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Tag: patents

U.S. Supreme Court asks for Solicitor General’s views on Apple/Caltech patent dispute

Tuesday, January 17, 2023 1:36 pmNo Comments

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

Friday, December 9, 2022 9:24 am1 Comment

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

Wednesday, July 27, 2022 3:54 pmNo Comments

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

Monday, July 25, 2022 3:01 pm3 Comments

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

Wednesday, June 29, 2022 10:31 amWednesday, June 29, 20228 Comments

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

Tuesday, March 22, 2022 9:36 amNo Comments

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

Friday, February 11, 2022 11:28 am4 Comments

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

Friday, February 4, 2022 11:16 amNo Comments

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

Tuesday, January 18, 2022 11:19 amNo Comments

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

Monday, January 3, 2022 3:49 pm1 Comment

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

Thursday, November 11, 2021 11:27 am1 Comment

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

Tuesday, October 5, 2021 11:00 am1 Comment

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

Friday, September 24, 2021 2:02 pmFriday, September 24, 20212 Comments

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

Tuesday, September 14, 2021 8:45 amNo Comments

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

Wednesday, June 30, 2021 4:08 pm9 Comments

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

Tuesday, June 22, 2021 9:27 amTuesday, June 22, 20213 Comments

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

Tuesday, March 2, 2021 3:24 pm6 Comments

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

Friday, February 5, 2021 5:56 pm30 Comments

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

Friday, January 15, 2021 3:43 pm13 Comments

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

Friday, December 18, 2020 12:57 pm4 Comments

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

Tuesday, September 29, 2020 4:30 pm5 Comments

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

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…

VirnetX wins favorable ruling in $440 million patent case against Apple

Wednesday, September 2, 2020 10:16 am8 Comments

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

Tuesday, August 11, 2020 4:46 pm9 Comments

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

Monday, May 11, 2020 5:05 pm1 Comment

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

Thursday, March 5, 2020 4:44 pmThursday, March 5, 20205 Comments

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

Monday, February 24, 2020 11:51 amFriday, January 15, 2021No Comments

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

Wednesday, February 19, 2020 1:09 pm8 Comments

A handful of companies, best know for copying Apple’e iPhone, are trying to differentiate themselves with so-called foldable phones…

Apple denied bid for rehearing in VirnetX patent case

Monday, February 10, 2020 3:45 pm1 Comment

On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals denied a request by Apple that it reconsider a split decision that Apple iPhones infringed VirnetX patents…

Strategy Analytics: Foldable smartphone shipments to hit 100 million by 2025

Monday, February 10, 2020 8:34 am8 Comments

According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global foldable smartphone shipments will grow from under 1M units in 2019 to 100M by 2025…

CalTech’s $1.1B verdict could be dinged by Apple’s success reversing patent cases

Thursday, January 30, 2020 5:02 pm1 Comment

On Wednesday, Apple vowed to appeal the $1.1 billion patent-infringement verdict won by CalTech in which it was told to pay $838 million…

CalTech wins $1.1 billion jury verdict in patent case against Apple, Broadcom

Thursday, January 30, 2020 8:46 am6 Comments

CalTech has won a $1.1 billion jury verdict in a patent case against Apple and Broadcom. Apple and Broadcom plan to appeal the verdict…

Caltech claims 1.5 billion Apple devices are infringing their patents

Thursday, January 16, 2020 1:01 pmThursday, January 16, 20205 Comments

As a trial commenced Wednesday, a California Institute of Technology (Caltech) attorney told a California federal jury that Apple…

Lawsuit accuses Apple of infringing Masimo patents

Friday, January 10, 2020 2:14 pmFriday, January 10, 2020No Comments

Masimo Corp. has accused Apple of stealing trade secrets and improperly using Masimo’s patented inventions related to health monitoring in Apple Watch…

Apple to U.S. Supreme Court: $439 million VirnetX judgment is ‘legally wrong and grossly unfair’

Friday, January 3, 2020 10:00 amFriday, January 3, 20205 Comments

“Defying this court’s commands, the Federal Circuit committed two fundamental legal errors to sustain a whopping $439 million judgment,” Apple wrote…

VirnetX $503 million patent win against Apple vacated by U.S. appeals court

Friday, November 22, 2019 12:01 pm4 Comments

A U.S. appeals court on Friday set aside a jury’s calculation that Apple Inc should pay $503 million for infringing on patents…

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…

U.S. Supreme Court snubs University of Wisconsin appeal in patent fight with Apple

Monday, October 7, 2019 11:09 am2 Comments

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a bid by the University of Wisconsin’s patent licensing arm to reinstate its legal victory against Apple…

Solas OLED files lawsuit against Apple for patent infringement

Thursday, September 12, 2019 3:00 pmThursday, September 12, 20194 Comments

Alleging that Apple is responsible for OLED patent infringements, despite not making its own OLED screens, a firm that aggregates patents on OLED tech has sued Apple…

Apple asked the Federal U.S. Court of Appeals for another shot at overturning $439 million patent lawsuit

Friday, August 9, 2019 5:02 pmNo Comments

Apple wants to take another crack at beating patent troll VirnetX in U.S. federal court…

Apple wins U.S. Court of Appeals ruling over digital audio patent

Thursday, August 1, 2019 8:43 amNo Comments

Apple on Wednesday won an appeals court ruling that likely ends a 2015 patent infringement case…

Rumored Intel sale of modem business to Apple weighs on Qualcomm stock

Wednesday, July 24, 2019 10:25 amWednesday, July 24, 2019No Comments

A possible deal between Intel Corp. and Apple Inc. over smartphone modems pressured shares of Qualcomm Inc…

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