Rambus , a company that has been in a long, drawn out legal battle with Nvidia over five patents for what seems like ages now, had some good news delivered to it late last week. A judge at the U.S. International Trade Commission issued a preliminary determination finding that Nvidia had…

Good old December, the busiest time of the year for elves, reindeer, jolly old fat guys… and lawyers , apparently . Joining the rush to make momentous decisions before Santa arrives, the International Trade Commission has made a preliminary ruling in favor of Kodak in its dispute over digital camera patents with Samsung. Though the original lawsuit…

The US International Trade Commission already ruled in June of this year that Samsung had infringed on one patent held by Sharp, but it’s now back with another ruling that finds Samsung violated no less than four LCD-related patents held by its rival. Once again, the ITC has also barred Samsung from selling…

Just in case it had slipped your mind, now is a pretty great time to be looking for a computer. Take this IdeaPad U150 from Lenovo which just started shipping, for instance. For $699 you can get a CULV processor, 3GB of RAM and a 250GB HDD stuffed inside a 3 pound, 0.75-inch …

It looks like at least one round of the battle between Funai and VIZIO is drawing to a close, and it’s a big win for VIZIO. U.S. Customs has ruled that all current VIZIO TVs do not infringe on Funai’s Patent 6,115,074 — which was rejected by the Patent Office a few months …