Tagged: IP & News
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Facebook is being sued over patents for its ‘Like’ button News
11.02.2013 Social networking giant Facebook is being sued by Rembrant IP Management for allegedly infringing patents related to its ‘Like’ button, its status update system and other such...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, R&D, Intellectual Property, Digital Media -
Oracle to acquire network equipment maker Acme Packet News
04.02.2013 Oracle has struck a deal to acquire Acme Packet, a network equipment maker, for US$29.25 per share or about US$1.7bn, net of Acme Packet’s cash. -
GE reports ‘innovation vertigo’ in latest global innovation barometer News
17.01.2013 While business executives continue to see innovation as a strategic priority, one in three are concerned about their ability to maintain a competitive edge in a more globalised,... -
#Budget13 – Doubling of R&D tax credit welcomed, but charity begins at home News
06.12.2012 Various industry groups and finance experts have welcomed some of the measures in the Irish Government's Budget in terms of the doubling of the R&D tax credit and provisions for... -
ESA and NASA use ‘interplanetary internet’ to test robot from space station News
09.11.2012 The European Space Agency (ESA) and US space agency NASA have controlled a rover from the International Space Station (ISS) by using an experimental version of ‘interplanetary...Categories: Wireless Communications, Science, Research, R&D, Networking & Telecoms, Internet, Development, Communications -
New start-up aims to protect firms against the blight of PBX fraud News
04.09.2012 PBX fraud is one of the biggest secrets of the telecoms industry and the reason why it is secret is the industry is ill equipped to deal with it and prefers to pretend it... -
Will Apple go after Google following court win over Samsung? News
27.08.2012 After winning US$1.05bn in damages in its court battle against Samsung, Apple still believes Google’s Android smartphone OS infringes on iOS patents and Google may be next.Categories: R&D, Phones, Operating Systems, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Legal, Intellectual Property, Hardware, Digital Media -
Google’s response to Samsung US$1bn fine – claims don’t relate to core Android OS News
27.08.2012 Technology giant Google has adopted a sanguine demeanor in the aftermath of a major verdict that saw a jury impose a US$1bn fine on Samsung in its case against Apple. Google... -
Dublin's Genable Technologies secures licence to progress gene therapy product News
23.07.2012 Dublin-based biopharmaceutical company Genable Technologies has secured the worldwide licence to Benitec Biopharma's ddRNAi technology, in a move the company believes will help... -
BT and Alcatel-Lucent sign major IP VPN collaboration deal News
23.07.2012 BT Ireland has signed a deal with Alcatel-Lucent whereby it will use the telecom equipment vendor’s IP portfolio (7750 Service router and 5620 Service Aware Manager) to underpin... -
Irish cloud test player Shenick expands its presence in Silicon Valley News
04.07.2012 Capitalising on opportunities in the market for cloud-based testing, Dublin technology company Shenick, a specialist in IP and 4G networks, is to expand its office in...Categories: Virtualisation, Software & Web Development, Software, Servers, Investments, Data Management, CIO -
NUI Galway team gets College Entrepreneur of the Year prize News
08.06.2012 A team of first-year engineering students from NUI Galway has won the top prize in Enterprise Ireland’s 2012 Think Outside the Box Awards for its clean-tech innovation to reduce...Categories: Science, Life Sciences, Internet, Intellectual Property, Green Tech, Green, Graduate, Engineering, Education, Economy -
New book on intellectual property targets start-ups News
28.05.2012 R&D expert Dr John Mc Manus has penned a new book on intellectual property (IP), with the aim of equipping technology start-ups, researchers and innovators with more knowledge... -
Intel to acquire assets of supercomputing firm Cray News
25.04.2012 Semiconductor chip maker Intel has struck an agreement with supercomputer company Cray Inc to acquire assets related to its high-performance computing (HPC) interconnect... -
Altobridge in radio IP deal to boost mobile broadband delivery News
02.04.2012 Altobridge, a Kerry technology company named last year as a ‘Technology Pioneer’ by the World Economic Forum, has acquired the rights to intellectual property from Replify that... -
Standard Life inks €35.7m comms outsourcing contract with BT News
09.03.2012 Standard Life is outsourcing its communications network to BT in a five-year deal valued at €35.7m.Categories: Telecommunications, Outsourcing, Networks, Infrastructure Management, Deals Done, Contract, Communications, CIO -
Google to educate consumers about cyber crime News
18.01.2012 To combat the growing problem of cyber crime, Google has decided to take matters into its own hands. Yesterday in the US, it started Good to Know, a consumer education campaign...Categories: Web 2.0, Web, Social Media, Search Engines, Search, Internet, Global CIO, Education, eCommerce, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers -
‘Science is our oil’, SFI chief says News
21.12.2011 For all that has gone wrong in the Irish economy in recent years, science is going to be the one shining light to help put Ireland back on the global stage for its inventiveness...Categories: Green Tech, Economy, Education, Energy, Engineer, Global CIO, Government, Graduate, Green, Intellectual Property, Internet, Investments, Jobs, Life Sciences, Private Irish Business, R&D, Research, Science, Web 2.0 -
Apple cleared in patent case taken by HTC's S3 News
22.11.2011 The International Trade Commission has cleared Apple of charges alleging it violated HTC subsidiary S3’s intellectual property rights.Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Mobility, Legal, Intellectual Property, Hardware, Data Management, Computers -
Cloud potential is key to Complete’s acquisition of Intellicom News
28.10.2011 Kevin Murphy’s Complete Telecom, which has notched up contracts valued at over €12m in the last year, has acquired a business telephony software house Intellicom for an...