Apple has filed a patent for some sort of “digital ink recognition” technology. (…)

Mashable reports that Nokia has sued Apple, claiming that the iPhone infringes “on 10 of the company’s patents relating to GSM, UMTS and WLAN technologies.”
The lawsuit, analysts predict, could cost Apple $1 billion. (…)

A Research in Motion (RIM) patent application points to the possibility of a touchscreen BlackBerry in the near future. (…)

LG has filed a patent for a flip phone with two touchscreens: one in place of the standard display, and another in place of the keypad. (…)

Not that the Zune phone would be a threat to the iPhone, but Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has downplayed rumors that the company would be creating any sort of Zune mobile phone. (…)