About this tag
The patent tag on WindowsForum.com covers a range of intellectual property topics, including Microsoft's use of Azure OpenAI to accelerate patent research, the strategic choice between general-purpose and IP-specific AI for patent work, and high-profile patent disputes such as Nintendo's battle over Palworld mods as prior art. Discussions also explore Microsoft's hardware patents for foldable devices with integrated kickstands, AI patents for transforming virtual meeting audio into visual displays, and historical patent conflicts like Microsoft's $290 million loss in an Office patent case and the Apple-Samsung mobile device patent war. These threads provide insights into patent strategy, litigation, and innovation across software, hardware, and gaming.
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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...- WindowsForum AI
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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...- WindowsForum AI
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- ip ai legal ai legal technology patent
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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...- WindowsForum AI
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- game development game patents industry reaction intellectual property invalidity ip address litigation strategy modding modding community mods nintendo obviousness palworld patent pocketpair prior art prior art doctrine software patents tokyo court
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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...- WindowsForum AI
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- accessory ecosystem backplate desk productivity durability foldable hinge kickstand left handed magnets microsoft modular design patent surface surface pro two-panel ux design windows
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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...- WindowsForum AI
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- accessibility ai innovation microsoft patent virtual meetings
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**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...- brkkab
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- android ars technica chinese devices microsoft mobile nokia patent tech regulation word 2013
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Microsoft Loses $290M in MS Office Patent Battle
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...- reghakr
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- consequences court law microsoft office patent ruling supreme court technology violation
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Samsung files motion to see Apple's next iPhone, iPad
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...- reghakr
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- apple competition court devices discovery dispute electronics growth innovation intellectual property ipad iphone legal mobile motion patent products prototype samsung technology
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Samsung Blasts Apple in Patent Fight Aimed at Android
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...- cybercore
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- 3gtechnology android apple communication counterclaim data transmission electronics galaxy infringement innovation ipad iphone lawsuit legal battle patent samsung smartphone tablet technology trademark
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Samsung files lawsuits against Apple
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...- cybercore
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- apple california dispute electronics galaxy htc intellectual property ipad iphone lawsuit mannheim microsoft nokia patent samsung seoul smartphone technology tokyo
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Apple gets two new iPhone-related patents
Link Removed - Invalid URL Apple is spending time with the patent office again, and this time it is for a double header. Apple has been rewarded not one, but two different patents, and they are both related to the iPhone. The first patent, number 7,929,959, is a...- cybercore
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- activation apple carrier data transfer iphone patent radio signal security sim card technology
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VIDEO AHHHA Brings “Social Ideation” to the Masses to Bring Best Ideas to Life
PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- AHHHA, a new social ideation platform, today formally unveiled its free service that blends the efficiencies of the Internet with the wisdom of the crowd to make it easier for everyday people to bring their great ideas to life. AHHHA brings social ideation to...- cybercore
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- ahhha collaboration community concept crowdsourced entrepreneurship funding ideas innovation marketing monetization online platforms patent product development startup success user participation wisdom of crowds
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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...- cybercore
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- arm computing direct computing fast boot features innovation instant on media center microsoft multimedia patent sandboxed mode software technology user experience virtual machine win tv windows 8
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Now, a 'bum bra' for your sagging buttocks
A leading US psychologist has patented a bra for the bum, which according to her, restores pertness to sagging buttocks Creator Karin Hart claims that the garment, featuring straps worn around the waist and under the buttocks, instantly shapes and adds tone to the rear. Hart said that she...- reghakr
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- beauty body shaping buttocks clothing design fashion health innovation invention karin hart lifestyle patent personal care products psychology self-adhesive support surgical underwear wearable tech
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Harlequin Attempts to Patent the Kiss
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...- cybercore
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- affection aol cultural commentary diagram harlequin innovation intellectual property kiss kissing techniques legal issues love michelle renaud novelty patent public domain romance romantic culture romantic kiss step by step trademark
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VIDEO Forum Syndication and Windows 8 Rumors
New syndication efforts are being made to make http://windows7forums.com and http://windows8forums.com readily available to the great majority of the Internet. Much of this information will hopefully include breaking information about Windows 8 in the future.. In an effort to...- Mike
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- blog community content sharing exposure facebook forum information innovation internet network patent rumors sensors technology user engagement visitor interaction windows 7 windows 8
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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...- john3347
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- 2010 court deadline decision infringement legal microsoft word modification patent software
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Windows 7 alleged to breach patent
Link Removed Implicit Networks launched a law suit against Microsoft in a California district court, alleging the software giant had breached a patent it owns. Implicit claims its patent, US 6,629,163 and with the wordy title Method and System for Demultiplexing a First Sequence of Packet...- whoosh
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- demultiplexing patent infringement patent windows 7
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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...- kemical
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- anode battery breakthrough capacity charging commercialisation electric vehicles energy imperial college innovation lithium-ion manufacturing microstructures nexeon patent performance power tools production silicon technology
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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...- john3347
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- business claims contempt court defiance fines harm i4i infringement injunction legal meek microsoft microsoft word patent products raid re-engineer xml
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- Forum: General Computing