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Apple is suing HTC, the maker of several Google-based smart phones, claiming patent infringement on the iPhone's user interface and hardware.

Facebook this week was awarded a patent pertaining to streaming "feed" technology -- more specifically, "dynamically providing a news feed about a user of a social network," complementing another patent filing that has been published but not yet approved.

The photography company hopes to expose patent-infringing smart phone makers.

Apple Inc said on Friday that it filed a countersuit against Nokia, claiming that the Finnish cellphone maker is infringing 13 Apple technology patents. The move follows a Nokia lawsuit filed in October accusing iPhone maker Apple ...

By agreeing to the payment and a set of business practice provisions, Intel resolved antitrust and patent disputes with Advanced Micro Devices.

Nokia filed a lawsuit against Apple, alleging its iPhone infringes Nokia's patents, escalating the rivalry between the handset makers.

A Texas court has banned sales of Microsoft Word and copies of Microsoft Office containing word until a final decision is reached in a copyright infringement trial. Microsoft has 60 days to cease sales.

A Boston-area inventor sued Kimberly-Clark Corp on Tuesday, contending that the maker of Kleenex tissues and Huggies diapers had violated his patent for a device to detect bad breath.

Ford Motor Company has filed a patent application for something called an Emotive Advisory System, which, according to Autoblog, "simulates emotions when interacting with occupants, and may also use an avatar to express itself." SWDELaw, a blog that follows intellectual property issues, found the patent application.