In its continual efforts to protect searchers from spam, Google’s recently acquired patent may take into account the length of time a website owner has committed to specific domain.

A company called AmberWave claims the chipmaker has infringed upon its patented strained silicon technology.

The USPTO makes a favorable decision for Ontario-based Research in Motion with its finding.

A patent application from the Mountain View-based search engine company gives some insight into its PageRank technology.

Google’s never ending search for providing a quality end user experience has culminated into a bullet with patent number WO 2005/029368 imprinted across the side. Unfortunately for smaller news services, the bullet may strike the heart of aspiring upstarts-a casualty of Google’s friendly fire.

Google’s Patent Application contains a lot to read and reading it may take some time, but if you own any type of website, this is all information you need to know. It also brings some interesting points up. While I go over some of the important points, know that no one knows which of these factors is given more weight than the others.

A claim filed by a Luxembourg company against RIM partner T-Mobile in German court seeks to block BlackBerry sales.

Two months ago, Google released a 63-point patent document outlining how it examines historical data associated with websites and documents in its index.

A California jury sides with a Guatemalan developer’s case and awards him a $9 million judgment.

Inventors should review hiring a top tier patent attorney, versus filing on their own or even worse doing nothing to protect their most important asset.

Iomega Corp. announced yesterday that is has received a patent for a nanotechnology storage method that will allow up to 100 times the capacity on DVDs.

Yahoo! has introduced a new patent that may help to create more personalized search results with a process called trend analysis.

Google doesn’t stop innovating their search engine, and there where others try to follow, Google is not just 1 step ahead, but 10 steps ahead. Their latest innovation, which actually may already be in place for a year or longer, can be found in the patent: “Information Retrieval Based on Historical Data.”

A patent application by Google aims to improve the results of its news searches by creating a news source credibility database.

Google has filed a patent application titled: Systems and methods for improving the ranking of news articles.

The showcase of Canadian blogs known as the Cavalcade of Canucks is up and ready for reading.

“Hi, it looks like you are bleeding profusely. Can I help.” The possibility of your office suite’s software assistant coming to your rescue may be a reality soon.

Medtronic announced that a California District Court issued multiple rulings regarding the ongoing patent case with Cross Medical Products, a Biomet company.

Eli Lilly and Company announced that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana has stated that Judge Richard Young will render his decision…

Kos Pharmaceuticals and Barr Pharmaceuticals have signed Co-Promotion, Licensing and Manufacturing, and Settlement and License Agreements relating to the resolution of the patent litigation involving Kos’ Niaspan products.

Google’s alleged fresh link filter is on the minds of many website owners and search engine optimization professionals. If indeed, Google is filtering new links into web pages, and not providing full link popularity transfer, then SEO is a whole new ballgame.