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Tag: rocket docket

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…

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 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 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 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…

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…

U.S. Court of Appeals again rules Smartflash patents asserted against Apple are invalid

Friday, April 13, 2018 8:57 am3 Comments

On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a ruling that patents…

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 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…

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…

U.S. Supreme Court limits where patent-infringement cases can be filed; decision could limit venue-shopping

Monday, May 22, 2017 4:51 pmMonday, May 22, 20177 Comments

The Supreme Court on Monday limited the ability of patent holders to bring infringement lawsuits…

Patent troll Soverain Software targets Apple in new lawsuit

Friday, March 17, 2017 11:01 amFriday, March 17, 20179 Comments

Soverain Software, a non-practicing entity that gained media attention for suing Newegg…

U.S. appeals court tosses $533 million patent verdict against Apple

Wednesday, March 1, 2017 3:26 pmWednesday, March 1, 20174 Comments

A federal appeals court has thrown out a jury verdict that had originally required Apple to pay $533 million…

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…

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…

Apple makes excellent progress in bid to squelch $533 million verdict

Wednesday, June 1, 2016 4:55 pmWednesday, June 1, 20169 Comments

Apple Inc. has succeeded in getting two additional Smartflash LLC patents invalidated…

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…

Judge voids $533 million verdict against Apple

Wednesday, July 8, 2015 9:02 amWednesday, July 8, 20154 Comments

The judge ruled Tuesday that the earlier damages were set aside and vacated…

Samsung may help Apple escape a $533 million verdict

Monday, April 6, 2015 8:25 amMonday, April 6, 20154 Comments

Samsung Electronics Co. may end up saving arch nemesis Apple Inc…

U.S. jury: Apple did not infringe wireless tech patents

Tuesday, March 17, 2015 9:00 amTuesday, March 17, 20159 Comments

A federal jury in Texas on Monday said Apple Inc did not infringe…

How mighty Apple lost $533 million to an 8th-grade dropout patent troll

Friday, February 27, 2015 5:01 pmFriday, February 27, 201530 Comments

Earlier this week Apple Inc. was ordered to pay $532.9 million

On heels of $532.9 million verdict, Apple hit with second lawsuit from Smartflash

Friday, February 27, 2015 3:28 pmFriday, February 27, 20154 Comments

Fresh off a $532.9 million jury win against Apple Inc., a Texas company is again suing…

Apple plays the odds for overturning rocket docket’s $533 million verdict

Thursday, February 26, 2015 1:57 pmFriday, February 27, 20158 Comments

This award won’t hold up…

Rocket docket jury orders Apple ordered to pay $532.9 million in patent trial; Apple to appeal

Wednesday, February 25, 2015 8:30 amWednesday, February 25, 201512 Comments

Smartflash makes no products, has no employees, creates no jobs, has no U.S. presence, and is exploiting our patent system…

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…

Woman sues Apple claiming iPod touch blew up in her face

Thursday, February 28, 2013 3:00 pmThursday, February 28, 201333 Comments

Apple was sued by Tina King who alleges that her iPod touch blew up in her face…

New patent infringement case filed against Apple over iCloud

Saturday, November 17, 2012 12:02 pmSaturday, November 17, 201211 Comments

Innovation Automation has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple…

Jury slaps Apple with $368.2 million fine over VirnetX patents

Wednesday, November 7, 2012 3:32 pmWednesday, November 7, 201215 Comments

VirnetX Holding Corp. (VHC) rose the most in more than two years after a federal jury…

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…

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 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…

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…

Patent suit targets Apple, Microsoft over digital file encryption

Friday, September 16, 2011 5:31 pmFriday, September 16, 20119 Comments

Both Apple and its rival Microsoft have been hit with a new lawsuit…

WiLAN sues Apple, HP, Dell and others claiming patent infringement

Friday, September 2, 2011 9:12 amWednesday, October 1, 20147 Comments

Wi-LAN Inc., today announced that it has commenced litigation in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas…

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…

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