Posts tagged as: Patent

Apple Ordered to Pay WARF $506 Million Patent Infringement

Apple was ordered this week by a U.S. judge to pay $506 million to the University of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) thanks to patented technology found in Apple’s A7, A8, and A8X processors. The patent involves increasing the efficiency of chips by predicting what instructions the user will give them. WARF originally filed the […]

Qualcomm Files Suit to Ban Intel Modem Packing iPhones in U.S.

Qualcomm this week launched a major new patent dispute with Apple. Qualcomm is filing a complaint with the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) seeking to block the importation of iPhones that infringe on six Qualcomm patents related to power efficiency. Qualcomm-powered iPhones are covered by a patent licensing deal, the complaint only covers iPhones […]

Nokia and Apple Reach Patent License Accord

Apple today said it has settled its patent complaints against Nokia and the two have signed a multi-year patent license. The two firms sued one another in December of last year concerning licensing fees for Nokia’s patents. Nokia said Apple refused to pay fair prices, while Apple accused Nokia of antitrust tactics. Nokia had sold […]

Small Boston Firm Files a Patent Suit on Apple and Visa

Universal Secure Registry, a small firm from Boston, has filed a patent complaint against Apple and Visa over the technology used to create Apple Pay. According to the lawsuit, Kenneth P. Weiss, CEO of Universal Secure Registry, holds 13 patents pertaining to the use of fingerprints and one-time tokens in order to authenticate secure financial […]

Qualcomm Sues Apple’s Manufacturing Partners

Qualcomm is targeting companies that manufacture Apple products in an attempt to recover royalty payments. Qualcomm has sued Foxconn, Pegatron, Wistron, and Compal Electronics for patent fees since Apple is not paying them. Apple is withholding about $1 billion in royalties from Qualcomm after it sued the company in January for overcharging for patents and […]

Google Announces PAX Licensing Network

Google has announced PAX, a patent-licensing initiative for Android that the company hopes will help resolve and/or prevent patent-related threats. Companies that join PAX give each other royalty-free patent licenses that cover Android and Google applications on compatible devices. The founding members of PAX include Google, Samsung, LG, Foxconn, HMD Global, HTC, Coolpad, BQ, and Allview. […]

Nintendo Wins – The 3DS Does Not Infringe Tomita Technologies’ Patent

Nintendo’s long-running legal battle against Tomita Technologies, which alleges the Japanese console maker had used its patented 3D display tech without permission, has ended. The skirmish began in 2011 after retired Sony engineer and Tomita founder, Seijiro Tomita, claimed Nintendo unlawfully used his glasses-free 3D technology to create the 3DS. Naturally, Nintendo hit back, although a jury […]

BlackBerry Sues Nokia Over Patents

BlackBerry filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Nokia this week. BlackBerry claims Nokia is using its patented technology in select telecommunications equipment that Nokia sells to network operators, such as T-Mobile, without the proper licenses. The 11 patents in question were originally held by Nortel Networks and, in a bankruptcy sale, later sold to Rockstar […]

AMD Sues LG, MediaTek, Sigma Designs and Vizio Over Intellectual Property Rights

AMD  has filed a patent suit on LG, MediaTek, Sigma Designs and Vizio AMD has requested the United States International Trade Commission (US ITC) to investigate the matter and, if the ITC finds in its favor, ban products based on chips that infringe on AMD’s intellectual property rights. LG, MediaTek, Sigma Designs and Vizio infringe […]

ITC Will Investigate Nokia’s Patent Complaints Against Apple

The U.S. International Trade Commission said it will investigate claims made by Nokia that Apple’s smartphones and tablets violate its patented technology. Nokia filed its lawsuit with the ITC in December, accusing Apple of importing and selling “mobile phones, tablet computers, and components thereof” that infringe Nokia-held patents. Nokia is seeking an exclusion order and […]

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