Patents

Facebook sues BlackBerry for allegedly stealing six patented technologies

Facebook has accused BlackBerry for infringement of a total of six protected technologies.

Microsoft Surface phone may come with a 'page flipping' feature, patent suggests

A Microsoft patent shows a device with dual screen, just how Surface phone is rumoured to look like.

Apple faces potential ban on import of certain iPhones as battle with Qualcomm heats up

If the ITC judge decides to ban some iPhone imports, Qualcomm could use that to try to persuade Apple to settle or drop several of the other patent cases.

Innovate in India: The country cannot afford to wait any longer for a robust intellectual property rights regime

India’s patent productivity is quite low compared to that of Japan, US, South Korea, and China. Patents being filed in India are 17 to a million people.

Xiaomi has filed for 6,324 patents and 53 percent are trademarked outside China, says CEO Lei Jun

Xioami has made a considerable improvement in terms of patents filed by the company in last one year. It has filed 1,518 more patents within the period.

R&D Expenditure in India has more than tripled from 2004-05 to 2014-15

It is estimated that R&D expenditure could have further gone up to Rs. 94,516 crore in 2015-16 and crossed the Rs One lakh crore mark in 2016-17.

US pressure on India to grant more patents on pharma products 'appalling', say health advocates

Top health advocates have called the attempt by the US to pressure India to grant additional patents on drugs and vaccines as “appalling” and are writing a letter to a US lawmaker to register their protest

Samsung unit in India tops charts for filing IT patents

Samsung R&D Institute India filed the maximum number of patent applications in the IT sector in 2015-16, followed by home-grown TCS and Wipro.

Brocade Awarded Permanent Injunction In Intellectual Property Theft Case

A San Jose federal court confirmed a $60 million damages verdict against A10 Networks and entered an order permanently enjoining A10 from infringing on Brocade's patents.

Apple Awarded $1 Bn In Patent Fight With Samsung

Apple scored a huge victory as a federal jury in California found rival Samsung guilty of "wilful" violations of a number of Apple's patents.