(Reuters) - Bankrupt Nortel Networks said it is delaying its patents sale by a week, even as big technology companies look to get a share of the prized patents.

Dolby Laboratories said Wednesday it has filed patent infringement lawsuits against Research In Motion in the United States and Germany and is seeking to halt sales of devices made by the Blackberry maker.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Rambus <RMBS.O> successfully fended off an attempt by opponents in an upcoming $4.38 billion antitrust trial to use a recent negative court ruling over document shredding against the chipmaker.

The world's leading mobile phone maker Nokia said Tuesday its competitor Apple had agreed to pay royalties for using Nokia technology in its devices, ending all of their ongoing patent disputes.

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Handset maker Nokia is likely to be paid hundreds of millions of dollars by Apple after victory in a legal wrangle over technology used in its arch-rival's top-selling iPhone.

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Handset maker Nokia is likely to be paid hundreds of millions of dollars by Apple after victory in a legal wrangle over technology used in its arch-rival's top-selling iPhone.

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Handset maker Nokia is likely to be paid hundreds of millions of dollars by Apple after victory in a legal wrangle over technology used in its arch-rival's top-selling iPhone.

The world's leading mobile phone maker Nokia said on Tuesday its competitor Apple had agreed to pay royalties for using Nokia technology in its devices, ending all of their ongoing patent disputes.

TORONTO (Reuters) - Google should not be allowed to buy thousands of patents belonging to bankrupt Nortel Networks under current sale terms, Microsoft said on Monday, the deadline for bids in an closely watched auction.

Hewlett-Packard said that a US federal agency has backed its claim that rival MicroJet Technology Co. was infringing on patents for lucrative inkjet printer cartridges.

Hewlett-Packard said that a US federal agency has backed its claim that rival MicroJet Technology Co. was infringing on patents for lucrative inkjet printer cartridges.

WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - Internet video phone company Skype Inc was sued in U.S. federal court Thursday for infringing the patents of a Luxembourg company, which has filed similar lawsuits against Skype in Europe.

WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - Internet video phone company Skype Inc was sued in U.S. federal court Thursday for infringing the patents of a Luxembourg company, which has filed similar lawsuits against Skype in Europe.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp suffered a defeat on Thursday when the Supreme Court upheld a record $290 million jury verdict against the software giant for infringing a small Canadian company's patent.

The US Supreme Court upheld a $290 million patent infringement verdict against US software giant Microsoft on Thursday in a closely watched case brought by a small Canadian company.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp suffered a defeat on Thursday when the Supreme Court upheld a record $290 million jury verdict against the software giant for infringing a small Canadian company's patent.

German lighting company Osram, which is owned by industrial giant Siemens, said Monday that it had filed suit against Samsung and LG of Korea for patent violations.

SAN JOSE, Calif (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court will likely be asked to revisit recent patent rulings involving Rambus, an attorney for the chip maker said at a court hearing on Friday.

SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co said on Thursday it had filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission against Taiwan's AU Optronics Corp and some of its customers for importing and selling flat-screen devices that it says infringe a number of its patents.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics has asked a U.S. court to force Apple Inc to hand over its next-generation models of the iPhone and iPad in the latest volley in a series of patent infringement suits between the two technology companies.