Caltech has filed a lawsuit against Broadcom and Apple and alleges the two firms are using its patented technology without permission. The patents in question, granted to Caltech between 2006 and 2012, cover 802.11n and 802.11ac WiFi technologies, which improve transmission speeds and reduce the hardware needed for WiFi radios. Caltech says the iPhone 5 […]
Huawei has filed lawsuits against Samsung in the U.S. and China, alleging the smartphone maker is using its patented technology without permission. Specifically, Huawei believes Samsung is infringing on a patent related to LTE wireless technology. “We hope Samsung will stop infringing our patents and get the necessary license from Huawei,” said the company in […]
A lawsuit filed in the frequent venue for patent trolls has surfaced, and is attacking Apple over basic telephony and communications in its mobile portfolio. While specific patents are named in the filing, the patents are very vague and cover such materials as cameras on the same side of the display, the ability to display […]
Nvidia today said it has settled its patent-related litigation with Samsung. The company first sued Samsung in 2014 over smartphone patents and was later sued in turn by Samsung. In October 2015, Samsung was cleared of violating Nvidia’s patents. In December 2015, a law judge with the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled Nvidia was guilty […]
Apple will pay out $24.9 million to settle a long-running lawsuit alleging that its Siri voice assistant violated a patent licensed by Dynamic Advances, according to an announcement by the latter firm on Tuesday. Under the terms of the agreement, the Marathon Patent Group — which controls Dynamic Advances — will be entitled to $5 […]
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear Samsung’s petition regarding its patent-based litigation with Apple. Samsung made the request in December and hopes the Supreme Court will reverse lower courts’ decisions regarding the damages owed to Apple over the latter’s design patents. Apple is seeking reimbursement for profits earned by Samsung for allegedly copying […]
Samsung won a reversal of a $120 million patent-related fine thanks to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C. The court found the iPhone’s slide-to-unlock and auto-correct patents invalid. Moreover, the court said Apple was guilty of infringing on one of Samsung’s patents. Samsung was initially found to violate the […]
Qualcomm said it has signed a new patent licensing agreement with Lenovo, which will use Qualcomm’s 3G and 4G wireless technology in future mobile devices. The patents will appear in both Lenovo- and Motorola-branded devices and cover technologies specific to the China market. Qualcomm said it has agreed to royalties that are inline with the […]
Immersion has filed multiple lawsuits against Apple and AT&T, claiming the two violate its haptic feedback patents. Specifically, Immersion believes the Apple iPhone 6/6 Plus, iPhone 6s/6s Plus, Apple Watch, Watch Sport, and Watch Edition make use to two patents pertaining to “haptic feedback system with stored effects” and “method and apparatus for providing tactile […]
Microsoft Licensing LLC, and GoPro today announced that they have signed a collaborative patent licensing deal for “certain file storage and other system technologies.” “This agreement with GoPro shows the incredible breadth of technology sharing enabled through patent transactions,” said Nick Psyhogeos, president of Microsoft Technology Licensing, in today’s extremely brief announcement. “Microsoft’s licensing of […]
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