Just days after the Federal Trade Commission sued Qualcomm for antitrust concerns…
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Apple’s legal assault on Qualcomm part of iPhone margin grab
Apple Inc. is piling onto lawsuits that attack the way Qualcomm Inc. licenses technology…
Qualcomm says Apple’s claims are ‘baseless’ in response to Cupertino’s $1 billion lawsuit
ualcomm has issued the following press release regarding Apple’s $1 billion lawsuit alleging…
Apple sues Qualcomm for $1 billion over onerous licensing practices
Apple Inc. is suing Qualcomm Inc., alleging the smartphone-chip supplier demanded onerous terms for its technology…
Qualcomm exec says FTC ‘rushed’ antitrust lawsuit before President-elect Trump’s inauguration
Qualcomm Executive Chairman Paul Jacobs had some choice words on Thursday for the Federal Trade Commission…
FTC alleges Qualcomm forced Apple into iPhone LTE chip deals
The Federal Trade Commission has reason to believe that Qualcomm abused its position in the broadband chip…
FTC charges Qualcomm with monopolizing key smartphone chip; alleges extracted exclusivity from Apple in exchange for reduced patent royalties
The Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint in federal district court charging Qualcomm Inc…
Judge rules Apple does not infringe Golden Bridge W-CDMA patents
Apple chalks up another SEP win…
Samsung’s lawyers calling Apple a ‘jihadist’ and the trial ‘Apple’s Vietnam’ impeded settlement talks
Not even a day after a new report that Apple and Samsung…
Apple and Samsung again fail to reach settlement
Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. blamed each another for blocking progress…
Samsung withdraws SEP claims ahead of second patent trial
The second patent trial between Apple and Samsung…
Samsung to U.S. appeals court: Presidential veto not broad enough to protect Apple once more
Basically, Samsung’s filing makes clear that it seeks to benefit from reverse protectionism…
Big surprise: Samsung and Apple CEOs fail to reach agreement at court-ordered mediation
Top executives of Samsung Electronics and Apple met last week…
Apple, Samsung agree to mediator in effort to settle patent infringement lawsuit
Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. agreed to a mediator…
European Commission unhappy with Samsung’s antitrust settlement proposal
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd will likely need to do more to settle…
Qualcomm amicus brief supports dismissal of Apple’s FRAND contract case against Google’s Motorola Mobility
Apple is a Qualcomm customer, and patent protection is a key differentiator for Qualcomm’s chips…
Apple v. Samsung: The patent retrial of the century starts Tuesday
If you thought that the one billion dollars a jury awarded Apple last year…
Apple brings summary judgment motion against Google’s Motorola Mobility over Qualcomm chips
Yesterday Apple filed a summary judgment motion with the United States District Court…
FRAND abuse: Samsung Electronic’s EU antitrust settlement proposal stinks
Europe’s antitrust chief said a few weeks ago that Samsung Electronics…
EU says Samsung offers to stop patent lawsuits in Europe in order to avoid $18.3 billion FRAND abuse fine
Samsung Electronics has offered to stop taking rivals such as Apple…
Why Obama needn’t overturn U.S. ITC Samsung ban after Apple veto
There’s some who feel Samsung should receive a waiver on the Apple victory…
Google’s Motorola Mobility to respond to FRAND abuse accusations from EU antitrust regulators
Google Inc.’s Motorola Mobility is abusing its position by ‘seeking and enforcing’ injunctions against Apple…
Bipartisan group of U.S. Senators recommend presidential veto of impending ITC import ban of older iPhones, iPads
In my first, quick reaction to yesterday’s United States Senate…
Apple says Motorola demanded more than 12 times the rate it charged others for the same patents
The Motorola-Apple dispute, which started in October 2010…
U.S. ITC rules for Samsung, bans Apple iPhone 4 imports into U.S.
A U.S. trade agency on Tuesday issued a ban on imports of Apple’s iPhone 4…
Note to Wall Street Journal Editor regarding Apple v. Samsung: Not all patents are the same
Standards-essential patents (SEPs), that must be used to comply with a technical standard…
EU issues formal complaint against Google over injunction attempts against Apple
European Union regulators Monday issued a formal complaint against…
EU regulator takes aim at Google over Apple mobile patent lawsuit
The European Commission said it believed Google…
Another win for Apple: German court invalidates Samsung 3G standard-essential patent
Long after office hours on Wednesday, Germany’s Bundespatentgericht
Apple demolishes Samsung in California claim construction patent battle
In the second California litigation between Apple and Samsung…
Japan finds Samsung guilty of FRAND abuse
On Thursday Apple successfully defended itself against the assertion…
FTC orders Google to stop pursuit of SEP injunctions against ‘willing licensees’
At a press conference at Federal Trade Commission headquarters in Washington DC…
U.S. ITC delays final ruling on Samsung complaint against Apple
The United States International Trade Commission…
FRAND abuse: Samsung could face $15 billion fine for trying to ban Apple iPhone via standard-essential patents
Samsung could face a $15 billion fine in Europe alone…
European Commission says Samsung’s pursuit of Apple was abusive
Samsung’s pursuit of injunctions against Apple in the courts of various European countries is abusive…
European Commission to charge Samsung in antitrust case
EU regulators are poised to accuse Samsung of breaking competition rules…
The Patent Wars: Crucially, SEPs cannot be used to win injunctions barring products from sale
This thus rather strengthens, most especially, Apple, who is…
Apple wins strategically important modification of dismissal to keep FRAND defense alive against Google’s Motorola
Apple has won a strategically important modification to a recent dismissal of a FRAND contract lawsuit…
Ericsson sues Samsung for patent infringement
Ericsson, the world’s biggest telecom network equipment maker, said it was suing Samsung Electronics…
Apple and Google talk arbitration over standard-essential patents
Apple and Google haven’t yet buried their respective hatchets over the patent…
