patent litigation

If you know anything about Ghost Robotics, it’s likely one of two things: 1) They make robot dogs. 2) Sniper rifles can be mounted to those robots. A majority of the Philadelphia firm’s press cove

Mobile chipmaker Qualcomm has chalked up another small legal victory against Apple in another patent litigation suit. A jury in a U.S. federal court in San Diego found Friday that Apple owes Qualcomm

Two older iPhone models are back on sale in Apple stores in Germany — but only with Qualcomm chips inside. The iPhone maker was forced to pull the iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 models from shelves in i

A patent suit between IBM and Groupon that has been underway for over two years has finally been settled. Today, the two companies announced that Groupon will pay IBM $57 million both to settle infrin

A German court yesterday ruled against Apple in a video streaming patent case brought by Swiss company Kudelski's OpenTV unit against the Cupertino company back in 2014.

Patent trolls, more formally known as Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs), pose a major threat to American businesses. A study published by the Boston University School of Law revealed that more than six

Microsoft just scored a coup on the patent royalty front, with a new deal with Taiwanese phone maker, Hon Hai, which owns Foxconn. Under the terms of the deal, Microsoft will get paid a flat fee per A

HTC has something else to worry about: it's facing the prospect of having to fork out for damages if it loses a patent litigation court case to haptics company Immersion. Immersion had been content to

The U.S. judge in the Apple vs. Samsung court battle that's being played out in the district court of Northern California has denied Apple's request for a permanent injunction on Samsung devices, Reut

In the latest episode of the Apple vs. Samsung legal drama that's been playing out in the U.S. district court of Northern California, the pair met again at an appeal hearing on Thursday to argue thei

<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

Swedish telecoms kit maker Ericsson has filed suit against mobile maker Samsung in the US for patent infringement. The move follows nearly two years of negotiations to renew a FRAND patent licensing a

<b>Editor's note:</b> <em>This is the second in a series of articles by Brad Woodcox that explores the patent system for entrepreneurs. The <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/11/10/an-entrepreneur

A U.S. court has ordered Apple to provide Samsung with details of a licensing deal it reached with HTC earlier this month, as part of ongoing patent battles between Cupertino and the Korean mobile mak

<b>Editor's note:</b> <em><a target="_blank" href="https://vizibility.com/bradwoodcox">Brad Woodcox</a> is a <a target="_blank" href="http://www.novakdruce.com/people-Brad_Woodcox.html">technical spec

<b>Editor’s note:</b> <em>Colleen V. Chien is an assistant professor of law at Santa Clara University School of Law. Stefani E. Shanberg is a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.</em>

A company that has acquired 100% ownership of a patent for an off-site transcription system -- United States Patent 6,298,328 -- in order to, in its words, "effectively administer certain patents for

As expected, Samsung has filed a lawsuit against Apple's latest iPhone -- the iPhone 5 -- alleging the smartphone infringes patents it holds. Commenting on the action in a statement given to Reuters,

The Northern District Court of California has overturned a sales ban against the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 won by Apple in patent litigation against Samsung, Reuters is reporting. This follows a rul

There's no question that the <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/08/19/terrible-cost-patents/">cost of patents is rising.</a> Google is paying $12.5 billion for Motorola <a href="https://techcrunch.c