Samsung claims the top position in granted 5G patents
Samsung has the highest number of patents granted for 5G. This is concluded by a German study.
The South Korean tech giant has the highest number of 5G-related granted patents with 1728. These results are from a joint study carried out in January by the Technical University of Berlin and the res... Read more
U.S. Senate wants to ban the sale and purchase of patents by Huawei
The U.S. Senate has received a bill prohibiting the sale and purchase of U.S. patents by Huawei. The US has been afraid for years that equipment from the Chinese manufacturer could be misused by the Chinese government for espionage.
If the bill is passed, the government will be able to prohibit blac... Read more
Arguing between HP and 123inkt seems to continue in firmware updates.
The quarrel between HP and the webshop 123inkt.nl seems to be continued in firmware updates. According to 123inkt, HP has rolled out an update for 25 different models of HP Officejet printers, which means that the printer no longer accepts private label cartridges from the web shop.
123inkt claims t... Read more
Apple guilty of violating Qualcomm patents, must pay 31 million dollars
Apple is guilty of violating three patents of Qualcomm, as a jury in a U.S. lawsuit determined. The iPhone manufacturer must therefore pay 31 million dollars (27 million euros) to Qualcomm. The patents relate to improving the battery life of smartphones. That's what Reuters says.
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Chinese court prohibits selling older iPhones, Apple on appeal
Qualcomm has announced that it has won an important victory in the patent battle against Apple. A Chinese court has ruled that various iPhone models violate several of Qualcomm's patents, and that they may therefore no longer be sold in the country. That's what Ars Technica reports. Apple claims to ... Read more