Intellectual Property

Nokia Oyj and HTC Corp. said theypersuaded a court to void parts of a mobile-phone patent thatintellectual property holding company IPCom GmbH & Co. claimedthe two device makers infringed.

The current regulatory backdrop

"Given the current regulatory backdrop, we expect Intel toavoid the public scrutiny of a trial that could cloud its accessto Nvidia's graphics and parallel computing patents, and maytherefore settle with Nvidia," Orji wrote in a research report.

Gregory Williams, a lawyer at Richards Layton & Finger whorepresents Nvidia, and Martin Lessner, who works on behalf ofIntel at Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, didn't return messagesseeking comment after business hours yesterday.

Apple Inc., maker of the iPad and iPhone, received a patentfor a three-dimensional display system that doesn't requirespecial glasses or other devices for the user.

Present technology that requires special glasses or otherdevices provide voyages into virtual reality that are"currently solitary and encumbered." The technology covered bythe patent avoids this problem, Apple says, through the use of aprojection screen with a "predetermined angularly-responsereflective surface function."

Apple, based in Cupertino, California, applied for thepatent in September 2006 with the assistance of San Francisco'sMorrison & Foerster LLP.

The society made the declaration to focus on what it calls"massive infringement" at universities by photocopyingcopyright-protected materials, AllAfrica.com reported.