Android Royalties Exceed Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Revenue?
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The exact numbers are probably in dispute, but it’s hard to argue with the basic notion that Microsoft’s most lucrative mobile strategy over… Read more »
TiVo Earnings Soar After Patent Settlement
photo: Corbis / Kim Kulish
TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) had a great quarter-no surprise, since the numbers include a big chunk of the $500 million patent settlement it won from D… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 5-24-11: iPhone 5; Square; T-Mobile; Apple; Sony Ericsson
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Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: More confirmation of the iPhone 5 being smaller and thinner; some doubt cast on Square’… Read more »
Apple’s Letter To Lodsys: The Full Copy
We are still waiting to hear what Lodsys’ response will be to Apple’s letter to the company, in which it requests that the patent owner with… Read more »
Apple Defends App Makers, Responds To Lodsys Patent Threats
After two weeks of silence, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) attorneys have fired off a response to the legal threats against small app developers made by… Read more »
Mobile Patent War On The Little Guy Demands Response From Apple
photo: Techdirt / Mike Masnick
Apple’s iOS platform would not be the overwhelming success it currently is without the efforts of a small army of application developers lar… Read more »
Cloudy With A Chance Of Apple: How An iTunes Cloud Service Might Look
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has yet to make any public announcements on cloud-based music services, but some more details have emerged that seem to i… Read more »
Giant Patent-Holder Intellectual Ventures’ Investors Revealed In Court
Intellectual Ventures (IV) is one of the largest patent-holders in the country, and claims to hold more than 30,000 patents to its name. It… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 5-20-11: More Apple Cloud; NFC UK; iPhone China; WP7 Verizon
photo: Corbis / Vigfus Birgisson
Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) files patents that point to a cloud service; two UK operators launch… Read more »
Ericsson: Inks Outsourcing Deal With Clearwire; Interested In Nortel IP?
This is Ericsson’s week to be in the spotlight for U.S. news, it seems. The company has just announced a deal to take on the running of Clea… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 5-18-11: Ericsson/Nortel/Clearwire; Apple Trademark; Lodsys
Our look at some of the stories in mobile today: As news hits of a new outsourcing deal with Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR), Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) c… Read more »
UK Digital IP Review Wants Easier Licensing, Format-Shifting, No Fair Use
A report for the UK government has advised against implementing a U.S.-style “fair use” copyright policy, which Google had lobbied for and m… Read more »
More On Legal Threats To Apple Developers: Lodsys Explains Itself
photo: Apple
Lodsys, the company that has made legal threats against a number of independent iOS developers around their implementation of payments servi… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 5-16-11: iPhone 5; Nokia Ovi; Clearwire; Kodak; Android
photo: Nokia
Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: More reports on the so-called iPhone 5; Nokia (NYSE: NOK) ditches its Ovi brand; Sony (… Read more »
Another Apple In-App Purchase Woe: Developers Hit With Patent Complaints
Apple’s in-app purchasing system has been raising controversy among some developers unhappy with the 30 percent cut that Apple (NSDQ: AAPL)… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 05-12-11: Twitter; Corduro; Huawei/ZTE
Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: Twitter launches a new mobile web app; Google-backed mobile payments company Corduro la… Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown 05-05-11: Apple Updates; HP; Android Share; Nortel
Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) reportedly to start over-the-air OS updates; HP (NYSE: HPQ) beefs up… Read more »
Independent But Growing: Mobile Ad Network Jumptap Closes $25 Million Round
As consolidation continues in the mobile ad space — with Greystripe most recently getting bought by ValueClick (NSDQ: VCLK) — one of the r… Read more »
Steve Wozniak: On Second Thought, Paul Allen’s Patent Trolling Is Kinda Bad
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The patent lawsuit that Paul Allen filed against several of the biggest internet companies took the tech world by surprise; and many folks w… Read more »
TiVo’s Rogers: Settlement Will Provide Recurring Revenue From Licensing
TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) CEO Tom Rogers hailed the $500 million patent settlement with Dish Network (NSDQ: DISH) as a historic day for the DVR comp… Read more »
