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Tag: patent trolls

Apple, BMW, and other companies call on EU to take action on patent trolls

Wednesday, January 15, 2020 11:42 pmWednesday, January 15, 2020No Comments

Apple, Microsoft and BMW, together with a wide group of other technology companies and carmakers, called on the EU to take action against patent trolls…

Apple, Intel file antitrust case vs SoftBank-owned firm over serial nuisance patent lawsuits

Thursday, November 21, 2019 4:40 pm2 Comments

Intel and Apple allege that Fortress and firms it either owned or whose patent portfolios it effectively controlled…

Lawsuit takes aim at Apple’s cellular devices

Wednesday, February 27, 2019 4:02 pmWednesday, February 27, 20193 Comments

The complaint alleges that all LTE-enabled Apple products, including various iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch models, infringe…

Apple plans to close all retail stores in Eastern District of Texas in fight against patent trolls

Friday, February 22, 2019 2:32 pmFriday, February 22, 201924 Comments

Apple plans to close both of its retail stores within the Eastern District of Texas…

Apple slapped with patent suit over Siri’s natural language abilities

Friday, March 9, 2018 1:01 pmFriday, March 9, 20187 Comments

Non-practicing entity Portal Communications on Thursday filed suit against Apple for alleged infringement…


Judge Denise Cote deals patent trolls a potentially fatal blow

Tuesday, January 3, 2017 4:00 pmTuesday, January 3, 201717 Comments

For years, patent trolls have been the best evidence that pure evil exists…

U.S. Supreme Court ruling favors Apple’s fight against patent trolls

Tuesday, June 21, 2016 11:25 amTuesday, June 21, 20161 Comment

The Supreme Court on Monday blessed new government procedures for challenging patents…

Apple sued over iPhones making calls, sending email

Monday, May 23, 2016 8:50 pm19 Comments

A company that seemingly does nothing but license patents or, if necessary, sue other companies…

Apple CEO Tim Cook meets with U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch in Washington D.C.

Wednesday, December 3, 2014 2:27 pmWednesday, December 3, 201419 Comments

Apple CEO Tim Cook visited at least one Capitol Hill lawmaker…

Apple, HP slam patent troll Linex Technologies with $3.6 million each in attorney fees

Saturday, September 20, 2014 4:01 pmSaturday, September 20, 201424 Comments

Northern District of California Court Judge Claudia Wilken has ruled…

Apple the #1 target of patent trolls

Tuesday, May 13, 2014 4:29 pmTuesday, May 13, 20148 Comments

In a filing with the Supreme Court, Apple said that for every case that reaches court…

Apple, Microsoft, IBM, others team to slow down U.S. congressional patent reform

Thursday, April 3, 2014 12:00 pmThursday, April 3, 201414 Comments

Major U.S. companies including Apple, the world’s most valuable, have formed a lobbying group…

Apple, Google watch closely as US Supreme Court weighs curbing patent trolls

Wednesday, February 26, 2014 4:00 pmWednesday, February 26, 20141 Comment

The U.S. Supreme Court considered making it easier for companies…

Apple, Google press U.S. Supreme Court to curb patent trolls

Wednesday, February 5, 2014 9:29 amWednesday, February 5, 20144 Comments

Apple Inc. and Google Inc., saying they’re tired of being slapped with frivolous patent suits…

New York State joins U.S. Congress, tech companies like Apple in war against patent trolls

Tuesday, January 14, 2014 5:02 pmTuesday, January 14, 201413 Comments

The list of those waging battle with so-called patent trolls…

U.S. House panel passes bill targeting ‘patent trolls’

Thursday, November 21, 2013 8:34 am10 Comments

A U.S. congressional panel on Wednesday approved a bill…

Apple Inc. a top target for patent trolls

Thursday, August 29, 2013 4:02 pmThursday, August 29, 20136 Comments

An unfortunate byproduct of being an iconic consumer electronics company…

Florian Müller: It’s time for Google to stop its trollish enforcement of a bogus patent against Apple in Germany

Wednesday, July 3, 2013 5:02 pmWednesday, July 3, 20139 Comments

Google was the first litigant in the ongoing wave of smartphone…

Why Obama’s patent actions will harm U.S. tech industry

Thursday, June 6, 2013 4:34 pmThursday, June 6, 201337 Comments

Yesterday, the Obama administration rolled out a sweeping set of executive actions…

Obama executive orders take aim at patent trolls, encourage high tech patents

Tuesday, June 4, 2013 12:00 pmTuesday, June 4, 201327 Comments

With well over $100 billion in the bank, it’s no great surprise that Apple…

Foreign governments getting into profitable US ‘patent troll’ business

Wednesday, March 20, 2013 5:32 pmWednesday, March 20, 20139 Comments

Patent trolls can earn millions of dollars by being a costly thorn in the side…

Patent trolls have the smartphone industry in a state of emergency

Friday, August 10, 2012 4:04 pmFriday, August 10, 201222 Comments

Patent trolls cost U.S. software and hardware companies US$29 billion in 2011…

Apple sued over new iPad with LTE, accused of infringing 4G patents

Saturday, March 10, 2012 9:59 amSaturday, March 10, 201215 Comments

The company claims to have conceived, built, and patented critical equipment…

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