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Tag: patent troll

Patent troll tries to block sales of Apple Watch

Thursday, September 17, 2020 10:36 amNo Comments

Apple has been sued by an Irish company based out of Dublin, Solas OLED Ltd., claiming patent infringement in the Apple Watch…

Apple asks U.S. federal court circuit to reconsider $439 million VirnetX patent infringement ruling

Friday, February 22, 2019 4:55 pmFriday, February 22, 20193 Comments

Apple is continuing its attempts to get out of paying VirnetX $439 million after being declared…

Apple goes on offense to squelch threat of FISI lawsuit over USB charging

Wednesday, February 6, 2019 4:43 pm1 Comment

Apple is ‘going on the offensive’ against Fundamental Innovation Systems International…

Apple to again appeal VirnetX $440 million FaceTime lawsuit

Thursday, January 17, 2019 12:57 pmThursday, January 17, 2019No Comments

Apple has lost an appeal to have a patent judgment set aside relating to FaceTime technology…

Apple loses bid to undo $440 million judgment in VirnetX patent case

Tuesday, January 15, 2019 1:30 pmTuesday, January 15, 2019No Comments

A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld a judgment worth $440 million…

Jury award of $145 million in Apple-WiLAN patent case slashed to $10 million

Monday, January 7, 2019 10:00 amMonday, January 7, 20192 Comments

A jury verdict that awarded $145 million to licensing firm WiLAN Inc. after its victory…

Patent troll sues Apple alleging Apple Pay infringement

Wednesday, December 26, 2018 4:04 pmWednesday, December 26, 20182 Comments

Apple has been sued by Texas company Fintiv, who describe themselves as…

Patent troll sues Apple over FaceTime, auto-expiring voice Messages technology

Tuesday, November 20, 2018 10:40 amNo Comments

Stalwart patent troll Uniloc filed a pair of lawsuits over the weekend claiming technology…

Patent troll sues Apple over AirDrop tech

Thursday, October 4, 2018 11:02 amWednesday, October 3, 20181 Comment

Patent troll Uniloc returned to form on Wednesday after a months-long hiatus…

U.S. jury awards $145 million damages to Canada’s WiLan against Apple

Thursday, August 2, 2018 10:27 amThursday, August 2, 20186 Comments

Apple plans to appeal…

Legal battle may be to blame for Apple breaking Steve Jobs’ FaceTime promise

Thursday, June 7, 2018 5:35 pmThursday, June 7, 201812 Comments

At WWDC, Apple revealed that it will finally make it possible to do FaceTime group calls for up to 32 people…

Federal jury rules Apple must pay $502.6 million to VirnetX

Tuesday, April 10, 2018 10:35 pm17 Comments

VirnetX Holding Corp. won $502.6 million against Apple Inc. after a federal jury…

Apple, slapped with a $440 million judgement, to appeal VirnetX patent case

Monday, October 16, 2017 3:30 pmMonday, October 16, 20173 Comments

Apple lost a retrial a year ago in an ongoing patent dispute with VirnetX over secure communications protocols…

Patent troll grabs Nokia patents, sues Apple for 12.5 cents for every iPhone sold

Tuesday, October 10, 2017 4:33 pmTuesday, October 10, 20175 Comments

Last year, a Delaware federal jury found that Apple’s iPhone infringed a MobileMedia patent and ordered Apple to pay…

Apple loses patent retrial to VirnetX, owes $302.4 million

Saturday, October 1, 2016 9:04 am16 Comments

A federal jury in Texas on Friday night ordered Apple Inc to pay more than $302 million in damages…

Apple sued over iPhone proximity sensor in new patent troll lawsuit

Friday, August 5, 2016 3:55 pmFriday, August 5, 20168 Comments

511 Innovations, Inc. is the latest patent troll to file a complaint against Apple…

Judge voids VirnetX’s $625.6 million Apple verdict; VirnetX shares plunge

Monday, August 1, 2016 12:02 pmMonday, August 1, 20164 Comments

A federal judge has thrown out a verdict requiring Apple Inc to pay VirnetX Holding Corp $625.6 million…

