Patents Stories for 2011

IBM Granted Your-Paychecks-Are-What-You-Eat Patent 455
Techrights Recommends An Apple Boycott 542
Amazon Patents Deducing Religion From Gift Wrap 164
ITC Judge: Motorola Mobility Infringed Microsoft Patent 141
China Now Top Patent Filer 135
Apple Patents Using Apps During Calls 434
BT Sues Google Over Android 214
Google Awarded Driverless Vehicle Patent 121
Amazon Granted Location Tracking Patent 68
German Court Issues Injunction Against iPhone & iPad 349
Apple Transfers Patents Through Shell Company To Sue All Phone Makers 422
Royalty-Free MPEG Video Proposals Announced 108
Apple Loses Tablet Battle In Australia 159
IBM Watson To Battle Patent Trolls 93
Supreme Court Legitimizing Medical Patents? 251
How To Avoid Infringing On Apple's Patents 323
Patent Expires On Best Selling Drug of All Time 491
Google Throws /. Under Bus To Snag Patent 584
Australian Federal Court Ends Ban On Samsung Galaxy Tab Sales 129
IPCom Trying To Ban HTC's 3G Phone Sales In Germany 35
Doom 3 Source Released 187
ITC Rules Apple Does Not Infringe S3 Graphics Patents 81
Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Google Chase 'Got Milk?' Patents 250
B&N Pummels Microsoft Patent Claims With Prior Art 332
Microsoft Patent Aims To Curb Obnoxious Employee Behavior 312
Apple's New Patent Weapon — Location Services 323
Barnes & Noble Names Microsoft's Disputed Android Patents 386
B&N Sought DoJ Inquiry Over Microsoft Patents 162
Apple Faces Temporary iPhone, iPad Ban In Germany 193
Google's Patent Lawyer On Why the Patent System Is Broken 260
Spanish Firm Wins Tablet Case Against Apple 151
White House Responds To Software Patents Petition 276
The Software Patent Debate Is Incorrectly Framed 274
Who 'Owns' the Google Driverless Car IP? 129
Oracle-Google Trial Won't Start Until Next Year 60
Apple Granted Patent For Slide To Unlock 622
Microsoft Now Collects Royalties From Over Half of All Android Devices 241
Galaxy Nexus Designed To Avoid Infringing Apple Patents 226
EU Court Rules Against Stem Cell Patents For Research 84
Samsung Vs. Apple Tit-For-Tat Down Under 313
Dutch Court Rejects Samsung Patent Claims Against Apple 148
Microsoft Pays $44 Million To Samsung and Nokia For Mango Marketing 147
Samsung Lawyer Fails To Differentiate iPad and Galaxy Tab In Court 495
Acacia Sues Amazon Over Kindle Fire 126
UN Bigwig: The Web Should Have Been Patented and Licensed 411
Apple Tries To Patent 3rd Party In-App Purchasing 244
Patents Google Bought From IBM Are "Weak" 78
Samsung Seeking Ban of iPhone 4S in Europe 331
Patent Troll Says Anyone Using Wi-Fi Infringes 436
Facebook Files For a Patent To Track Its Users On Other Sites 133
Australia Reviews Tier-Two Software Patents 11
Estimating Age With Kinect's 3D Camera To Filter Content 102
How Google Drove Samsung Away 231
Patent Trolls In Biotechnology 50
Samsung Joins Ranks of Android Vendors Licensing Microsoft Patents 186
Apple Says Samsung 3G Patents Violate RAND Requirements 282
Will Google TV Owe Royalties For Universal Search? 91
Microsoft Patents Module-Based Smartphone 101
IBM Seeks Patent On Retailer-Rigged Driving Routes 150
The Looming Video Codec Fight 235
Tax Loopholes No Longer Patentable 278
Patent Attorney Breaks Down Impact of the America Invents Act 142
Samsung May Try To Block Next iPhone In Europe Too 271
Casio Paying Microsoft To Use Linux 262
Samsung Plans To Block the iPhone 5 In Korea 178
Obama To Sign 'America Invents Act of 2011' Today 244
Intel Mandates Universities Receiving Funds Not File Patents 223
Amazon's Bezos Seeks Spacecraft Patents 71
Two Rambus Patents Invalidated By USPTO 74
German Court Upholds Ban On Samsung Galaxy Tab 314
Patent Reform Bill Passes Senate 368
Nintendo Faces Patent Suit Over the Wii 91
HTC Sues Apple Using Google Patents 342
