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Next Battle in Patent Wars: Smartphone Cases

The smartphone patent wars have lit up courtrooms around the world. Next up: the smartphone case wars. The makers of protective cases that shield cell phones from coffee spills and sticky-fingered toddlers are entangled in countless lawsuits seeking to protect …

Ford Sued Over F-150 Fuel Injection System

Ford Motor Co has been sued for allegedly infringing a patent that covers a fuel-injection system it uses in its top-selling F-150 truck. According to a federal complaint made public on Thursday, TMC Fuel Injection System LLC of Wayne, Pennsylvania, …

Jury Finds Google Did Not Violate Oracle’s Java Patents

Google Inc.’s Android mobile platform has not infringed Oracle Corp’s patents, a California jury decided, putting an indefinite hold on Oracle’s quest for damages in a fight between the two Silicon Valley giants over smartphone technology. In a case that …

Facebook Launches Patent Counterattack Against Yahoo

Facebook fired back on Tuesday in its legal battle with Yahoo by accusing the Web pioneer of infringing 10 of Facebook’s patents, according to a court filing. The counterclaim from Facebook, filed in a San Francisco federal court, comes after …

U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Personal Medicine Patent Issue

The Supreme Court hears arguments on Wednesday over whether Prometheus Laboratories may patent instructions for observing changes in a patient’s body to set drug dosages in a decision that could affect the future of “personal medicine.” The case focuses on …