Apple has submitted a new patent application last week that aims to introduce a new audio-sharing network feature to iOS. Although the patent relates to hearing aid technology, the feature can be applied in many other situations. Completely based off patent descriptions, the audio sharing network would be accessible by easy means through an application...
Last year, Apple sued Samsung, claiming copyright and patent infringement. The trial is scheduled to happen July 30th. Often, in these type of intellectual property disputes, the parties involved will ask that their patents be submitted sealed, as to not leak the nature of the patents to the public. Both Apple and Samsung had asked for their...
Since Apple changed the smartphone game, back in 2007, all the other smartphone manufacturers have been trying to catch up, often putting out products that are very similar to Apple's iPhone and iOS. This often results in copyright and patent disputes. Today, Patently Apple published an article reporting that Apple was just granted another patent,...
Earlier today the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple. The patent is for a specialized case that contains a built in windscreen which will reduce the wind noise while the user is making a phone call. The case is designed in two parts, an inner part and an outer bumper....
A new patent suggests that Apple is looking into new packaging that would wirelessly power the iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touches inside, while on store shelves. An RF power transmitter in the store would wirelessly send power to the packaging, acting as the receiver, and powering the device. While the obvious use for this would...
AppleInsider is reporting the a new patent filed by Apple, could bring more advanced universal remote control to iOS, via the cloud. This would work similarly to how some apps recognize certain brands or products and search a database to identify them. According to this patent, you may someday be able to just take a...
A patent covering the use of a touchscreen universal remote control has been published and the Apple filing suggests that the remote will govern the use of a number of specific products. The patent, uncovered by AppleInsider, specifically mentions the use of a “television, video tape player, video disk player, stereo, home controls, computer MP3...
Apple finds itself under legal attack from Motorola again, this time over patents related to the iPhone 4S and iCloud. FOSS Patents today is reporting that Motorola would have liked to have added these new assertions of patent infringement to an existing action which it started in 2010 but, apparently that case is already too...
Yesterday, Patently Apple released an extensive look at the patents that have been published revolving around Siri, the most exciting feature from the iPhone 4S. The patents that Apple has filed make it clear that they have every intention to embed Siri into many more of their products including a rumoured yet to be released HDTV....
Patently Apple reported yesterday that The US Patent office has granted Apple twenty-two patents and one of them is of particular interest. The patent appears to be a navigation and management system for episodic content from iTunes and television. The patent goes into detail stating that the system could: "Correspond to television shows that have...
Reeling from an 88% drop in its stock value last year, Kodak is looking to its expansive patent library as a source of recovery cash to mount a comeback. Today, the 131-year-old imaging company sued Apple and HTC over imaging patents while, yesterday, Apple’s stock hit an all-time high. FOSS Patents lays out the particular...
In response to Motorola's likely victory against Apple in a recent patent infringement lawsuit related to “emailing syncing patent”, Cupertino representative has told a German court that they are set to lose $2.7 billion if it rules in favor of Motorola, as reported by BusinessInsider. The report also claims that Apple has requested the court to demand...
