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HTC withdraws critical patent in ITC case against Apple<vc><strong>HTC on Monday withdrew a critical patent from its International Trade Commission complaint against Apple, bringing its number of asserted…
... to only two allegedly standard-essential patents. The Taiwanese smartphone maker ... over alleged infringement of standard-essential 4G LTE patents, leveling FRAND ... -
iPad newspaper 'The Daily' axes a third of its staff<vc><strong>It was announced on Tuesday that "The Daily," media giant News Corp.'s foray into digital newspapers, will lay off 50 of its 170 employee…
... pages as well as other essential departments. While the editorial section ... -
Apple removes YouTube app from iOS with beta 4 release of iOS 6 [u]<vc><strong>Apple on Monday afternoon released the 4th beta of iOS 6 to developers and in the process appears to have nixed the inclusion of the once…
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Apple FRAND win over Motorola slashes Google's patent power<vc><strong>A federal judge's ruling in Apple v. Motorola Mobility has strengthened the case that parties who provide patents to standards bodies mus…
... Motorola Mobility's largely "standards essential" patent portfolio, and comes just ... bona fide effort to identify essential intellectual property rights that might ... Motorola's FRAND-pledged standards essential patents is increasingly unlikely, calling ... -
Samsung to call Motorola's "one bullet to kill" witness to justify iPhone royalty demands<vc><strong>After working to defend against for two weeks of Apple's copying claims, Samsung has gone on the defensive to claim that Apple owes it st…
... infringing its 3G standard essential patents, using the same ... Mobility to bring standards essential patent claims against Microsoft. ... royalty rates for standard essential patent claims that are ... from FRAND-pledged standards essential patent claims, noting that ... -
MPEG releases H.265 draft, promises twice the video quality by 2013<vc><strong>The Motion Pictures Expert Group has issued a new video standards draft that promises to deliver twice the video quality at the same size…
... , gaining ownership of several patents essential to H.264. It has ... -
Samsung designer says Galaxy Tab 10.1 design work preceded iPad announcement<vc><strong>Samsung marched a number of witnesses to the stand on Wednesday in efforts to rebut Apple's patent infringement claims, including an indu…
... Samsung's handling of standards essential patents. Apple's tentative witness ... -
Samsung rests it case, says Apple could owe nearly $422M in royalties<vc><strong>Samsung on Thursday rested its case in the <em>Apple v. Samsung</em> trial, concluding its phase of the trial with a pair of expert witne…
... Samsung patents relating to standards-essential UMTS patents could bring damages ... in question are deemed standards-essential, they should be licensed under ... use of Samsung?s standards-essential technology.? Apple v. Samsung continues ... -
Apple, Samsung rest cases in patent trial as testimony phase wraps up<vc><strong>Both parties rested their case in the <em>Apple v. Samsung</em> trial on Friday, bringing an end to the testimony portion of the proceedi…
... said Samsung's declared standards-essential patents have allowed the company ... -
Apple, Samsung present closing arguments in California patent trial<vc><strong>Apple and Samsung on Tuesday presented closing arguments in their high-stakes patent trial, with each side jockeying for position ahead o…
Apple and Samsung on Tuesday presented closing arguments in their high-stakes patent trial, with each side jockeying for position ahead of jury deliberation expected to start on Wednesday. Kicking off Tuesday's proceedings was a reading of the 109-page ... -
Apple, Samsung portray different visions of the future given jury's decision<vc><strong>After a month of presenting the jury with their respective cases, attorneys for Apple and Samsung spent their final allotted minutes in c…
... non-functional and non-essential in nature "when taken ... he called "Samsung's standards essential 'hard core' patents," with ... percent royalty demand for standards essential were Fair Reasonable and ... any of its standards essential patents." Apple argues for ... -
Apple v Samsung jury validates American patent system, raises new questions for the future of tech<vc><strong>The complex verdict reached by the jury in the Apple vs. Samsung case sends a strong message about a willingness of a jury to enforce U.S…
... of the company's standards essential patents that were previously committed ... Samsung's anti-FRAND standards essential patent strategy. -
Apple cleared of infringing Motorola patents, avoids U.S. import ban<vc><strong>The U.S. International Trade Commission on Friday completed its review of a Motorola complaint from April, ruling against an import ban o…
... infringing on three declared standards-essential Motorola patents, but held off ... fourth patent, a non-standards-essential property, the ITC remanded investigation ... infringement on seven non-standards-essential patents involving email management, message ... -
Apple reaches patent licensing deal with Motorola in Germany<vc><strong>Apple and Motorola have inked an agreement in Germany that gives Apple the right to use some, if not all, of Motorola's standard-essentia…
... all, of Motorola's standard-essential patents in that country. Intellectual ... to rely on non-standard essential patents in its ongoing patent ... against Apple. "With such standard-essential patents, it appears that the ... -
Samsung to sue Apple over LTE patents, partner with Microsoft to avoid Android lawsuits<vc><strong>Reeling from its scathing jury verdict, Samsung executives have promised to continue litigation with Apple over patents while also partne…
