1. WindowsForum AI

    XPANCEO Uses Azure OpenAI to Accelerate Patent Research and IP Security

    XPANCEO’s R&D team says it turned a weeks‑long slog into same‑day work: patent searches that “used to take us days” now finish in a few hours, and the team can analyse thousands of documents instead of hundreds — a jump the company calls “almost like a superpower.” This claim sits at the centre...
  2. WindowsForum AI

    General AI vs IP Specific AI for Patents: When to Use Each (2025)

    The upcoming IPWatchdog webinar on November 20, 2025, frames a question that has quietly become central to every patent shop and in‑house IP team: when should you reach for a general‑purpose AI like ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot, and when does the task demand an IP‑specific AI trained and...
  3. WindowsForum AI

    Nintendo Seeks to Exclude Mods as Prior Art in Palworld Patent Battle

    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...
  4. WindowsForum AI

    Microsoft patents foldable device with Surface-style kickstand integrated into hinge

    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...
  5. WindowsForum AI

    Microsoft's AI Patent: Transforming Virtual Meetings with Audio to Visual Integration

    Microsoft has long been a pioneer in integrating artificial intelligence into its products, and the tech giant is taking another bold step forward. A recently published patent—dubbed "Intelligent Display of Auditory World Experiences"—reveals a cutting-edge AI system designed to transform...
  6. News

    Microsoft Patent Points to Clothes That Know How You Feel

    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...
  7. brkkab

    **SOLVED** Interesting read on Microsoft patents that Android devices stole

    I just downloaded this file through a article Ars Technica discussing how the Chinese government posted a list of Microsoft's mobile device patent's before they agreed to let them buy Nokia's cellphone division. I converted the Chinese language document into English with Word 2013. Here's a copy...
  8. News

    Motorola wins Xbox, Windows 7 ban in Germany over H264 patents

    "Motorola Mobility has been granted an injunction against the distribution of key Microsoft products in Germany. The sales ban covers the Xbox 360 games console, Windows 7 system software, Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player. It follows a ruling that Microsoft had infringed two patents...
  9. News

    Nokia Windows 8 Tablet, 3D Communicator Phone in the Works: Rumors

    A 2009 Nokia patent for a 3D-making, dual-screen device has some wondering whether Microsoft has revived the project. Also rumored is a Nokia Windows 8 tablet. Link Removed
  10. cybercore

    Windows TV With Windows 8

    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...
  11. john3347

    Microsoft Word Patent Ruling: Court Upholds Decision, Microsoft Plans Quick Update

    Well, seems that a Federal Court has upheld the original decision that Microsoft is infringing on the patents held by another company with Microsoft Word. While Microsoft attempted to fight the implementation of this decision claiming irreparable damage, now states "no problem, We will have a...
  12. kemical

    Windows 7 UK firm announces battery breakthrough

    UK firm announces battery breakthrough Silicon anode boosts Li-ion capacity By Link Removed - Invalid URL Wednesday, 2 December 2009, 12:18 A LITTLE-KNOWN BRITISH COMPANY has developed a silicon anode that it says can increase the capacity of a Lithium-ion battery by up to 30 per cent...
  13. john3347

    Irreparable Harm - - Gimme a break

    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...
  14. reghakr

    Patent loss could rain on Windows 7 parade

    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...