Samsung Patent Application Describes Tablet With ‘Expandable’ Display

Samsung Patent Application Describes Tablet With ‘Expandable’ Display

Samsung might be working on a new tablet with an expandable display. The South Korean tech giant has submitted a patent application that showcases a tablet shell with a flexible display that can be expanded along the same plane. Interestingly, the display can be expanded in two different directions independently,…

Samsung Patent Application Describes a Rollable Display for Clamshell Flip Smartphones

Samsung Patent Application Describes a Rollable Display for Clamshell Flip Smartphones

Samsung has submitted a patent application that showcases a rollable display technology that can be used in different form factors to offer a diverse set of interfaces. The new patent comes after the South Korean tech giant was granted patents for tri-fold and rollable display technologies in March. While the…

Apple Patent Application Describes Dual-Axis Hinge Mechanism That Could Arrive on Apple’s Smartglasses

Apple Patent Application Describes Dual-Axis Hinge Mechanism That Could Arrive on Apple’s Smartglasses

Apple’s purported smart glasses could be several years away, but the company appears to be working on hardware that could feature on its next-gen wearables. According to a patent application published by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Apple has designed a hinge mechanism that could be a part…

Microsoft Directed to Pay IPA Technologies 2 Million in Cortana Patent Lawsuit

Microsoft Directed to Pay IPA Technologies $242 Million in Cortana Patent Lawsuit

Microsoft must pay patent owner IPA Technologies $242 million, a federal jury in Delaware said on Friday after determining that Microsoft’s Cortana virtual-assistant software infringed an IPA patent. The jury agreed with IPA after a week-long trial that Microsoft’s voice-recognition technology violates IPA’s patent rights in computer-communications software. IPA is…

Apple Urges US Appeals Court to Overturn ITC’s Apple Watch Import Ban Amidst Masimo Dispute

Apple Urges US Appeals Court to Overturn ITC’s Apple Watch Import Ban Amidst Masimo Dispute

Apple urged a U.S. appeals court on Friday to overturn a U.S. trade tribunal’s decision to ban imports of some Apple Watches in a patent dispute with medical-monitoring technology company Masimo. Apple told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that the U.S. International Trade Commission’s decision was…

Oppo, Nokia Resolve All Pending Patent Disputes via Cross Licencing Deal

Oppo, Nokia Resolve All Pending Patent Disputes via Cross Licencing Deal

Finnish telecom gear maker Nokia said on Wednesday it had signed a 5G patent cross-licencing deal with Chinese device maker Oppo that resolves patent litigation between the companies. Nokia has been involved in legal disputes with several Chinese tech firms, including Oppo and Vivo, over patent payments. The Finnish group…

Apple Watch Series 9, Watch Ultra 2 Models May Lose Support for SpO2 Monitoring to Dodge US Ban: Report

Apple Watch Series 9, Watch Ultra 2 Models May Lose Support for SpO2 Monitoring to Dodge US Ban: Report

Apple Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2 models could drop support for a health monitoring feature in order to dodge an import ban in the US, according to a report. After the International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled last year that Apple could not import and sell its latest smartwatches…

Apple Granted Patent That Envisions Creative Use of External Display on Apple Vision Pro

Apple Granted Patent That Envisions Creative Use of External Display on Apple Vision Pro

Apple was recently granted a patent that envisions the use of the external display of a wearable headset — like the Apple Vision Pro — that gives people who are nearby an idea of what is being viewed by the wearer. While announcing the headset last year, Apple revealed that…

Apple Granted Two Patents That Could Help Protect iPhone Screens From Snooping Eyes

Apple Granted Two Patents That Could Help Protect iPhone Screens From Snooping Eyes

Apple was recently granted two patents that could allow the company to develop technology that would make it difficult for snoopers to keep an eye on your iPhone or Mac. The novel screen technology could help protect information shown on a display by limiting the viewing angles of the display…