Search Results for: google

Apple and Google’s Motorola Mobility division are discussing a way to resolve part of their dispute over smartphone patent, reports “Bloomberg” (http://macte.ch/hG6mM).

“The companies have been exchanging proposals on using binding arbitration to reach a licensing agreement over patents that are essential to comply with industry standards on how phones operate,” the article says. “Such an agreement could lead to a global settlement of all of their patent disputes, Apple said in a filing yesterday.”

Despite relatively stunted growth thus far, the tablet and camera markets are forecast to be the next major market for location-based services and GPS IC penetration, according to new data from ABI Research (www.abiresearch.com).

Eastman Kodak was court permission to retain exclusive control of its bankruptcy case through Feb. 28 as it tries to execute an US$793 million financing offer from a group of bondholders, according to “Reuters” (http://macte.ch/AAtSN).

Judge Alan Gropper approved the extension at a hearing in a U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan, allowing Kodak to move forward with its plan without creditors pushing competing proposals. The plan would outline how to repay creditors and exit bankruptcy, notes “Reuters.”