The firm says it has won favor with the patent office, as well as licensing deals with third-party developers. Also: Apple gets court's OK to participate in the case. Steven Musil is a senior news ...

The makers of several iOS apps have been sent cease and desist orders for using an in-app purchase feature built into Apple's iOS software. The letters come from parties claiming to hold a patent on ...

We're thrilled to announce the return of GamesBeat Next, hosted in San Francisco this October, where we will explore the theme of "Playing the Edge." Apply to speak here and learn more about ...

The mobile app economy is estimated to have created nearly 466,000 jobs in the United States alone as of the beginning of 2012, up from zero jobs in 2007. See New ‘App Economy’ Creates Nearly 500,000 ...

A new Apple patent application tips a system of app sharing that would allow iOS users to wirelessly lend or recommend App Store downloads to other users. Application 20100312817 describes a system ...

The company threatening to sue third-party iOS developers if they don’t obtain license rights for a patent relating to iOS’ in-app purchase mechanism recently posted a Q & A series on its blog. The ...

If your pockets aren't deep enough to fight a corporate giant, then sue the little guys for milk money. That's the idea behind a patent company's legal threats against several independent iPhone app ...

A duo of Apple patent applications published Thursday show how Apple could venture into the Adobe Photoshop space with an app for virtual drawing. Another interesting invention -- which may or may not ...

In September of last year, and in light of a corresponding Japanese patent infringement suit, I published an article detailing how The Pokémon Company had filed two patent applications at the United ...