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I guess Apple has had their eye on the phone market for a long time…

And before you call fake, you can view the original patent filing here. Can you imagine us all running around with phones shaped like these? The patent also makes reference to a “Pac Man” phone,…

Back in May 2006, Sony filed a patent application, titled “Detectable and Trackable Handheld Controller,” which approaches motion sensing control in a totally different way than the Nintendo Wii does it.

Unlike the Wii’s internal accelerometer and gyroscopic sensors, Sony’s patent uses a series of four LEDs on the front…

While Microsoft is touting the wonders of the music sharing features of the new Zune… media player, I’m quite familiar with a project in which a team from the MIT Media lab developed a similar wireless music sharing capability a couple of years ago. The team filed a patent application

Apple and Creative Technology, Ltd.… today announced a broad settlement ending all legal disputes between the two companies.
Apple will pay $100 million to license Creative’s patent in all Apple products. Apple can recoup a portion of its payment if Creative is successful in licensing this patent to others. In