Licensing

Microsoft and GoPro announced a patent licensing deal earlier this week for “certain file storage and other system technologies.”

Today, the programming is back, as the companies have reached a multi-year deal covering carriage payments, streaming rights and ends the two's dispute over Dish's Hopper DVR and its ability to remove commercials.

New Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri says the company is looking to revive its brand name in the consumer electronics market, but they will not be building phones again.

Multiple sources are reporting today that Microsoft has taken drastic measures to fend off operating system rivals, most notably Google's Chrome OS.

Apple has been ordered by a federal judge to disclose the terms of its patent settlement with HTC.
The ruling was part of Samsung's ongoing ......

Two weeks ago, Apple and HTC announced an end to their global patent war, agreeing to a 10-year licensing agreement.
Last week, Sterne Agee ......

According to Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu, Apple will get between $6-$8 for every HTC phone sold.
Last week, Apple and HTC announced an end ......

Struggling smartphone maker HTC has settled with Apple today, bringing a close to their global patent war.
The agreement comes with a 10-year ......

HBO has renewed a content rights deal with Twentieth Century Fox, making it a bit more flexible than the old contract.
The deal had been ......

According to Cnet, Amazon's cloud music service has now been fully licensed by the Big 4 major labels.
If accurate, Amazon will start rolling ......

Google and Paramount Pictures have signed a licensing agreement for 500 films, bringing the movies to YouTube and Google Play in the U.S. and Canada.
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The popular virtual DJ startup Turntable.fm has signed a licensing agreement with all the major labels, turning the company "legitimate."
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Microsoft continues to force Android makers to pay up, and the company is now bragging that it owns 70 percent of the Android market.
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YouTube purchases RightsFlow.
RightsFlow, the licensing and royalty service provider, has been acquired by YouTube this week for an undisclosed ......

Microsoft will bring in an estimated $444 million this year from extorting Android manufacturers, says Goldman Sachs, bringing in $3-6 per mobile ......

Out of nowhere a company called Forgent Networks has came to center of public eye claiming that they own JPEG patents and now claim that all ......