Dish Network Profit Doubles On TiVo Settlement, Subscriber Gains
The Dish Network (NSDQ: DISH) had a number of things to cheer about in Q1. In addition to the $500 million patent settlement with TiVo (NSDQ… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 05-02-11
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Dish, Echostar (NSDQ: SATS) Settle Long-Running Patent D… Read more »
Dish, Echostar Settle Long-Running Patent Dispute With $500 Million To TiVo
photo: Corbis / Kim Kulish
Following yet one more judicial strike against their case, sister companies Dish Network (NSDQ: DISH) and Echostar (NSDQ: SATS) finally have… Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown 05-02-11: Apple Cloud; Huawei/ZTE; Time/Apple; Free Apps
Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: Time (NYSE: TWX) and Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) reach a “free content” deal; more possible deta… Read more »
Barnes & Noble: Microsoft Misusing Patents To ‘Dominate’ Android
Barnes & Noble’s response to Microsoft’s lawsuit has opened a revealing window into the company’s patent attack on Android. The new filing d… Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown 04-27-11: Google Mobile Patents; White iPhone; Navteq
Our look at some of the stories in mobile today: Google (NSDQ: GOOG) looks to boost its mobile ammo by bidding for another set of moile pate… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 04-22-11: Google Lawsuits; Twitter Mobile; Apple Privacy
Our look at some of the stories in mobile today: progress on the Google/Oracle lawsuit while Google (NSDQ: GOOG) gets a setback in a Linux-r… Read more »
Eye For An i: Samsung Sues Over iPhone, iPad Patents, Fight Goes Intl
photo: Tricia Duryee
You could see this one coming from a mile away: Samsung has struck back against Apple’s patent lawsuit against it with a few of its own. The… Read more »
Nevada Lawyer Launches Patent Assault Over Media Companies’ Websites
photo: Wikimedia / U.S. Patent Office
A Nevada attorney and former tournament blackjack player says he invented-and patented-most forms of targeted online advertising. Now, Sheld… Read more »
Apple’s Throwing The Book At Samsung In New Lawsuit
photo: Tricia Duryee
In the past few years, patent lawsuits between competitors in the smartphone market have exploded. Apple’s new lawsuit against Samsung, made… Read more »
Update: Patent Plot Thickens: Apple Sues Samsung; ITC Pushes For Nokia, HTC
photo: Tom Krazit
Two developments in Apple’s various patent fights over mobile products: The company got a knock back at the U.S. International Trade Commiss… Read more »
Microsoft Faces Uphill Battle In Supreme Court Patent Fight
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has assembled an impressive coalition of corporations to support it in a landmark patent battle that the U.S. Supreme… Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown 04-18-11: Adobe; Square; Amazon Tablet; iPhone 5
photo: Adobe
Our look at some of the big stories in mobile: Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) opens its Flash kimono; Square gets a leg up from Apple; (NSDQ: AAPL) some… Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown 04-14-11: Apple Cloud, iOS; Moto/Huawei; Millennial Ads
Our look at some of the stories today in mobile: the latest Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iOS question marks on its cloud strategy and iOS devices; the… Read more »
Jay Walker Goes Nuclear: Priceline Founder Sues More Than 100 Companies
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Is Jay Walker jealous of Paul Allen? Allen got a lot of press when he sued 11 big internet companies last year, essentially saying he patent… Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown 04-12-11: HTC Sensation; iPhone 5; ZTE/Ericsson
Our look at some of the big stories today in mobile: HTC launches the HTC Sensation handset; more rumors on the iPhone 5; and ZTE takes a le… Read more »
Intellectual Ventures Gets Another Patent Licensee: Dashwire
photo: Dashwire
Intellectual Ventures has found another licensee for its trove of mobile patents, signing a deal with mobile Web services company Dashwire i… Read more »
Judge Tosses Out $625M Verdict Against Apple; Was It Just Too Big A Win?
It would have been one of the largest patent awards ever, and it would have gone to a controversial kind of plaintiff-a company that has no… Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown 04-05-11: Apple Nasdaq; Jott Shut; HP; HTC Patents
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Our look at some of the big stories today in mobile: Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) gets rebalanced on the stock exchange; Nuance closes down voice to t… Read more »
Google Goes Public With Nortel Patent Bid; Selected As Initial Bidder
Hopeful of dissuading further patent lawsuits against its Android partners, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) went public Monday with its intention to bid… Read more »
