Apple's 2012 patent provided a nice dose of "inspiration" for a recent filing from Google.

Are you ready for iOS devices made a the super-durable material?

A new patent application from Apple was just discovered that focuses on financial transactions.

Kodak has been selling off its patents since filing for bankruptcy in January. Now, a new report indicates that Apple and Google have joined forces to place a $500 million bid for Kodak's valuable patent portfolio.

Apple has recently been awarded a patent for its digital page-turn animations, which can be found in the iBooks app on the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

In the past, Conan O'Brien has poked fun at the Kindle Fire, the "lost" fifth-gen iPhone, and the iPad 2. Now, the popular late-night comic has weighed-in on the Apple-Samsung patent trial, and the results - unsurprisingly - are hilarious.

As if Apple's legal team didn't have enough to be getting on with. In the midst of the company's legal battle with Samsung, a Taiwanese man has accused Apple's FaceTime service of infringing a patent he owns.

It’s more bad news for Kodak, as the U.S. International Trade Commission recently dismissed the age-old photography company’s killer patent lawsuit regarding previewing images on a digital camera, the crosshair of which was aimed at both Apple and Research In Motion.

Apple's just been granted the mother of all smartphone patents. Maybe.

Apple and Motorola's patent disputes have come to a quick, uneasy end.

Could haptic technology launch with a future iOS device?

Company files suit against Apple for nearly every product they produce.

Newly awarded patents granted to Apple show what an NFC-powered iPhone might be capable of doing.

A recently filed patent application suggests that future iOS devices and MacBooks might be able to recognize their owner, and respond accordingly. Though many Apple patents amount to nothing, this new patent (which builds upon two previous applications) describes a kind of facial recognition that sounds workable, useful and altogether possible.

Yesterday, HP announced a new mobile application that promises to allow users to "print, copy and scan interactively from a mobile device." Now, an Apple source has apparently told 9to5Mac that the Cupertino, CA company is working on a similar scanning app, which uses an iOS device's camera to scan documents.

Have you heard about the upcoming iOS bucket features?

Apple's new "internal scrolling" patent isn't as big of a deal as some people are saying, but it's another well-deserved bit of protection for iPhone intellectual property.

It's been a long drawn out legal battle, but Apple and Nokia have finally come to an agreement regarding patent disputes. Apparently, Apple has paid Nokia a "one-off payment," and will also continue to pay Nokia royalties for the use of the company's patents.

A recently filed patent application suggests that Apple may be planning on adding a wireless charging feature to its products soon.

In a recently discovered Apple patent application, the company outlines a smart Calendar app. The imagined app would be able to gauge the distance between an iPhone owner and a meeting venue, and calculate how long it might take to get there.

Today, more news on Apple's upcoming cloud based service - which many are calling "iCloud" - hit the Web.

We've found another wild Apple patent for you. While chances are good that this one will never see the light of day, it's, pretty unbelievable. It's also weirder than Apple usually gets, even at their most outlandish.

Steve Jobs gave Apple's engineers quite a challenge when first designing the iPhone. The challenge was for the iPhone to have only a single button. They protested, again and again. Yet, the iPhone was finally brought to market as we know it today. However, as the platforms develops, and our iOS devices have replaced everything from our PSPs to our cameras, it might be time to give up on that limitation, but without compromising the original idea.