Sony, Samsung To Share Patents
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Samsung Electronics and Sony Corporation have signed a cross-license agreement, licensing those patents, which are considered to be the basic technologies necessary for product development.
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Samsung alleges that Sharp infringes on four of its U.S. patents, found in laptops and cell phones, among other types of wares.
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SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea's LG Electronics Inc. has signed a patent cross-licensing agreement with Microsoft Corp. covering a variety of hardware and software products, the companies said Thursday.
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South Korea&#39;s Samsung Electronics Co.  Ltd. (005930.KS) and Sweden&#39;s Ericsson (ERICb.ST) on Monday  signed a mobile telecommunication cross license deal and agreed  to drop ongoing patent suits between the two companies.
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Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday that it has agreed to a cross-licensing agreement on patents with Sweden's LM Ericsson in wireless communications technology.
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Sony, Sony Computer Entertainment, and Toshiba are forming a joint venture to manufacture the PS3's Cell processor and other high-end chips.
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Samsung Electronics and  Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG) have formed an alliance to put near-field communication (NFC) technology in future  cell phone models from Samsung, giving users the ability to use their  mobile phones to make credit-card or debit-card payments. The companies said that Samsung plans to incorporate NFC in other devices as well.
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Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday that it has concluded a cross-licensing agreement on patents with Sweden's LM Ericsson in wireless communications technology.
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Yesterday we talked about how Toshiba and Canon have formed a joint venture to develop SED display technology. Now comes news that Sony is ready to start volume production of OLED displays.
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Sony Ericsson has filed a U.S. patent  application for a mobile device with video game features, but  said on Monday it is not poised to launch a phone based on its  PlayStation Portable (PSP) video game brand.
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South Korea's Samsung Electronics  , the world's top maker of large-size liquid crystal  display panels, said on Thursday it was countersuing Japan's  Sharp Corp  for patent infringement.
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Ampex and Sony have settled a patent dispute over digital-camera technology, Ampex said Monday. As part of the deal, Redwood City, Calif.
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InfoWorld - Microsoft inked another cross-licensing patent agreement Wednesday, this time with South Korea&#39;s LG Electronics, covering the company&#39;s Linux-based embedded devices.
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Sony Computer Entertainment said it and  Immersion Corp.  agreed to end a patent litigation and  entered into an agreement to explore the inclusion of  Immersion's technology in Sony's PlayStation format products.
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A group of technology companies is offering to share some of its patents to encourage the development of environmentally friendly technologies.IBM, Nokia, Sony, and bulk-mailing equipment manufacturer Pitney-Bowes have together donated patents to the Eco-patent Commons, an organization set up to share the patents for technology with environmental benefits.Any organization willing to donate a patent for environmentally friendly technology to the commons can join the group. The patents are made available for use by members and nonmembers alike.So far, patents pledged to the commons cover fields such as waste water treatment, air purification, cell-phone recycling and reducing printer ink consumption. IBM has pledged 27 patents, Pitney Bowes two, and Nokia and Sony one each.The Eco-patent Commons will be administered by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, a group which brings together CEOs in industries such as cement, electrical utilities, timber, mining and transport.The group wants businesses to donate patents for technologies that have a positive environmental impact, but that are not related to their core business.It hopes that access to patents in the Commons will enable businesses facing environmental challenges that have already been solved by others to develop cleaner, less energy-intensive products as a result.The move is inspired by the success of the free and open-source software sector, where the sharing information has resulted in the creation of many new products, the group said.Together, the companies apply for thousands of patents each year. IBM in particular regularly tops the league tables for&#160;most filings with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
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p2pnet.net News:- Sony Computer Entertainment and its US subsidiary may have to pay touch feedback technology firm Immersion Corp - which says it &quot; brings feeling to Microsoft Windows and the Internet&quot; - $82 million for patent infringement.
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Two of the world&#39;s consumer electronics giants, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Sony Corp., have signed a cross-license agreement detailing mutual usage of patents across major product lines owned by the two companies.