London’s Court of Appeal ruled Thursday that Apple must pay $502 million to a U.S. patent holder for using 4G patents in iPhones and iPads…
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University of Wisconsin rebuffed as Apple fends off appeal of win in $506 million patent case
The University of Wisconsin’s efforts to overturn a previous court ruling in its favor against Apple have proven to be unsuccessful…
Apple, other major tech firms again lose lawsuit challenging US patent-review policy
Apple and other major tech companies have failed to convince a California federal court that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office unlawfully…
U.S. Supreme Court declines to review Apple’s win against $503 million VirnetX patent verdict
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear patent-licensing company VirnetX’s bid to revive a $502.8 million jury verdict it won…
Apple’s fight over Apple Watch patents could slow its health initiatives
Apple’s long-simmering patent headache over Apple Watch could slow the company’s rollout of new health features…
Apple continues push to make Apple Watch the ultimate all-in-one medical device
Apple is continuing work on making Apple Watch the ultimate health-tracking wrist computer, but it could take years as the company…
Apple races to change blood oxygen algorithms as U.S. Apple Watch ban looms
Engineers at Apple are racing to change algorithms on the Apple Watch that measure a user’s blood oxygen level — a feature that Masimo…
Caltech ends billion-dollar U.S. patent fight with Apple and Broadcom
The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has reached an agreement to settle a patent lawsuit against Apple and Broadcom over Wi-Fi…
Caltech reaches ‘potential settlement’ in Apple, Broadcom Wi-Fi patent lawsuit
Caltech, Apple, and Broadcom have reached a “potential settlement” in their patent infringement lawsuit over Wi-Fi chips. Caltech had…
U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Apple-Broadcom challenge to Caltech patents
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a bid by Apple and Broadcom to revive their challenges to Caltech data-transmission…
U.S. Solicitor General urges Supreme Court not to hear Apple-Caltech patent case
The U.S. solicitor general on Tuesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject an appeal by Apple and Broadcom stemming from their…
Apple wins U.S. appeal over patents in $502 million VirnetX verdict
Apple on Thursday won a U.S. appeals court decision to uphold a patent tribunal’s ruling that that imperils a $502 million verdict for…
Beleaguered Blackberry to sell mobile patents for up to $900 million
Beleaguered BlackBerry (née Research In Motion), one of several examples of iPhone roadkill, said on Tuesday it would sell patents…
Court revives Apple, Google, Cisco challenge to U.S. patent-review policy
Apple, Google, Cisco, and others can sue the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to challenge a rule that reduced the number of patent-validity…
U.S. Supreme Court asks for Solicitor General’s views on Apple/Caltech patent dispute
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday asked for the U.S. Solicitor General’s views on Apple and Broadcom’s bid to revive their challenges…
Apple and Ericsson sign global patent license agreement
Apple and Ericsson have reached a multi-year, global patent license agreement between the two companies. The agreement includes…
Judge likens Apple, Ericsson to unfaithful fiancées in patent case
A Texas federal judge scolded both Apple and Ericsson over their actions ahead of a trial in a 5G patent licensing dispute set for December…
Apple, Koss settle wireless-headphone patent legal fight
Apple and headphone maker Koss have agreed to a deal over patents the day before the case was set to go to trial…
Apple granted U.S. patent for ‘Apple Car’ steering wheel system
Apple has been granted a U.S. patent (number 11,370,475) for steering wheel, described as a “steer-by-wire system with multiple…
Apple, WiLAN ink patent licensing agreement settling all pending patent litigation
Quarterhill Inc. subsidiary Wi–LAN Inc. and WiLAN’s subsidiary Polaris Innovations Limited today announced a new agreement with Apple Inc…
SpaceTime3D sues Apple over three-dimensional screen display patents
Apple is being sued by SpaceTime3D which alleges that Apple is infringing on patents relating to three-dimensional displays. SpaceTime3D …
