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 pe
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 o
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 f
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 total amou
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
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 it less
Copyright Captures APIs: A New Caution For Developers
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 dollars are at stake. And the ram
Box Defeats Preliminary Injunction In OpenText’s $268M Patent Infringement Case
Some positive legal news for <a target="_blank" href="http://www.box.com">Box</a>, the cloud services company that is <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2014/03/24/box-files-for-250m-ipo-on-full-year-re
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 <a target="_blank
Past Unlawful Injunctions Shouldn’t Cloud Samsung Galaxy S III’s Future
<b>Editor's note: </b><em>Brian J. Love is an assistant professor of law at <a target="_blank" href="http://law.scu.edu/faculty/profile/love-brian.cfm">Santa Clara University School of Law</a>, where
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 billion in damages this past su
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 metho
PatentMonkey: Sony PS3 Down, Kicked with More Litigation
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 suit that claims that the PS3 infringes an almo
Patent Monkey: Sony Sued On Blu-ray Technology
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 Si
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 awarded a 5.5
IBM Attacks Amazon in Court
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 resolve with the retai