Bill Gates Patents 'Virtual Entertainment' 141
Why Patent Reform Won't Happen Anytime Soon 110
Evaluating Patent Troll Myths 167
Samsung Halts Galaxy Tablet Promotion In Germany 325
Google Patents Glove For "Seeing With Your Hand" 58
Judge Nixes, Lowers Oracle's $1.3B Award Against SAP 48
Dutch Court Says Android 2.3 Violates Apple Patents 195
Interview With 'Idiot' Behind Key Software Patent 223
Samsung Cites 2001: A Space Odyssey In Apple Patent Case 432
Motorola's Most Important 18 Patents 137
EU Central Court Could Validate Software Patents 77
Motorola's Identity Crisis 135
More Photoshopped Evidence In Apple v. Samsung 345
The Dark Side of the Tech Patent Wars 196
13-Year-Old Uses Fibonacci Sequence For Solar Power Breakthrough 410
Appeals Court Makes It Easier To Dump Software Patents 109
Apple Patents Cutting 3.5mm Jack in Half 369
USPTO Issues 8,000,000th Patent 108
Analysis of Google's Motorola Acquisition 311
Patent Applications Hint Apple Wants To Eliminate Printer Drivers 323
Google Takes a Small Step in Lodsys Patent-Troll Case 83
Motorola To Collect Royalties For Android 176
What If Tim Berners-Lee Had Patented the Web? 154
Jeff Bezos Wants To Put an Airbag In Your iPhone 102
Google Patents Telling Time 267
Apple Sued Over OS X Quick Boot 196
Sale of Samsung Galaxy Tab Blocked in the EU 412
Patent Troll Lawyer Sanctioned Over Extortion Tactics 147
What If Android Lost the Patent War? 248
Finding Fault With the Low, Low Price of Android 364
The Story Behind Recent Patent Reform 102
Google Accuses Competitors of Abusing Patents Against Android 294
US Patent Regime Is Absurd 202
Email In Oracle-Google Case Will Remain Public 114
Apple Blocks Sale of Galaxy Tab 10.1 In Australia 316
Ask Slashdot: Using Code With an Expired Patent? 139
Nortel Patent Sale Gets DoJ Review 109
Ruling Upholds Gene Patent In Cancer Test 173
MPEG LA Says 12 Parties Have Essential WebM Patents 136
Google Buys IBM Patents 72
Spotify Sued For Patent Infringement 151
HTC Ready For Apple Patent War 98
Microsoft Extending Linux Patent Deal With SUSE 68
When Patents Attack — the NPR Version 87
Lodsys Now Suing EA, Atari, Rovio and More 84
UK Developers Quit US App Store Over Patent Fears 192
HTC Infringed Apple Patents, Says ITC's Initial Determination 230
Apple Hopes To Drop Samsung As Chip Supplier 107
Apple Patents Portrait-Landscape Flipping 354
W3C Chastises Apple On HTML5 Patenting 126
Did Google Knowingly Violate Java Patents? 148
Apple Chief Patent Lawyer Leaves After Android Loss 101
Apple Wants To Block Some HTC Products From US Under Tariff Act of 1930 297
Why No War Over MS's Android Patent Shakedown? 174
Apple Ordered To Pay $8M For Playlist Patents 104
Debian, SFLC Publish Patent Advice For Community Distros 63
Harmony Project Pushes Lawyers Off FOSS's Back 45
Ask Slashdot: Open Patent Licenses? 96
HTC To Buy S3 Graphics From VIA 90
Patent Troll Goes After Notebook Cooling 131
Microsoft's Hottest New Profit Center: Android 276
More Oracle Patents Declared Invalid 150
Google Bid Pi Billion Dollars For Nortel Patents 213
Nortel Patents Go To Apple, Microsoft, Sony and Others 121
Google Patents Censorship of "Annoying" Content 114
Facebook Locks Down Social Gift Giving Patent 185
Another Android Device Maker Signs Patent Agreement With Microsoft 203
Microsoft's Virtual Skywriting Patent App Features the Real Thing 66
A Generation of Software Patents Examined 53
USPTO Rejects Many of Oracle's Android Claims 154
US House Takes Up Major Overhaul of Patent System 205
New Apple Multi-Touch Patent Is Too Broad 310
18 Months In Prison For Making iPad 2 Cases 285
Oracle Thinks Google Owes $6.1 Billion In Damages 243
Bittorrent and uTorrent Sued For Patent Violations 182
Xiph.org Comments For the FTC's Patents Workshop 65
