Facebook has filed a lawsuit against BlackBerry in California, claiming the company is violating six patents that pertain to voice messaging technology, graphics, audio, video, and GPS tracking. Facebook is seeking unspecified damages. BlackBerry sued Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp earlier this year over messaging technology. Both companies claim the other used their patented technology without […]
In the wake of MoviePass’ parent company Helios and Matheson Analytics, reporting an operating loss of $126.6 million for the most recent quarter ending June 30th (compared with a loss of under $3 million this time last year), news has come of a class action lawsuit against the company and its CEO Ted Farnsworth […]
Apple owes WiLan $145 million for violating the small company’s patents, says a jury in San Diego. The company sued Apple over its use of wireless technology in some iPhones. The jury said Apple was guilty of violating two such patents and ordered Apple to pay restitution. Apple has been the target of WiLan lawsuits […]
The makers of Fortnite, one of the world’s most popular video games, have been accused of copying rival title PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG). Bluehole Studio Inc, the studio behind PUBG, has asked a court in South Korea to determine whether Epic Games copied its intellectual property. Fortnite and PUBG have both attracted millions of gamers with […]
A California jury on Thursday decided that Samsung must pay Apple $539 million for copying its smartphone designs. The decision comes after a retrial concerning the amount of damages owed for the 2012 case that found Samsung guilty of infringing on Apple’s design patents. A jury in that case initially awarded Apple $1.05 billion, though […]
A World of Warcraft player has been sentenced to jail in the US for carrying out a cyber-attack that interfered with the service in Europe. Calin Mateias had been accused of flooding Blizzard Entertainment’s computer servers with traffic between February and September 2010. He was said to have carried out the distributed denial of service […]
VirnetX has won another courtroom victory over Apple, this time to the tune of $502.6 million. A jury in Texas this week found that Apple is violating four patents held by VirnetX concerning secure communications between mobile devices. VirnetX is a patent-holding company and generates income by filing lawsuits against other companies. This particular case […]
BlackBerry‘s hope to squash a lawsuit has been dashed by a U.S. judge who says the legal proceedings can move forward. Plaintiffs allege BlackBerry “inflated its stock price and defrauded shareholders” by suggesting sales of BlackBerry 10 handsets were much better than they really were. The case was originally dismissed in March 2015, but new […]
BlackBerry has filed lawsuits against Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, claiming all three violate its patented messaging technology. “Defendants created mobile messaging applications that co-opt BlackBerry’s innovations, using a number of the innovative security, user interface, and functionality enhancing features,” said the company in its filings. BlackBerry says it has spent years negotiating with all three […]
MoviePass has filed a patent infringement lawsuit Friday against rival subscription movie ticking service Sinemia, alleging they have stolen many of its key features reports Variety. Both services allow customers to see movies in theaters in exchange for a discounted monthly fee, but operate on different usage frequencies – MoviePass allows customers to see one […]
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