HTC Corp., the Taiwanese cell phone maker sued by Apple for patent infringement, said Thursday it will defend itself against charges that it lifted iPhone technology. In his first public comment on the suit, HTC chief Peter Chou said the company "disagrees with Apple's actions ...

A jury has awarded communications company VirnetX Holding nearly $106 million after determining Microsoft violated two of its patents. The verdict came Tuesday after a weeklong trial in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Lawyers for VirnetX, which is based in Scotts ...

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Top phone makers Nokia and Apple will seek a U.S. court hearing in a key patent battle in mid-2012, a court filing showed, raising the specter of a prolonged legal struggle. Handset leader Nokia sued iPhone maker Apple last October, accusing the U.S. firm of using its patented technologies without paying for them. Nokia is seeking ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. and British patent offices are working on a plan to have patent examiners in the two countries share research as a way to reduce a several-years backlog of applications, the two agencies said on Wednesday. Companies -- especially high tech ones -- have complained about the length of time it takes to get a patent, an average ...