Category Archives: IP News

Companies Take on Smartphone Patent Wars

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Chipworks

Julia Elvidge, Chipworks president, presented on the topic of Smartphone Patent Wars at the LES International Conference that took place April 7-10 in Rio de Janeiro. Julia spoke about trends in the mobile device market, how the mobile device market is … Continue reading →

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MWC – NFC Everywhere with the help of NXP and Broadcom

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Chipworks

Consumers (mostly) all know that we have had these little NFC chips in our phones for a while.  Touted as a specification we should care about, and yet the darn thing just doesn’t seem to do anything.  Well, if the … Continue reading →

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Top 20 US Patent Holders

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Chipworks

This graph highlights the patenting activity of the largest technology companies from 2000 onward. As usual, IBM continues to hold the top spot, with over 6000 granted patents in 2012. Samsung is a close second with just over 5000 patents. … Continue reading →

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Systems Analysis of the Apple Lightning to USB Cable

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Chipworks

Systems analysis identifies how devices are used together – and may include testing of signals and software inside or between chips using sniffers, probing, data capture, or literature. Systems analysis, including software reverse engineering, is performed to identify evidence of … Continue reading →

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