By Todd Haselton |
Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it has entered into a new agreement with Hon Hai, the parent company of Foxconn, in which Hon Hai will license Microsoft’s patents. The technology in question involves devices that run Chrome OS and Android, and Hon Hai has agreed…
By Todd Haselton |
HTC and Apple settled a lengthy patent dispute on Nov. 10 when HTC agreed to pay licensing fees on each Android smartphone sold. Neither Apple nor HTC will disclose exactly how much HTC pays in fees — Samsung wants the figure revealed in court —…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple and HTC settled a patent dispute recently after HTC agreed to pay licensing fees to the iPhone maker. Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu said on Monday that he estimates HTC will pay Apple between $6 and $8 per handset sold, which will result in…
By Todd Haselton |
Verizon and TiVo announced an agreement on Monday in which Verizon will pay TiVo $250.4 million plus additional fees to license its patented technology. The two firms had been locked in a legal battle after TiVo accused Verizon of infringing on its patented technology related…
By Todd Haselton |
Microsoft announced on Tuesday that it has signed a patent licensing deal with Research In Motion. The company said the deal will give RIM “broad access to the latest extended file allocation table (exFAT) for certain BlackBerry devices.” So what is exFAT? Microsoft explained that…
By Todd Haselton |
Research In Motion has already said that it may license its new BlackBerry 10 operating system, due out during the first quarter of 2013, and it said Monday it’s almost ready to make that move. “QNX is already licensed across the automotive sector — we could…
By Todd Haselton |
There have been several rumors and even alleged screen shots suggesting that Research In Motion was interested in licensing its popular BlackBerry Messenger service, lovingly referred to as BBM, for months and months now. Those rumors have just been shot down by an unnamed RIM…
By Mark Hearn |
RIM is reportedly seeking to hire a bank to help the company with strategic options, which suggests a takeover could be in the cards. The BlackBerry maker is said to be in talks with a global bank and a Canadian bank, Bloomberg said on Monday without…
By Todd Haselton |
Waterloo, Otaria based-RIM could catch some slack from the Canadian government should another company want to acquire or take-over the BlackBerry maker. RIM said during its fiscal fourth quarter-earnings call that it’s interested in joint ventures and licensing its patents to other companies, but either…
By Todd Haselton |
Research In Motion’s CEO said Thursday that he recognizes that RIM has “significant” business challenges that it will face over the next several quarters. While Thorsten and his firm are excited about the new BlackBerry 10 operating system, the company realizes that it may need to work…
By Todd Haselton |
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) will vote later this week on whether or not to adopt Apple’s proposed nano-SIM technology. So far Apple has European operators on board, but it has received backlash from Nokia over the proposed standard. Apple has offered to license…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple is locked in multiple patent battles with Motorola Mobility and Samsung, as well as with a number of other firms, but the company has reportedly offered patent licensing deals to at least those two companies. Apple is reportedly not interested in a royalty business…
By Adriana Lee |
Unless you’re a hardcore mobile tech fanatic, you might be surprised to know that Microsoft actually earns more money from Android than it does from its own mobile initiatives. And now, thanks to a patent deal with Compal Electronics, the company could be poised to…
By Emily Price |
Samsung CEO Choi Gee Sung put the Samsung webOS rumors to rest today in Berlin where he said the company would “never” pursue a purchase of the operating system. HP recently announced it would no longer be developing products for webOS, leaving the OS device-less.…
