Patent Infringement
Google infringed on five Sonos patents, according to preliminary ruling
Way back in January 2020, Sonos sued Google over patent infringement. Today, the streaming speaker company scored an early victory with the U.S. International Trade Commission. A preliminary ruling penned…
Cloudflare rallies the troops to fight off another so-called patent troll
Nearly four years ago, we wrote about a battle between Cloudflare, the San Francisco-based internet security and performance company, and Blackbird Technologies, a firm that quickly amassed dozens of patents, then began…
It’s a draw in latest Qualcomm v Apple patent scores
It’s Qualcomm 1, Apple 1 in the latest installment of the pair’s bitter patent bust-up — the litigious IP infringement claim saga that also combines a billion-dollar royalties suit filed…
Apple denied motions in VirnetX patent case, slapped with a $440M final judgement
Apple lost a retrial a year ago in an ongoing patent dispute with VirnetX over secure communications protocols in FaceTime and other applications, and today the latter company announced the…
China sides with Emmanulle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna in CRISPR patent war
Continuing the patent dispute internationally, China has now given the Charpentier/Doudna side a patent to edit genes in the country. CRISPR pioneers Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna lost a patent case…
Fitbit scores win against Jawbone in trade dispute
Chalk one up in Fitbit’s column. An International Trade Commission judge ruled in Fitbit’s favor on a series of patent disputes brought forth by Jawbone. This ruling seems to make…
Google v. Oracle. It’s a sensational case. A battle of tech heavyweights — and a software copyright case that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Millions of…
Box Defeats Preliminary Injunction In OpenText’s $268M Patent Infringement Case
Some positive legal news for Box, the cloud services company that is preparing for an IPO. A judge has denied a motion for a preliminary injunction of one of its products…
Ensygnia Sues Paddle Over Alleged Mobile Payment Patent Infringement
In a move that isn’t very, well, startup-y, two London-based mobile payment startups look set to meet each other in the UK’s High Court. TechCrunch has learned that Wayra-accelerated Ensygnia…
Past Unlawful Injunctions Shouldn’t Cloud Samsung Galaxy S III’s Future
Editor’s note: Brian J. Love is an assistant professor of law at Santa Clara University School of Law, where he teaches courses in patent law and remedies. On the heels of…
Samsung Adds iPad Mini, 4th Generation iPad And 5th Generation iPod Touch To Patent Lawsuit
Last time we checked in with Apple’s ongoing court battle with Samsung in the upcoming Galaxy Nexus case, which will be tried by the same court that awarded Apple $1.05…
Orinda says Sony PS3 infringes on their patent, sues, needs a kick to the balls, too
Why is America so freakin’ sue-happy. The latest comes from Orinda Intellectual Properties USA as they claim that the Sony Playstation 3 infringes on patent #5,438,560. Said patent depicts the…
Sony PS3 has to work through a couple litigation suits and can now add the PS3 cell processor to the list. Sony is on the receiving side of a litigation…
Target Technologies has filed a patent suit against Sony stating that its Blu-ray technologies infringe on a Target Technologies patent covering Sony’s use of a less corrosive and less costly…
Patent Monkey: Verizon Bills Vonage $58 Million for Infringement
Bubbly, nationally advertised Vonage may lose the right to offer VOIP services at the hand of Verizon. On Friday, Verizon won its patent infringement case against upstart Vonage by being…
IBM has announced that it has filed against Amazon two patent infringement suits in two courts in the Eastern District of Texas. The manufacturer stated that it has attempted to…