Posts Tagged: blackberry
Facebook Targets Blackberry Photo Tagging Patent, Apple Takes Aim at Firstface and Continues Serial Challenges Against Nartron
Last week, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued 23 institution-phase decisions in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings, resulting in 14 IPR institutions and nine IPR denials. Two …
Other Barks & Bites for Friday, March 1
This week in Other Barks and Bites: the Senate Judiciary Committee plans to go after drug patents to promote access to generic medications; Apple faces another patent …
Other Barks & Bites for Friday, February 22
This week in Other Barks & Bites: the Chinese and U.S. governments hash out intellectual property issues; a prominent New York City politician joins the effort to …
Facebook patent infringement suit against BlackBerry looks remarkably patent troll-like
Facebook is asserting a series of patents the company has acquired from other firms, making its actions similar to those of non-practicing entities (NPEs) and remarkably patent …
Predicting Patent Number 10,000,000
The date of patent number 10,000,000 will be June 19, 2018. We feel this one is the easiest part of the prediction. We also think the USPTO will award Patent 10,000,000 …
BlackBerry Sues Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp for Willful Infringement of Mobile Communications Patents
Canadian intellectual property owner BlackBerry Limited filed a suit alleging patent infringement claims against Menlo Park, CA-based social media giant Facebook Inc. in the Central District of …
BlackBerry settles arbitration with Qualcomm, will receive $940 million for contract dispute over patent royalties
BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) announced that it had reached an agreement with San Diego, CA-based semiconductor designer Qualcomm, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM) to resolve arbitration proceedings over tech …
Other Barks & Bites for Wednesday, February 15th, 2017
On the menu this week for Other Barks & Bites... Video game systems developed by Nintendo and Sony are targeted in a patent infringement suit filed in Delaware …
Caltech’s infringement lawsuit against Apple, Broadcom is latest in university patent suit trend
According to multiple reports, the Caltech patents-in-suit are incorporated into both the 802.11n and 802.11ac wireless connectivity standards, which are used by Apple products to communicate digital …
Tech Round-Up: Toyota Invests in AI, EU Safe Harbor Invalidated, New Android Chip Designs
American business interests could be adrift at sea after the European Court of Justice invalidated the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor agreement, which governs the transfer of …
Patent landscape suggests Bluetooth Low Energy tech has largely untapped potential
The two largest patent portfolios related to BLE technologies are owned by Irvine, CA-based fabless semiconductor company Broadcom and South Korean electronics giant Samsung. A market map …
ZTE and BlackBerry have largest smartphone security portfolios, but others are catching up
In the world of smartphones, it’s looking like paranoia is becoming much more profitable in recent years. Huge security breaches at major corporations around the world …
Spherix Acquires 100 Rockstar Patents
This is likely a signal of more patent infringement lawsuits yet to come in the growing patent battle by proxy between Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Samsung, HTC (TPE: 2498) …
What is the future of BlackBerry?
When the question "What is the future of BlackBerry?" was entered into the virtual Magic 8 Ball the response was: "Don't count on it." Hardly scientific, only mildly …
RIM Tries to Patent Flexible Display for Handheld Devices
Research In Motion’s development of better mobile devices is on display in a number of intriguing documents. One application released recently outlines RIM’s development of …