Software Patent Reform Happening Now 130
GM Patents Data Mining Method For Refining the Chevy Volt 113
Apple Patents Tech to Stop iPhones Filming in Venues 391
Apple Agrees To Pay Licensing Fees To Nokia 205
Lodsys Expands Patent Lawsuit to 10 More Companies 75
Ask Slashdot: Reducing Software Patent Life-Spans? 274
Supreme Court Rules Against Microsoft In i4i Case 162
Patented Gestures Detailed 87
UK Launches 'Peer To Patent' Pilot Project 78
Apple Camera Patent Lets External Transmitters Disable Features 268
Lodsys Sues 7 iPhone Devs Over Patent Infringement Claims 123
Paul Allen's Lawsuit Patents To Be Reexamined 57
HTC Is Paying Microsoft $5 For Every Android Phone 261
Apple Defends App Makers Against Lodsys 108
EFF Presses Apple To Indemnify Developers 93
Facebook's Broad Patent On Digital Media Tagging 61
Lodsys Responds To In-App Purchasing Patent Controversy 158
Appeals Court Throws Out Rambus Patent Ruling 36
Small Devs Attacked Over In-App Purchase Button Patent 229
Yahoo Beats Patent Troll That Beat Google 82
Oracle's Android Claims Cut By 98% 130
Red Hat CEO On Patent Trolls: Just Pay Them Off 167
Woz and the RCA Character-generator Patent 219
Court Approves Google's Bid For Nortel's IP 130
Patent 5,893,120 Reduced To Pure Math 323
Oracle, Google Move To Streamline Java Suit 49
Google Announces WebM Community Cross Licensing 120
The Real Reason Apple Is Suing Samsung 514
Google Loses Bedrock Suit, All Linux May Infringe 347
DOJ Limits Microsoft's Purchase of Novell Patents 35
Linux Patent Protection Network Lures Facebook, HP 106
A Cheat Sheet To the Mobile-Patent Mess 42
Justices Question Microsoft's Vision of Patent Law 106
Apple Sues Samsung Over Galaxy Phones and Tablets 465
Supreme Court To Hear Microsoft-i4i Case Monday 105
Patent Troll Going After Alzheimer's Researchers 116
Apple Wins $625.5 Million Ruling Over Cover Flow 113
The Biggest Legal Danger For Open Source? 161
Google Reaffirms Stance Against Software Patents 197
Robert Bunsen, Open Source Pioneer? 127
Ridiculous Software Patents: a Developer's Nemesis 173
US ITC May Reverse Judge's Ruling In Kodak vs. Apple 101
Apple Wins a Round In Patent Battle With Nokia 90
Google Mobile-Payment Patent Raises Privacy Flags 83
37 Android Patent Lawsuits 154
USPTO Gives Google Patent For Doodles 150
US Gov't Sides Against Microsoft In i4i Patent Case 193
Microsoft Continues Android Legal Assault 344
Red Hat Paid $4.2m To Settle Patent Suit 48
Dutch Court Lifts PlayStation 3 Seizure Order 95
European Court of Justice Rejects Stem-Cell Patents 92
'Son of ACTA' Worse Than Original 288
Novell Sale Delayed Due To Patent Investigation 31
Microsoft Patent Deems Comic Books Shameful 209
Senate Passes Landmark Patent Reform Bill 362
DOJ Anti-trust Investigation of MPEG-LA 149
Microsoft, Google Sue Troll Who Sued 397 Companies 176
Lobbyists Attack UK Open Standards Policy 168
Oil Companies Patent Trolling Biofuel Production 183
Google Asks USPTO To Reexamine Four Oracle Patents 122
MPEG Continues With Royalty-free MPEG Video Codec Plans 139
MPEG LA Attempts To Start VP8 Patent Pool 186
LG Wants PlayStation 3 Banned From US Market 165
Senate Panel Backs Patent Overhaul Bill 243
Stem Cell Research Running Into IP Brick Walls 131
Microsoft Sues TiVo 112
Apple Files Patent For Display Mouse 156
Are Google's Patents Too Weak To Protect Android? 257
30% More Patents Issued in 2010 77
Microsoft Seeks Do-Let-The-Bed-Bugs-Bite Patent 176
Microsoft Fights Apple Trademark On 'App Store' 425
Intel To Pay NVIDIA Licensing Fees of $1.5 Billion 135
Microsoft Lays Claim To Patent On 'Fans' 114
Zynga and Blizzard Sued Over Game Patent 179
Apple Patent Hints at Net-Booting Cloud Strategy 156
Groklaw — Don't Go Home, Go Big 230
Microsoft Patents Looks-Are-Everything Dating 192