Apple Inc.’s 11 foreign lawsuits against Qualcomm Inc. can proceed…
Tag: FOSS Patents
Intel accuses Qualcomm of abusing its mobile chip monopoly
Qualcomm shareholders would be wise to exit their positions….
Qualcomm now suing Apple in Germany
Qualcomm has filed patent infringement lawsuits against Apple in the Munich and Mannheim Regional Courts…
Apple joined by Foxconn, Pegatron, and others in its fight with Qualcomm
A group of leading smartphone manufacturers are joining Apple Inc. in a legal battle against Qualcomm Inc…
Apple accepts invitation by its contract manufacturers to join another Qualcomm fray
The four Apple contract manufacturers who have to defend themselves against a Qualcomm contract suit in the Southern District of California…
Qualcomm CEO expects out of court settlement with Apple
After six months of escalating legal battles and increasingly heated rhetoric…
Apple-Qualcomm legal dispute likely to be ‘long and ugly’
The bitter legal dispute between Apple and Qualcomm over patent-licensing terms…
Qualcomm wants court to block Apple from U.S. iPhone imports and sales
Qualcomm Incorporated today announced that it is filing a complaint with the United States International Trade Commission…
Judge rules U.S. FTC antitrust lawsuit against Qualcomm to proceed
The Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust lawsuit against Qualcomm Inc can proceed…
Apple uses Supreme Court decision to escalate war against Qualcomm
Apple has fired its latest legal salvo at Qualcomm, broadening its multibillion-dollar battle…
Apple’s amended San Diego complaint against Qualcomm leaves no doubt: many billions at stake
The wireless industry’s economically biggest lawsuit just got a whole lot bigger…
U.S. District Judge Koh denies Samsung motions, finds Apple licensing disclosures ‘improper,’ cover-up ‘inexcusable’
Judge Koh appeared ‘underwhelmed’ by a couple of Samsung motions designed to delay…
Apple seeks to broaden U.S. import ban against Samsung through Federal Circuit appeal
The import ban Apple won in August against Samsung’s Android-based devices…
Apple says Motorola demanded more than 12 times the rate it charged others for the same patents
The Motorola-Apple dispute, which started in October 2010…
Samsung asks for new trial on Apple’s rubber-banding patent in light of reexamination history
After 11 PM local time on Monday, Samsung started yet another attempt to…
Apple opposes Google’s amicus brief supporting Samsung: Not an impartial friend of the court
On Monday, a Google-led group of companies also including HTC, SAP, Rackspace and Red Hat…
Samsung to appeals court: Injunction won by Apple would only ‘confuse and intimidate’ customers
Apple’s effort to win a permanent injunction in the United States against many Samsung products…
Another win for Apple: German court invalidates Samsung 3G standard-essential patent
Long after office hours on Wednesday, Germany’s Bundespatentgericht
Apple-HTC terms are consistent with what Steve Jobs told Eric Schmidt and stated in public
The most important smartphone patent news in quite some time…
Samsung files redacted copy of ‘very lopsided’ Apple-HTC deal in U.S. court; Distinctive Apple User Experience not for sale
Lawyers for Samsung Electronics Co Ltd filed a redacted copy of…
Apple and HTC willing to show license agreement to Samsung, but not the royalty rate
On Friday, Samsung’s counsel in the Apple case in California demanded…
Apple calls Samsung’s allegation of jury misconduct ‘frivolous on its face’
Late on Tuesday, Apple filed a first response to Samsung’s allegations…
50 Most Influential People in IP list features Apple’s Jonathan Ive
The smartphone patent wars are the big story in IP this year…
Apple lawyers contact U.S. carriers and retailers to demand removal of banned Samsung products
During the last 24 hours there have been various filings with the Federal Circuit…
Federal Circuit denies immediate stay of Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 injunction, no Nexus decision yet
Samsung appealed both of last week’s preliminary injunctions…
Apple sues HTC in Virginia court for abuse of 4G/LTE standard-essential patents
On Thursday (June 21), Apple filed FRAND contract and antitrust claims…
U.S. judge changes mind, grants Apple an injunction hearing against Motorola (and vice versa)
Judge Richard Posner, the Seventh Circuit judge…
Apple petitions U.S. ITC to throw out five patents HTC received from Google last year
The five patents listed are patents that HTC added to its second ITC complaint against Apple…
Apple strikes major blow against Samsung
Apple (AAPL) struck a major blow to its frenemy Samsung in court…
Apple wins U.S. court sanctions against Samsung in patent infringement suit
Apple Inc. (AAPL) won sanctions against Samsung Electronics Co…
Apple wants court to obscure Samsung logo on video display for jurors; exclude Jobs’ ‘thermonuclear war’ quote
In their filing, the parties explain, among many other things, what kinds of evidence-related issues…
Motorola’s patent enforcement against Apple will cost German taxpayers millions
At first sight, one might think that court, lawyers’ and other fees…
German court may ban iPhone, iPad again within a few months – same Moto patent as last time
At the Mannheim Regional Court, I just attended the pronouncement…
German appeals court allows Motorola Mobility to continue enforcing its push notification patent against Apple
For a significant period of time (which could be a year or more), Motorola…
Apple’s expands U.S. lawsuit against Samsung lawsuit to 8 patents, naming 17 products
On Saturday, I reported on Apple’s request for a U.S. preliminary injunction…
Financial analyst believes patent litigation could raise Apple’s share price by $35-$260
A note issued by Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Whitmore to clients today lists…
Federal Circuit orders Apple to correct appeal against denial of preliminary injunction against Samsung
Three weeks ago I reported on Apple having appealed to the Court of Appeals…
Samsung loses Dutch case, denied injunction against Apple over 3G patents
Regardless of whatever Google’s CEO may say in an effort to assuage investors’ concerns…
Steve Jobs’ patent enables Apple to shut down any new Android product in Australia
In a posthumous triumph for the late Steve Jobs, one of his more than 300 patents…
Apple to ITC: Android started at Apple while Andy Rubin worked for us
It’s a story that’s remarkable per se: Allegedly, Android started at Apple…
Apple accuses Samsung of ‘serial standard-setting abuses’ and ‘deceiving standards-setting organizations,’ among other things
Apple’s lawyers use strong words for Samsung’s behavior to which Apple’s counterclaims relate…
