Ericsson that would allow the Indian handset maker to use the Swedish company's patents for making cellular phones.
No one will be surprised when the results will show they are comparable, but the question will be: what strategies will the drug maker then use to keep the billion-dollar bonanza going?
Ltd. and point-of-sale equipment maker Roam to advance use of its mobile-payments technology.
In America, Levi Strauss, a blue-jeans maker, is increasing its use of specialists like San Fransisco-based Prophet and Beam.
According to John Dilworth, a London-based maker and historian, his use of reusable templates alone distinguished him from all his contemporaries.
All of the hardware makers, Google perhaps less than the others because it is only nominally a hardware maker, have sought to use software to create hardware advantages.
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Simon Owens, 50, a cabinet maker from Dorset, plans to use the money to clear up rubbish over a three-month period.
The university was the subject of a study in 2004 by computer chip maker Intel which showed how the use of notebook computers had increased from 1.2% of students in 1999 to 35% just four years later.
Thus, spending money is no longer the difference maker, but rather the most effective use of the expenditures becomes what differentiates one firm from another.
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The guides, like those at Maker's Mark, stress the use of traditional methods: the slow fermentation of sour mash in vats made of cypress, the distillation in copper-pot stills (Labrot and Graham use three instead of the usual two), the regular sampling of barrels by discriminating imbibers with decades of experience, to achieve just the right taste.
Samsung is the single-biggest maker of Android smartphones and will continue to use Google's software for its phones.
If a display from a certain component maker returns poor UX results, OEMs can use that data to pick a different component or a different supplier entirely.
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Apple Corps, which depicts a green apple as its logo, argued the computer-maker had breached a 1991 agreement that limited the use of each other's symbols to music and computing respectively.
Icebreaker, a maker of outdoor clothing, does well abroad with its use of pure merino in striking colours and shapes (pictured above).
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In comparing the Smart Cover information with a former patent filed by the iPhone maker, Patently Apple speculated that users may one day use their iMac as the ultimate charging hub.
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But it is how you use the power that makes for a wise decision maker.
In fact, a new design recently launched by LED chip maker Bridgelux features spaces around the chips that its customers can use to incorporate sensors.
Managing director and Belu co-founder Reed Paget, a former documentary maker, told CNN the idea behind the business was to use water to create water in areas where it was not widely available.
The chief executive of a major maker of DNA sequencing technology is talking about getting regulatory clearance to use his technology for medical purposes.
In the last year Google has scored an impressive string of wins, including at the Swiss drug maker Hoffmann-La Roche, where over 80, 000 employees use the package, and at the Interior Department, where 90, 000 use it.
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In Apple's cross-examination of Mr. Yang, the iPhone maker said that Samsung didn't claim to be producing devices that use two of the patents it asserted against Apple.
You might have a coffee maker with a frothing spout for making fancy dirks, but how often do you use it?
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People can use CustomMade in two ways: by requesting a product from a particular maker, or by posting a photo and description and asking for bids from makers.
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Flavio Radice, the boss of Pietro Carnaghi, a tool maker in Busto Arsizio, north of Milan, says he and his designers regularly use their video-telephone link to pore over plans with customers for the huge vertical-milling machines his firm makes for turbine builders.
Made by Italian mannequin maker Almax SpA, the EyeSee went on sale last December and is currently in use in three European countries as well as the US, though major chains like Benetton Group, Nordstrom and Burberry have stated they have not implemented them.
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In 2008 it partnered with Element 21, a Canadian golf-club maker, to develop processes to slice and encapsulate the aerogels into something apparel makers could use.
At home you can make ice cream in the freezer or in an ice cream maker but if you need to make thousands of litres a day, you need to use a different method.
Telecoms equipment maker Huawei accuses InterDigital of "abusing" its position and demanding "exploitative" fees to use its patented technology, said to be essential to 3G in mobile devices.
Shares in Celgene, the maker of the cancer treatments, fell 9% this morning on worries that long-term use of its Revlimid for multiple myeloma treatment might increase the risk of new tumors developing.
They use high-speed graphics cards to run a customized rendering platform called Gocad, built by software maker Paradigm.
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