The Rockstar patent consortium consisting of Apple, Microsoft, BlackBerry, Ericsson and Sony has sued Google, Samsung, and others with patents purchased from Nortel for $4.5 billion.
The US Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday issued Apple a patent which describes the process of an iPhone with a sapphire display glass is joined with a bezel made of LiquidMetal
The Bundespatentgericht, Germany's Federal Patent Court, has ruled that Apple's patent for 'unlocking a device by performing gestures on an unlock image' is invalid.
Apple has filed for a ban of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the United States after recent ruling by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) which sided with Apple on whether an iPad design patent (U.S. Patent No. D504,889) is valid.
Apple was granted a major 'iWallet' patent today that involves credit card transaction rules and credit card statements that are linked to your iTunes account.
Apple has filed a patent which details methods of capturing biometric data including fingerprints, photos, and video of users trying to access your device without authorization.
Apple has applied for a patent that describes a method of encoding hyperlinks into an audio stream, which would allow content creators the ability to link to other media or even control a devices UI