Patents Stories for 2022

Intel Settles To Escape $4 Billion Patent Suit with VLSI 11
23 Years Ago, Amazon Gave Barnes & Noble a 1-Click Patent Lawsuit For Xmas 54
Apple Satellite Plans May Extend Beyond Emergencies, Suggests New Patent 28
After US Sanctions, Huawei Seeks New Revenue By Licensing Its 5G Patents to Rival 15
Amazon Joins Open Invention Network 4
Fintech Giant 'The Clearing House' Joins Open-Source Patent Protection Powerhouse OIN 6
Apple Loses Second Bid To Challenge Qualcomm Patents At US Supreme Court 22
Meta Ordered To Pay $175 Million For Copying Green Beret Veteran's App 36
Coinbase Sued For Patent Infringement Over Crypto Transfer Technology 17
Intel, Which Coined The Term 'Patent Troll', Makes Deal With Patent Troll To 'Monetize' Unused Patents 31
Moderna Sues Pfizer Over Covid-19 Vaccine Patents 68
Google Sues Sonos Over Voice Control Technology 17
Inventors Must Be Human, Federal Circuit Rules in Blow To AI 78
Apple's Patent History Reveals a Major Push Into Autos 28
IPhone Sales Banned In Colombia 42
UK Decides AI Still Cannot Patent Inventions 20
Supreme Court Rejects Apple's Bid To Continue Fighting Over Two Qualcomm Patents 16
The Ohio State University Officially Trademarks the Word 'THE' 113
RED Sues Nikon For Infringing On Its Video Compression Patents 76
GNOME Patent Troll Gets Stripped of Patent Rights 40
Russia Says Its Businesses Can Steal Patents From Anyone In 'Unfriendly' Countries 256
Open Source Zone Grinds Away At Patent Trolls 30
BlackBerry's 5G Phone Is Officially Dead 19
Alarm Raised After Microsoft Wins Data-Encoding Patent 46
BlackBerry Sells Mobile and Messaging Patents For $600 Million 55
Sony Is Working On 3D Scanner That Can Put Real-World Items Into Video Games 38
Google Found To Have Violated Sonos Patents, Blocking Import of Google Devices 100

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