Apple hit with lawsuit claiming patent infringement over iPhone’s battery technologies

Tuesday, July 12, 2016 3:57 pm5 Comments

omaltus, LLC has filed a complaint against Apple today in an Eastern Texas district court…

Patent troll VirnetX wants judge to block Apple’s FaceTime, iMessage services

Thursday, May 26, 2016 2:39 pm5 Comments

VirnetX on Wednesday also asked the judge presiding over the litigation to increase the damages the East Texas jury…

Apple hit with $626 million damages in VirnetX patent case

Wednesday, February 3, 2016 8:11 pm18 Comments

A jury in Texas has decided Apple must pay US$626 million for infringing four patents held by a Nevada-based patent licensing company…

Apple promptly calls out ‘patent troll’ after trial win

Wednesday, October 22, 2014 8:40 pm48 Comments

At trial, U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh prohibited Apple from referring to GPNE as a patent troll…

Judge rules Apple does not infringe Golden Bridge W-CDMA patents

Monday, June 16, 2014 6:49 pm6 Comments

Apple chalks up another SEP win…

Patent troll on the verge of winning 1 percent of Apple’s iPhone revenue

Sunday, June 8, 2014 1:00 pm48 Comments

A patent troll my be able to collect a patent tax of nearly 1 percent on the most popular product produced by the world’s richest tech company…

Apple sued for alleged patent infringement over all capacitive touchscreen products

Thursday, January 30, 2014 4:28 pmThursday, January 30, 201413 Comments

Hilltop Technology LLC has filed a patent infringement lawsuit…

Apple wins patent-infringement trial against Wi-Lan

Thursday, October 24, 2013 8:29 am8 Comments

Apple Inc. won a patent-infringement trial in which Wi-Lan Inc…

Apple hit with patent infringement lawsuit over FaceTime and Messages

Wednesday, October 31, 2012 10:25 am8 Comments

The company claims that Apple’s Messages and FaceTime applications found in iOS and OS X infringe…

Apple sued for patent infringement over Numbers spreadsheet

Friday, September 28, 2012 6:01 pmFriday, September 28, 201245 Comments

Apple has been sued by a Texas-based company for allegedly infringing on a patent…

Apple settles with patent troll SimpleAir

Thursday, May 24, 2012 4:03 pm8 Comments

SimpleAir, Inc. today announced that it has entered a confidential…

Apple sued for rotating windows on iOS devices

Wednesday, May 16, 2012 10:30 amWednesday, May 16, 201240 Comments

Texas based Rotatable Technologies is suing Apple for infringing on a 1999 patent…

Company sues Apple, HTC, RIM, Samsung alleging touchscreen patent infringement

Thursday, April 12, 2012 3:01 pmThursday, April 12, 201210 Comments

Previously unknown firm Touchscreen Gestures has sued Apple, HTC, RIM, and Samsung…

VirnetX awarded new security patent files new complaint against Apple

Tuesday, November 1, 2011 1:32 pmTuesday, November 1, 201111 Comments

VirnetX Holding Corporation today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary…

Indie developer organizing ‘Operation Anthill’ coalition against Lodsys, patent trolls

Tuesday, August 2, 2011 9:01 am9 Comments

Some independent iOS app developers plan to begin banding together to fight off lawsuits…

After $8 million jury verdict against Apple, troll wants more and sues over iPhone 4 and iPad 2

Wednesday, July 20, 2011 7:10 pmWednesday, July 20, 201132 Comments

Obviously the purpose of the second lawsuit is to squeeze even more money out of Apple…

Eastern Texas court orders Apple to pay $8 million in patent trial over iPod playlists

Saturday, July 9, 2011 10:03 amSaturday, July 9, 201140 Comments

Apple Inc. was told to pay closely held Personal Audio LLC $8 million…

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