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Apple working on Logo Antenna for mobile devices
With Apple always looking to push the envelope, Patently Apple directs us to a newly published patent filing which details Apple’s efforts to develop new antenna technology which would be located behind Apple’s logo, enabling it to achieve a stronger signal without interference from the likes of surrounding metal, and since this is Apple, without […]
Continue reading...Apple wins important multi-touch patent
Thursday, December 9, 2010
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Patently Apple reports: Apple has been granted a crucial Multi-Touch patent relating to Master and Slave controllers used primarily in Apple’s iOS based devices. Technically speaking, however, the principles could theoretically extend to Apple’s new Magic Mouse and Trackpad as well. Apple’s patent FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary touch surface device. The patent states that […]
Continue reading...Apple patent describes Nitride coating for more durable and scratch resistant products
Friday, November 19, 2010
Originally filed on April 6, 2010, a recently published patent application from Apple indicates that the company might consider using a nitride coating on its products to make them more durable and less prone to scratching. Titled “Nitriding Stainless Steel for Consumer Electronic Products”, the patent application describes a process whereby a thin layer of […]
Continue reading...Apple granted patent to monitor and block sexting teens
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
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Originally filed in January 2008, Apple was recently granted a patent that would allow parents to enable precautionary measures that would prevent their children from sexting. Titled “Text-based communication control for personal communication device” the software described therein prevents a user from sending out or receiving texts that contain certain dirty or offensive words. Interestingly, […]
Continue reading...Apple to appeal $625.5 million patent judgement over Cover Flow patent infringement
Monday, October 4, 2010
When Steve Jobs takes the stage, hyperbole is often the name of the game. Products are typically described as ‘amazing’, ‘magical’, and ‘beautiful’, just to name a few adjectives. And while part of Jobs diction is pure showmanship, he more often than not truly buys into his own hype. One such feature that Jobs was […]
Continue reading...New patent designs from Apple showcase new dock connector for horizontal docking
Saturday, September 25, 2010
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Patently Apple recently unearthed the following patent illustrations for Apple’s iPad. As you can tell, the illustrations all feature a 30-pin dock connector located on the side of the device, a location which would enable landscape docking. Apple of course files patents for many products and designs it has no intention of ever shipping, but […]
Continue reading...Apple acquires interesting geolocation patent for targeted ads
Friday, August 20, 2010
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Patently Apple reports: Apple is taking Target Marketing seriously – very seriously. In fact we learned just yesterday that Apple has recently acquired a new powerful geo-location patent that packs quite the punch. It’s focused on delivering informative content proactively rather than reactively in response to a person’s manual query to a service or human. […]
Continue reading...Apple hit with patent suit over HTTP streaming
Friday, July 30, 2010
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BizJournals reports: Mobile phone designer Emblaze Ltd. has filed suit against Apple Inc. alleging patent infringement. Israel-based Emblaze said its U.S. patent — which it has held since 2002 — is infringed by Apple’s HTTP live-streaming application. The suit claims that Cupertino-based Apple launched its HTTP Live Streaming Standard in the middle of last year […]
Continue reading...Patent troll sues Apple and over 30 other defendants over email spam patent
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
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Like peas in a pod, another patent troll coupled with another lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Targeting 36 defendants in total, the Texas-based InNova Patent Licensing group alleges that companies as far ranging as Apple, Google, and even JCPenney are infringing on technology which helps differentiate real email from […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs not impressed with Google’s open source video format
Friday, May 21, 2010
Google is hitching its wagon to an open source and royalty free video format known as “WebM” which utilizes the Google owned VP8 codec which they acquired when they purchased On2 Technologies back in February. Google is hoping that this 1-2 punch will rival the Apple backed H.264 standard. And despite reports that Google’s move […]
Continue reading...ITC agrees to investigate Apple’s patent claims against Kodak
Friday, May 14, 2010
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The International Trade Commission (ITC) recently agreed to investigate Apple’s claims of patent infringement against Kodak. The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has voted to institute an investigation of certain digital imaging devices and related software. The products at issue in this investigation are digital still cameras, digital video cameras, and related software. The investigation […]
Continue reading...Disputing Jobs’ claim of a gathering patent pool to go after OGG
Monday, May 3, 2010
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In a recent email, Steve Jobs tried to clear up a misconception over open source software and technology governed by open standards. His reply stated: All video codecs are covered by patents. A patent pool is being assembled to go after Theora and other “open source” codecs now. Unfortunately, just because something is open source, […]
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Friday, December 24, 2010
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