Tag: patent
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Google Starts Downgrading Speakers Due to Sonos Patent Win
Santa Barbara-based smart speaker maker Sonos has scored a major win in its patent efforts, winning a patent infringement case it had filed against Google. As a result of that win, Google has started stripping functionality from its speakers, rather th…
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Caltech Sues Samsung Over Patents After $1.1 Billion Win
The California Institute of Technology has filed a new patent infringement lawsuit, after winning $1.1 billion in damages in a patent infringement lawsuit last year against Broadcom. Caltech filed a lawsuit gainst Samsung, saying that Samsung’s Galaxy …
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Vizio Sued Over Use Of Open Source Software
Irvine-based Vizio has been sued over its use of open source software, with a group saying that Vizio should be required to share the source code underlying its televisions, due to their use of General Public License (GPL) software for its Smartcast te…
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Crown Electrokinetics Buys IBM Smart Glass Patents
Los Angeles-based Crown Electrokinetics Corp., a company that is developing smart glass technology, said this morning that it has acquired 10 patents from IBM Corporation. Financial details of the patent acquisition were not announced. According to Cro…
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Quibi To Give Up Mobile Video Technology After Lawsuit
Quibi, the short-lived, short-form-mobile-video startup run by Jeffrey Katzenberg, is transferring its mobile video technology to another company, Eko, after Eko filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Quibi. Quibi–which shut down its operations l…
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Sonos Continues To Battle Google Over Patents
Santa Barbara-based smart speaker manufacturer Sonos is continuing to battle Google over patents, asking the U.S. International Trade Commission this week to reject a judge’s blessing of a software design change to avoid infringing on Sonos patents. So…
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Sonos Gets Patent Win Over Google
Santa Barbara-based smart speaker manufacturer Sonos has scored a win in court over Google, over an intellectual property dispute over wireless audio technology. The win came when a U.S. International Trade Commission judge ruled that the patents held …