Japan-based solar firm Kyocera obtained a patent for 3-busbar solar cell structure in Japan on September 4, 2012. According to foreign media reports, the firm may use the patent to...
AU Optronics (AUO) has announced that it has signed patent cross-licensing agreements with E Ink Holdings and its subsidiary in South Korea, Hydis Technologies. The parties have agreed...
As recently as ten years ago, patents were almost entirely a positive thing for companies. They were the embodiment of a firm's innovative energy, both spurring the creation of new...
Nokia and HTC may engage in a new round of patent lawsuits over Windows Phone 8 models released recently by the two vendors due to their similar designs, according to industry sour...
Intellectual Ventures (IV) has announced that it has reached settlement agreements with SK Hynix and Elpida Memory, and resolved all pending patent infringement litigation with both...
The iPhone 5 has made a strong debut in terms of design, Retina display, A6 chip, adding 4G LTE, and an upgraded camera that is likely to impact non-iPhone smartphones. The impact...
The Intellectual Property Court of Taiwan on August 17, 2012, ruling on a case where DAI-ICHI SEIKO Co., LTD. (I-PEX) accused CHIEF LAND Electronic Co., LTD. (Starconn) of infringing...
E Ink, the world's largest electronic paper display (EPD) supplier has signed a patent cross-licensing agreement with Sharp to use TFT and LCD technologies.
SemiLEDs Corporation, a developer and manufacturer of LED chips and LED components, has announced that SemiLEDs and Cree have agreed to end their respective patent infringement litigation...
InterDigital and Intel have announced that certain of InterDigital's subsidiaries have signed a definitive agreement to sell to Intel roughly 1,700 patents and patent applications...
Nichia has announced that the company has made an appeal with the Supreme Court of Japan against a Japan Patent Office's ruling in favor of Everlight Electronics over a patent disp...
Everlight Electronics recently filed an invalidation action with the Japan Patent Office against Nichia Corporation's YAG white light LED patent JP3503139 and has received the decision...
Lumenpulse, a manufacturer of high performance, architectural LED-based lighting solutions for commercial, institutional, and urban environments, recently announced it has received...
Taiwan-based touch controller IC and touchpad maker Sentelic has filed a patent complaint against Samsung Electronics, HTC, Apple and Research in Motion (RIM) in the US, accusing...