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Nintendo’s request to have community-created mods excluded from the pool of usable “prior art” in its Tokyo District Court fight with Palworld developer Pocketpair has the gaming industry watching closely — and not because it’s a narrow procedural quibble. If the court accepts Nintendo’s...

Microsoft’s design teams have quietly filed a patent for a foldable mobile device that embeds a Surface Pro–style kickstand into the hinge-backed frame — a mechanical scheme that would let a two‑panel foldable both pop open with one hand and sit stably on a desk like a tiny Surface PC. The...

Fernando of "Fernando's Hideaway" vowed "I would rather look good than to feel good," but a new technology patented by Microsoft might permit people to both look and feel good. read more Continue reading...

Microsoft has failed in a Supreme Court bid to overturn a $290 million patent violation ruling. Not only is it the largest such award ever upheld, but this final ruling has significant consequences for patent law. Read Full Story...

Samsung has fired back at Apple with a motion that would require the company to turn over advance copies of the "final, commercial versions" of the company's unannounced next-generation iPhone and iPad by June 13, 2011. Apple and Samsung are locked in a heated dispute over whether Samsung's...

Samsung isn't taking Apple's copycat accusations lying down. The electronics giant has filed suits against the Cupertino, Calif.-based company alleging the iPhone and iPad trespass on its patents. The Samsung countersuit comes just days after Apple flat-out accused the company of stealing...

Link Removed due to 404 Error South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. said it is suing Apple Inc. for patent rights violations, only days after Apple sued Samsung for the same reason. Samsung is accusing Apple of violating its rights to 10 smartphone...

ARM + Direct Computing = Google TV Like Windows TV With Windows 8. With Microsoft’s commitment to ARM they finally started talking about Windows 8. A while back there was a huge dump of slides that leaked regarding Windows 8. One of the features listed in the slides was “Instant On”, detailed as...

Talk about lip service: Harlequin Enterprises, renowned publisher of pulp romance novels, has applied for a patent on the romantic kiss. The application, if granted, leaves open the possibility that we may one day have to pay a licensing fee to lock lips with the ones we covet. Don't start...

It appears that Microsoft is going to play the pity card in their ongoing battle with i4i and the injunction against Microsoft's use of Custom XML which i4i holds the patent to. Microsoft is, perhaps with a somewhat less cocky attitude than they displayed during the recent proceedings, now...

I find this highly unlikely, but here's the article: MICROSOFT MUST BE PANICKED that its recent loss in a US patent lawsuit could dampen the retail launch of its massively hyped Windows 7 operating system on 22 October. Last Friday it filed a sealed Emergency Motion asking for a stay of...