Apple-backed Rockstar Consortium will sell its 4000 patents to RPX for $900 million. RPX plans to license the patents to a separate syndicate of 30 technology companies including Google and Cisco.
Apple has been granted five new camera related patents dealing with improving auto exposure and dual sensor images to improve the quality of the camera
Motorola has filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) alleging that Apple's iPhone, iPad, iTouch and certain Mac computers infringe Motorola patents.
Sonos has sued Google in two federal court systems, accusing the tech giant of infringing on its patents for wireless speakers and synchronized music playback.
Apple's latest patent describes a way to detect when earphones are being shared between multiple users and automatically adjusts the audio to better match single or multi-user mode.
A judge in Tokyo has ruled that Samsung doesn't infringe on an Apple patent for synchronizing music and video with servers and has ordered Apple to pay Samsung's legal fees.
Apple has filed a patent for an audio-sharing network that would combine audio from multiple iPhones to create one clear stream that other users could listen to.