... ago. Suing over new standards essential patents related to LTE would ... that just a few standards essential patents can be use to ... -
Samsung being investigated in South Korea following Apple antitrust allegations<vc><strong>The Korea Fair Trade Commission on Thursday said regulators are investigating Apple's formal antitrust complaints against Samsung, which …
... 's use of declared standards-essential FRAND patents in high profile ... , Samsung promised to license certain essential 3G patents to the European ... -
Apple's virtual keyboard tech could lead to backside input for tablets<vc><strong>A newly-published Apple patent application reveals the company is investigating a system that helps users efficiently employ the touch ty…
... the most difficult, and arguably essential, skills to master when learning ... -
South Korea called "courageous" for investigating Samsung's patent abuse<strong>Samsung's "enormous political clout" in South Korea speaks well of the decision by the nation's Fair Trade Commission to investigate allegati…
... allegations of its standards essential patent abuse. Apple has ... is abusing the standards essential patents it has already ... to use its standards essential patents to seek injunctions ... product sales through standards-essential patent licensing demands, the ... -
Rumor: Samsung to sue Apple over LTE-compatible next-gen iPhoneCiting "ranking officials," <em>The Korea Times</em> on Monday reported that Samsung is preparing to sue Apple for using 4G LTE patents in its next-g…
... 3G-related patents are standard essential patents (SEPs) according to our ... -
Apple wins rubberbanding patent case against Motorola in Germany<strong>Apple has won a key patent case against Android in Germany against Google subsidiary Motorola Mobility, following a similar win against Samsu…
... battles claiming infringement of standards essential patents, which offer at most ... -
iFixit's begins iPhone 5 teardown begins within an hour of availability [u]As Apple Stores open their door around the world to lines of customers waiting to get their hands on a new iPhone 5, repair site <em>iFixit</em> has …
... and a litany of other essential components. A number of Apple ... -
Apple offered Samsung UMTS cross-licensing agreement prior to trialIt was revealed in a court filing this week that prior to its California patent trial against Samsung, Apple proposed a mutual agreement regarding cr…
... willing to license its declared-essential UMTS patents to Samsung ... of the total declared UMTS-essential patents (and all patents ... rate, in licensing its declared-essential patents to Apple. Apple ... today license its declared-essential UMTS patents to Samsung ... -
UN roundtable tackles wireless patent disputes between Apple, Samsung, othersApple was joined by Google, Microsoft, Samsung and others in a meeting in Switzerland on Wednesday that discussed the potential patent litigation ref…
... is "deeply divided" over standard-essential patents. The two main issues ... , are injunctive relief over standard-essential patents, and the appropriate royalty ... -
WSJ: Google may settle mobile FRAND patent antitrust claim<em>The Wall Street Journal</em> on Friday reported that Google is thinking about settling a potential antitrust claim by the U.S. Federal Trade Comm…
... purposely refused to license industry essential patents to competing mobile device ... possibly anticompetitive litigation regarding standards-essential FRAND patents. One of the ... -
Japanese court finds Apple did not infringe on two Samsung patentsA Japanese court has rejected two patent infringement claims lodged by Samsung against Apple, marking yet another country where Apple has found court…
... world over a non-standard-essential patent." The Tokyo District Court ... -
Apple says Samsung being investigated by DoJ over FRAND patent misuseIn a filing with the U.S. International Trade Commission on Monday, Apple said that the Department of Justice has opened an investigation into whethe…
... into whether Samsung misused standards-essential patents as weapons against ... used?or misused?its declared-essential patents, as has the ... company's use of declared-essential patents, a move seen ... Samsung's share of UMTS-essential patents, it becomes clear ... -
Apple tells court it would pay no more than $1 per iPhone to license Motorola patentsApple has indicated to a Wisconsin court that it is willing to pay Google-owned Motorola Mobility to license standard-essential wireless patents, but…
... Motorola Mobility to license standard-essential wireless patents, but it will ... indicated it would license standard-essential patents from Motorola, according to ... that Motorola seeks for standard-essential patents. Mueller, an intellectual property ... -
FTC staff recommends suing Google via antitrust law over FRAND patent abuse<strong>The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has made a formal recommendation to its commissioners to sue Google for violation of antitrust laws after t…
... of competitors' products using standards essential patents. According to a report ... , while also describing its standard essential patents as the "one bullet ... similar strategy of leveraging standards essential patents to "defend" against patent ... -
Judge dismisses Apple's FRAND-related lawsuit against MotorolaA federal judge on Monday tossed Apple's suit against Motorola, which claimed the Google-owned company was participating in unfair licensing practice…
... licensing practices regarding declared standards-essential patents, effectively canceling a trial ... -
Apple invention may one day replace 'pinch to zoom'A new patent filing discovered on Thursday reveals Apple is looking into an automated zooming method that senses how close a person's face is to a de…
... and out of visual content." Essential to operation is a preliminary ...