Apple, Broadcom win new trial as U.S. appeals court throws out in $1.1 billion jury verdict in CalTech patent case
A U.S. appeals court to threw out a jury verdict agains Apple and Broadcom on Friday that would’ve required the companies to pay $1.1 billion…
Ericsson sues Apple again over 5G patent licensing
Sweden’s Ericsson has filed another set of patent infringement lawsuits against Apple in the latest tussle between the two companies…
U.S. Chief Justice Roberts backs plan to review patent trial forum-shopping criticized by Apple
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts backed calls for the federal courts’ policy making body to review rules that have led to a…
Apple loses bid to revive challenges of Qualcomm patents after licensing deal
For the second time, a U.S. appeals court on Wednesday rebuffed Apple’s attempt to revive challenges to chipmaker Qualcomm’s patents…
Apple accused of bad faith in Ericsson 5G patent royalty talks
Ericsson filed a lawsuit Monday against Apple which accuses the company of engaging in unfair tactics to avoid paying royalties for 5G …
Jawbone patent troll sues Apple, Google over ear buds, phones, and smart home devices
Patents originally owned by the bankrupt Silicon Valley darling Jawbone are at the center of new lawsuits seeking royalties from Apple and…
Apple gets mixed rulings in Firstface ‘Home button’ patent dispute
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Monday upheld two Firstface patents that Apple had challenged, but affirmed Apple…
Masimo demands ITC ban Apple Watch Series 6 sales in America
Masimo has filed a patent-infringement complaint at the U.S. ITC that seeks to ban imports of the Apple Watch Series 6 …
U.S. Supreme Court reins in power of patent tribunal judges
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office tribunal that has gained a reputation for canceling patents …
Intel ordered to pay $2.18 billion to VLSI for patent infringement
Intel Corp. has been ordered to pay $2.18 billion to VLSI Technology after losing a patent-infringement trial over technology related to chip…
Apple hit with patent infringement lawsuit over Face ID, other iPhone camera features
Apple has been hit with a lawsuit alleging that many of its iPhone camera features, including Face ID, infringe on a series of patents owned…
U.S. judge denies Apple bid to overturn VirnetX patent verdict, could owe over $1.1 billion
A federal judge denied Apples bid to overturn or reduce a $502.8 million patent infringement verdict favoring VirnetX Holding Corp…
Apple asks court to overturn $1.1 billion Caltech Wi-fi patent trial ruling
Apple and Broadcom are trying to overturn the results of the January 2020 Caltech Wi-Fi patent trial, along with its $1.1 billion ruling…
Masimo accuses Apple of delaying legal fight to gain Apple Watch market share
Medical-sensor maker Masimo Corp. claimed in a court filing late Monday that Apple is trying to delay a legal fight over allegedly stolen…
Patent troll tries to block sales of Apple Watch
Apple has been sued by an Irish company based out of Dublin, Solas OLED Ltd., claiming patent infringement in the Apple Watch…
VirnetX wins favorable ruling in $440 million patent case against Apple
VirnetX received a positive court ruling Wednesday, as the company disclosed that the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas…
Texas jury says Apple owes $506.2 million in patent trial verdict
Apple was told by a federal jury in Texas to pay $506.2 million in patent royalties to Optis Wireless Technology over 4G telecommunications…
Apple gets a win in long-running DRM patent lawsuit
the Federal Circuit handed Apple a win by affirming a previous PTAB decision to review a patent in a long-running DRM patent lawsuit saga…
Apple loses bid to invalidate Caltech patent underlying $1.1 billion verdict
A federal appeals court on Thursday declined to rule invalid one of the patents underlying a $1.1 billion verdict that CalTech…
Supreme Court refuses to hear Apple’s appeal in $440M VirnetX patent case
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Apple appeal over a $440 million damages verdict for using patent licensing firm VirnetX ‘s internet…
Latest batch of foldable phones exhibit poor durability
A handful of companies, best know for copying Apple’e iPhone, are trying to differentiate themselves with so-called foldable phones…
