IPNews® – The United States Patent and Trademark Office released a preliminary ruling that one of the patents in question in the Apple and Samsung patent wars is invalid.
Should the ruling stick, it could have lasting consequences for Apple. Samsung is already bidding for a new trial based on the ruling in order to
IPNews® – A Southern California jury found that Apple and LG Electronics did not infringe on Alcatel-Lucent’s patents.
Alcatel-Lucent claimed that Apple and LG Electronics had been using three of its patents related to video compression technology without permission. Apple and LG, however, said they had compensated Alcatel-Lucent through their membership in an industry-wide patent
IPNews® – Google and Apple are no strangers to each other when it comes to patent wars, but the companies are putting their differences aside to bid together on Kodak’s imaging patents.
Between the two, Apple and Google own 86.3 percent of the market for operating systems on smartphones. However, the companies have apparently decided
IPNews® – Apple and Samsung continue their patent infringement battle today after Apple was awarded $1.05 billion by a jury in August.
Apple feels the verdict is not enough and seeks further monetary damages and a permanent injunction. Samsung, however, feels the verdict is steeper than it should be and claims that Apple’s requested injunction
IPNews® – Apple and HTC have ended their near three-year patent infringement battle with a confidential, ten-year licensing agreement.
The agreement will reportedly cover all current and future patents held by both companies. The eagerness to strike deals with other tech companies seems to be a new philosophy that came with its new CEO, Tim
IPNews® – Apple Inc. was recently ordered to pay $368.2 million to VirnetX by a Tyler, Texas federal jury in a patent infringement case.
The claims made by VirnetX against Apple alleged that various Apple devices supporting the popular Face Time application infringe on four of its patents relating to technology that creates a secure
IPNews® – Samsung Electronics Co. has infringed four Apple Inc. patents for smartphone and tablet technology, according to a U.S. International Trade Commission administrative law judge’s initial ruling published Wednesday.
The patents found to be infringed cover headphone audio plug connector and touch screen technology, while certain other patents Apple asserted, including one for the
IPNews® – The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether Samsung Electronics Co. abused its market position and acted anti-competitively with respect to its licensing commitments for its standard-essential patents, Apple Inc. said Monday.
The DOJ has joined the European Commission in looking into whether Samsung violated its commitments to license the standard-essential patents it
IPNews® – A court in the Netherlands ruled once again on Wednesday that Samsung Electronics Co.’s smartphones and tablets do not infringe Apple Inc.’s European patent for a “touch event model,” following in line with other European court decisions rejecting the patent.
The Dutch court’s ruling reaffirmed a decision it made in August 2011, when
IPNews® – Samsung Electronics Co. and Apple Inc. exchanged blows on Friday over whether the jury foreman’s alleged misconduct in the smartphone and tablet patent infringement trial that yielded a $1 billion verdict against Samsung earlier this year warrants holding a new trial.
Samsung’s allegations that jury foreman Velvin Hogan lied about his involvement in