Google has acquired a U.S. patent for its popular cycling logo system, also known as “Google Doodles.” Patent 7,912,915 was granted on Tuesday, nearly 10 years after its initial submission in 2001 by ...

Google's has opened a new front in its war on patent trolls: the company is giving away patents to fifty eligible startups. The Google Patent Starter Program will attempt to help the startups navigate ...

Google is pushing its Google Patents service to a hefty 11 additional countries, making it easier for budding inventors in those countries to find out whether their invention has already been made or ...

University of Southern California (USC) sued Google LLC in the Western District of Texas, Austin Division, last month, ...

It’s frustrating, isn’t it? When Google suddenly changes something, and you had no idea it was going to happen. That’s where all the awkward conversations with your clients begin. And you have to try ...

Google is about to embark on one of its biggest web-based experiences since Chrome OS. Later this month, it is, along with Microsoft, expected to go into deeper details about Project Stream, its own ...

Google is known for pursuing ambitious projects it typically dubs as "moonshots." From self-driving cars to drone delivery, the tech giant always seems to have a futuristic project in the works. So we ...

Google, on Tuesday, was awarded a patent for “advertising based on environmental conditions.” In other words, Google has patented the technique of using environmental factors gathered through a device ...

On Thursday, the US International Trade Commission, which rules on import laws, determined that Alphabet-owned Google infringed on audio technology patents held by smart speaker company Sonos, a ...

A recently published patent provides further evidence that Google is developing a voice-activated search engine. Patent No. 7027987, of which Google is the assignee, concerns "a voice interface for ...

Google’s primary income source is search advertising, but the company regularly tries to find new sources of income, such as charging companies for the use of its otherwise free online applications or ...