Apple’s chief patent lawyer, Richard “Chip” Lutton Jr., will soon leave the company, according to a Reuters report.
Apple is facing some incredible challenges in the patent realm, and the company is embroiled in legal challenges with the likes of …
The high-stakes patent battle between Samsung and Apple took yet another turn on Tuesday when Apple filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission that seeks to bar many Samsung mobile devices from the U.S., according to Bloomberg.
Watching …
Microsoft has asked Samsung to pay $15 for each Android phone it makes, according to a Reuters report. Microsoft owns a lot of patents related to Android and is using them to help earn millions of dollars each year.
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In the legal boxing match between Apple and Samsung, Apple just threw a strong uppercut. Apple on Friday filed an injunction to attempt to keep Samsung from importing four of its mobile devices into the U.S., including the Galaxy S …
Bankrupt telecom company Nortel Networks announced on Friday that it had sold its juggernaut patent portfolio to a consortium made up of the likes of Apple, Microsoft, and RIM for a hefty sum of $4.5 billion cash.
“The size and …
Microsoft has signed yet another patent agreement with an Android device maker — this time it’s rugged computer manufacturer General Dynamics Itronix — that will guarantee the software giant licensing fees for every Android device Itronix sells.
Details about the …
The Department of Justice on Friday gave the go-ahead to Apple and Intel to bid on Nortel’s highly valued patent portfolio. The two high-profile firms follow Google as potential bidders.
Nortel’s patents relate to all manner of technologies, including Wi-Fi, …
The legal spat between Apple and Samsung escalated Friday as the iPhone-maker filed yet another patent lawsuit against Samsung.
However, unlike Apple’s previous filings against Samsung in the U.S., today’s motion was filed in South Korea’s Central District Court.
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The U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust authorities have approved Google’s $900 million bid for 6,000 Nortel patents, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Wednesday. The auction will take place June 20 and will likely change the legal landscape for …
Nokia on Tuesday announced that Apple had agreed to pay a one-time settlement and continuous license fees for patents that Nokia owns, ending a legal battle that started in 2009. Both companies will also retract all prior complaints from the …
Apple on Thursday moved to intervene in a lawsuit by patent licensing company Lodsys over in-app purchases, according to FOSS Patents’ Florian Mueller. Apple wants to put itself between Lodsys and seven independent iOS developers that Lodsys sued in district …
US antitrust regulators have concerns about Apple’s interest in acquiring patents being auctioned off by Nortel Networks, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
The group of over 6,000 patents cover a wide range of technology, including a handful deemed …
After five years of legal back and forth, Dish Network and its former parent company EchoStar have settled their ongoing litigation with digital video recording (DVR) company Tivo that centered on Dish’s DVR implementation, for $500 million.
Now that the …
Samsung, the latest company to enter into a legal slap fight with Apple over patent and trademark violations, fired back with a promise of counter-action against its rival’s recent accusations.
The South Korean company denies any legal claim by Apple …
In lieu of waiting for actual patent reform, Google announced today that it has bid $900 million on Nortel’s patent portfolio to protect against wanton patent litigation.
If Google wins the auction, it will have access to some 6,000 patents …
Poynt, a location-based mobile search engine, today announced it has been granted a patent, first filed in 2000, for delivering offers and coupons to a mobile user based on GPS location and information from the user’s profile, according to a …
Nortel, a telecommunications giant that controls some major patents on the next generation of wireless technology, is auctioning off the remainder of its patents to suitors like Research in Motion, Apple and Microsoft, according to a report from Reuters.
The …
Generally speaking, venture capital firms won’t sign non-disclosure agreements – and that’s usually not a problem. When they do reveal secrets, word gets out. That doesn’t mean you should go in unprotected, says attorney Martin Nichols in this Entrepreneur Thought …
Here are the top cleantech stories today on the GreenBeat:
GE will buy 25,000 electric vehicles by 2015 in the largest order of its kind. It’s purchasing 12,000 cars — including the Chevrolet Volt — from GM, and some of …
While Facebook Places wasn’t the first on the location-based services scene, it may have just became the top dog. According to Eric Sherman at CBS’s BNET site, the company has been granted a very broad patent, filed in 2007, called …
