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S'pore followed global process for 'patent troll'

News Singapore's intellectual property office says it approved controversial image-linking patent based on processes accepted in an international treaty.

Thursday, June 05 2008 07:39 PM

Tags: Patents, International governments, Local Government, Patent, Patent Troll, Philippines, Spokesperson, Singapore, intellectual property, prior art

Apple patent filings hint at iPhone evolution

News MacRumors uncovers two new patent applications from Apple that detail some new features that could be added to its marquee smartphone.

Friday, April 17 2009 11:15 AM

Tags: Patents, Development/design, Next-generation technology/networks, Apple Inc., Mobile, Video Conferencing, Mobile Device, Video, Apple iPhone, blog

Microsoft patents means of limiting software

News Windows maker has been granted a patent on a technology that makes it easy to limit certain features of an operating system only to the particular edition a user has purchased.

Thursday, May 21 2009 11:50 AM

Tags: Patents, Business applications, Microsoft Corp., Patent, Microsoft Windows 7, Media Center PC, computer, Hardware, software, Microsoft Windows

HTC magnet-on-a-stick tackles touchscreen writing

News New HTC patent application points to a novel way of combining capacitive touchscreens with stylus use--putting a magnetic head on the stylus.

Monday, August 17 2009 10:35 AM

Tags: Cellular phones, Smart phones, Research In Motion Ltd., Touch Screen, High Tech Computer Corp., Smart phones, Cellular phones, patent application

Apple files 'swipe-gesture' patent application

News Technology lets touchscreen users perform certain common functions, such as inserting a space or backspacing by swiping across the key area rather than tapping a particular key.

Sunday, December 28 2008 10:32 PM

Tags: Patents, Handhelds, Apple Inc., touchscreen keyboard, Touch Screen, intellectual property, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, keyboard, News.com, Apple iPhone

Microsoft outlines pay-per-use PC vision

News A Microsoft patent application details a business model whereby the user gets a free or heavily subsidized PC but is charged for usage time, application and performance.

Tuesday, December 30 2008 07:52 AM

Tags: Patents, Personal Computers, Consumer Technology, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Performance Level, Graphics, Computer, performance, software

Apple patent application blends touch, voice, face

News If it ever comes to pass, new Apple technology could let you manipulate an object onscreen using a combination of multitouch, voice recognition, and 'gaze vector' commands.

Friday, September 05 2008 04:15 AM

Tags: Business applications, Patents, Smart phones, Mac OS, Apple Inc., Facial Recognition, Apple Macintosh, voice recognition, Computer, Voice

Apple applies for touch-screen Mac patent

News A recent patent application filed on behalf of Apple describes technology for controlling a touch-screen Mac tablet with iPhone-like gestures and controls.

Friday, August 29 2008 10:54 AM

Tags: Personal Computers, Notebooks and tablets, Mac OS, Patents, Apple Inc., Patent, Tablet, Apple Macintosh, Touch Screen, software

Google files patent for wave-powered floating data center

News A recently unearthed Google patent applications sketches a comprehensive system for a floating data center powered by wave motions and cooled by the sea's water.

Tuesday, September 09 2008 03:57 AM

Tags: Data centers, Patents, Patent, Google Inc., theory, Scotland, financial, U.S., Larry Dignan, data center

Google reveals wireless hopes in a patent

News The company's definition of a truly open wireless network is in conflict with how wireless operators do business today.

Monday, September 29 2008 11:21 AM

Tags: Patents, Mobile/Wireless, Patent, Security, Google Inc., Wireless, device manufacturer, phone, Wi-Fi, network

Microsoft pushes for single global patent system

News Redmond wants to see a single world patent body established to "promote innovation, enrich knowledge, and encourage competition".

Thursday, September 03 2009 09:43 AM

Tags: Business applications, Patents, Patent, Innovation, Intellectual Property Right, intellectual property, Texas, Free Software Foundation, Patents, XML

Apple patents point to haptics, fingerprints, RFID

News Three just-published patent applications hint at company's future plans, but it is not clear when the features will be built into iPhones or other Apple devices.

Tuesday, July 07 2009 12:24 PM

Tags: Patents, Network infrastructure, Smart phones, Apple Inc., Authentication, Patent, RFID, Touch Screen, keyboard, Apple iPhone

Microsoft gets 10,000th patent

News After five years of pushing for more patents, Microsoft has finally broken into five digits when it comes to the number of U.S. patents issued.

Wednesday, February 11 2009 07:14 AM

Tags: Patents, Best strategies, Benefits, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Patent, Online Game, Computer, Worker, Microsoft Surface