Top patentee for 14th consecutive year with 3,261 registrations.
Deal covers consumer electronics, hardware, and Linux/Unix platforms.
Gartner urges Broadcom and Qualcomm to bury the hatchet.
Cross-licensing agreement covers broad range of consumer products.
Japanese electronics giant lines up lawyers in LCD-related dispute.
Mobile giant applies for Qualcomm 'patent exhaustion' in Europe.
80 per cent of 3G intellectual property owned by just 12 companies.
But rumours still rife in wake of recent patent application.
Analysts warn of format fight in China.
World first puts miniature robot inside an artery.
NEC and Northwestern University team unveil compression technology.
Fracture-induced structuring 'like magic'.