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Canadian patent licensing firm Wi-LAN Inc said it signed a memorandum of understanding with Atheros Communications Inc to settle all lawsuits between it and the chip maker for an undisclosed amount.

Intel Corp has reached a settlement with WiLAN Inc over lawsuits alleging the chipmaker infringed on a string of wireless and Internet patents, sending WiLAN's shares surging.

Chip giant Intel will pay $1.5 billion to Nvidia as part of a cross licensing deal that brings an end to all of the outstanding legal disputes between the two parties.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a record 219,614 patents in 2010, with IBM grossing the highest number of patents followed by Samsung and Microsoft.

An appeals court sided with Uniloc in its patent-infringement lawsuit against Microsoft Corp but ordered a new trial on damages.

Technology licensing firm Wi-Lan Inc said it would get more time to discuss infringement settlements with defendants as a U.S. federal court extended the trial date by about a month, after redefining a term in a patent related to its wireless products.

Microsoft co-founder and billionaire Paul Allen added details to the patent infringement lawsuit filed against Google, Apple, eBay, Facebook, Netflix, AOL, Yahoo!, Office Depot, OfficeMax and Staples in August.

Microsoft Corp co-founder Paul Allen relaunched a wide-ranging patent lawsuit against Apple Inc, Google Inc, Facebook and others with specific allegations that the companies are illegally using technology owned by his company.

Patent wars punctuated the technology landscape in 2010. Lawsuits were filed with myriad motivations, some seeking permanent injunction, some monetary compensation and some bullying others to accept licensing agreements.

South Korean chipmaker Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and several companies that use its chips do not infringe two Spansion Inc flash memory chip patents, the International Trade Commission said on Thursday.

Hoping for some monetary damages, Hopewell Culture & Design have sued Apple and Android makers for the infringement of double-click patent.

A appeals court ruled in favor of Tessera Technologies Inc in a chip patent dispute with Qualcomm Inc , Spansion Inc , Freescale Semiconductor Inc , ATI Technologies and STMicroelectronics NV .

A trade panel that specializes in patent cases has agreed to hear the complaint of Motorola Inc's subsidiary Motorola Mobility against Microsoft Corp , the panel said on Tuesday.

Unlikely cronies Apple, EMC and Oracle are part of the Microsoft-led consortium CPTN Holdings, which acquired 882 Novell patents as part of Attachmate's $2.2 billion acquisition of Novell.

Nokia, the world's top cellphone maker by volume, has opened new fronts in Europe in its patent war with iPhone maker Apple, launching lawsuits in Germany and the Netherlands.

Nokia has filed fresh patent infringement claims against Apple in the UK, Germany and the Netherlands, alleging that Apple infringed its patents in many of its products sold in these countries, including iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

Nokia, the world's top cellphone maker by volume, has filed 13 new patent infringement suits in Europe against U.S. rival Apple, accusing it of using Nokia technology in its iPhones and iPads.

A U.S. district judge dismissed a patent infringement lawsuit brought by a company linked to Microsoft Corp co-founder Paul Allen against a cluster of major corporations, including Internet giants Netflix and YouTube, saying the complaint failed to identify specific products or devices.

Patent collecting company Intellectual Ventures, which was started by former Microsoft CTO Nathan Myhrvold, has filed patent lawsuits against nine companies.

A U.S. district court jury has returned a verdict that business software maker SAP AG has stolen software from rival Oracle Corp. and must pay the latter $1.3 billion in damages.

Apple has been accorded a U.S. patent that related to a technology that allows multiple users to view 3D images on a screen sans a 3D glass.