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Mobile-related patents soar

Mobile-related patents soar

...seven million patents granted both by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the European Patent Office over the last two decades. What it... Read more

19 April, 2012 by Charles Cooper

US patent reform becomes law

President Obama has signed the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, meaning that patents will be awarded depending on who files an application first rather than who comes up with the idea first Read more

19 September, 2011 by Josh Lowensohn

USPTO throws out 17 of Oracle patent's claims

...access system. Following the re-examination, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) dismissed 17 of Oracle's claims asserted in the patent citing prior... Read more

23 June, 2011
Tiff Viewer and Browser Plug-in 8.65

Tiff Viewer and Browser Plug-in 8.65

...TIFF Viewer is commonly used for editing and cleaning faxes, browsing the USPTO Web site, scanning documents for electronic archival, processing and printing digital photos... Read more

30 April, 2012

Apple wins patent for mobile payment controls

...s patent shows an 'E-Wallet' app on an iPhone Image credit: USPTO The US Patent and Trademark Office published the approved patent on Tuesday... Read more

7 March, 2012

Apple loses bid to register 'multitouch' trademark

...at the end of last week the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) turned down the application, saying Apple had not supplied enough evidence to... Read more

27 September, 2011
PatentHunter 3.5

PatentHunter 3.5

...downloads, and manages patents for free from the U.S. Patent Office (USPTO) and European Patent Office (EPO) Web sites in PDF and HTML formats... Read more

8 September, 2011

Apple applies for stylus patents

...last year, but only published by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on Thursday. One describes a stylus with a possibly-heated conductive tip... Read more

8 July, 2011

Apple gains multitouch patent for mobiles

...The patent, granted on Tuesday by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) after being filed in 2007, covers the movement of content within a... Read more

23 June, 2011 by David Meyer

Google teams up with MasterCard, Citigroup for NFC

...said. According to a filing with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on 24 March, it would also provide Google with a sneak peek... Read more

28 March, 2011

Microsoft: Apple shouldn't get App Store trademark

...Microsoft argued in a filing with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on Monday, both 'app' and 'store' are now generic terms, as evidenced... Read more

12 January, 2011

Apple begins trademark trial over 'pod'

...Trial and Appeal Board of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Sector Labs, which also sells a temperature-sensitive light for kitchen taps... Read more

26 September, 2010 by Karen Friar
Tiff Viewer for Patents 8.65

Tiff Viewer for Patents 8.65

...additional image types. The TIFF Viewer is commonly used for browsing the USPTO Web site, editing and cleaning faxes,, scanning documents for electronic archival, processing... Read more

30 April, 2012
Tiff Viewer Server With PDF 8.65

Tiff Viewer Server With PDF 8.65

...TIFF Viewer is commonly used for editing and cleaning faxes, browsing the USPTO Web site, scanning documents for electronic archival, processing and printing digital photos... Read more

30 April, 2012
Patent Searcher 2.0

Patent Searcher 2.0

...in a keyword and browsing the results. Data is sourced from the USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office). Patent Search covers the entire collection... Read more

10 March, 2012

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Dean Talboys

What a farce! Hopefully the European court will see where this is leading.

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SoapyTablet

Wouldn't surprise me if Samsung actually really had problems producing the white model (as Apple did - it would make more sense) and this non-story...

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Lonnie

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

12 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

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BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

13 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

17 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

17 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

18 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

20 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

20 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

21 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

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BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

23 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

1 day ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

1 day ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

1 day ago by Mike Denton via Facebook on Security on the farm: Accounts and permissions
minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

1 day ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths