frontier of innovation…
Features patented by Apple were reproduced by Samsung, costing the latter US$1.5 billion.
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Last Friday, a US jury delivered its verdict in one US front of the ongoing patent war between Apple and Samsung. The bottom line? The jury ordered Samsung to pay Apple roughly US$1.5 billion for patent…
Biotech patents are worth big money, so companies would fiercely resist a compulsory licence.
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We’re in for another round of the biotech patent wars, with announcement the Productivity Commission will inquire into the compulsory licensing of patents. If adopted, compulsory licensing could increase…
The Galaxy Tab 10.1 could be in Australian shops by tomorrow.
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Santa has arrived early this year, with good news for consumers, lawyers, journalists and people who wonder about the legitimacy of Australian patent law.
Yesterday, the Australian Federal Court released…
Patent acquisition is a delicate game of balance and counterbalance.
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The patent wars took a bizarre turn this week.
Samsung, currently defending itself against a legal move by Apple to have four Samsung smartphones and tablets banned from America due to alleged patent…
It can be hard to know where the next bit of hypercharged rhetoric will come from.
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If you believe the hype, the “patent wars” are well and truly underway.
Google announced last week it will buy Motorola Mobility to get access to 15,000 of the handset manufacturer’s patents and HTC…
The proposed buyout of Motorola Mobile is Google’s largest acquisition.
Google surprised the entire tech industry last night by announcing it is acquiring Motorola Mobility, the maker of Droid smartphones and Xoom tablets, for US$12.5 billion in cash.
This move, the largest…
