Neowin News Feed for: Patent infringement

Patent infringement, this time Apple is guilty

Andrew Stevenson — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 10:14:42 +0000

It's been very quiet on the Patent Wars front the past few weeks, with very little noise made since the Apple/HTC deal. But now Apple has been found guilty of infringing three MobileMedia patents. Read more...

UK judges rule Apple must apologize to Samsung publicly

Jake Durasamy — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:29:50 +0100

Although the ruling between Apple and Samsung's case in the UK was made in June, the Court of Appeal review has now been finalized and reasons as to why Apple has lost have now surfaced. Read more...

Samsung can't use Steve Jobs' quotes against Apple in court

Jake Durasamy — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 02:06:17 +0100

Judge, Lucy Koh, who is leading the trial between Samsung and Apple over patent infringement, has stated that quotes from Steve Jobs must be left out of the court case, as they aren't of relevance. Read more...

HTC files another lawsuit against Apple over patent infringement

Paul Ferson — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:57:38 +0100

HTC has filed a second lawsuit against Apple, alleging patent infringement. The company claims Apple willingly infringed on their patents with many of their devices, and seek compensation. Read more...

Citi: Microsoft gets $5 per HTC Android handset thanks to settlement

Denis Wong — Sat, 28 May 2011 00:35:31 +0100

Android is free? Not if you ask the currently fourth-place player in the mobile market: Microsoft. Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer hinted at this notion last October, stating at Android had "patent fees." Yes, just as... Read more...

Oracle forced to throw out 129 of 132 patent infringement claims against Google

Denis Wong — Sat, 07 May 2011 04:03:16 +0100

You may recall the lawsuit Oracle filed against Google towards the end of last summer over what Oracle alleges are bits of intellectual property Google lifted from Sun Microsystems, of which Oracle acquired in 2009.... Read more...

Motorola sues Apple over patent infringement

Joshua Seed — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 01:21:34 +0100

Motorola, one of the major telephone handset makers, has filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission accusing Apple of violating 18 patents. In an announcement on the Motorola website, the company said that... Read more...

HTC counter-sues Apple; wants all infringing imports halted

Benjamin Rubenstein — Thu, 13 May 2010 00:36:07 +0100

Back in March, Apple sued Taiwanese company, HTC for infringing on 20 of their iPhone patents. Today, according to Fortune, HTC has issued their formal response--a counter-suit. The suit involves five patents, which according to... Read more...

BackWeb files patent infringement lawsuit against Microsoft

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:29:01 +0000

Backweb, an Israeli company which creates communications acceleration software based on Push technology for the Web, intranets and extranets has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft claiming that the Microsoft Windows Update feature infringes on Backweb's... Read more...

Intel sued for Core 2 Duo patent infringement by University

tiagosilva29 — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:41:27 +0000

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Although Intel's mighty proud of the Core 2 Duo, it looks like the chip wasn't all home-grown - a lawsuit filed today by the University of Wisconsin claims that the processor infringes on patented technology... Read more...

SanDisk Accuses 25 Companies of Patent Infringement

Slimy — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 02:01:18 +0100

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SanDisk has filed two separate lawsuits in the U.S. District Court in Wisconsin, seeking unspecified damages and a permanent ban on three patent infringements accusing a total of 25 companies of using SanDisk technology in... Read more...

Red Hat, Novell sued for patent infringement

Slimy — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 17:38:54 +0100

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In this sue-happy world, it was only a matter of time before Linux became a target. A company has dared to declare a patent infringement against not one, but two Linux vendors. IP Innovation and... Read more...

Microsoft, IBM Sued over Patent Infringement

Tom Warren — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:00:21 +0100

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JuxtaComm alleges that its data integration patents are being infringed by companies that include Microsoft and IBM. Data integration software vendor JuxtaComm Technologies has filed suit in a Texas court alleging patent... Read more...

Sirius and XM Slapped With Patent Infringement Suit

Slimy — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:30:33 +0000

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Sirius and XM are under fire from various industry organizations and the public in general for their upcoming merger. Earlier last month, the two companies agreed to merge in a $13 billion deal that would... Read more...

OPTi Initiates Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Apple

Slimy — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:08:56 +0000

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Apple is hiring. You don't need any knowledge in computers or technology. A law degree is required however. Apple is in court fairly often; I'm sure almost everyone is aware of the recent Cisco... Read more...

Vonage sued for voicemail patent infringement

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 19:36:25 +0100

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The technology used by Vonage Holdings to deliver voicemail service to its 1.6 million VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) telephony customers infringes another company's patent, according to a lawsuit filed Monday. Klausner Technologies has... Read more...

Net2Phone Sues Skype for Patent Infringement

Christopher Vendemio — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 13:07:22 +0100

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IDT owned Net2Phone filed a lawsuit late Thursday against eBay owned Skype, claiming the p2p VOIP software infringes on one of it's patents. Net2Phone is seeking an injunction and collection of damages according to the... Read more...

Burst.com sues Apple for patent infringement

Hurmoth — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 02:53:57 +0100

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On Monday Burst.com, a companythat develops software that helps companies speed up the delivery of audio andvideo files, announced that it had filed a countersuit against Apple Computerclaiming that the iTunes software, the iPod, and... Read more...

Lawsuit Claims iPod Accessory Patent Infringement

malebolgia — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 21:06:11 +0000

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Two popular iPod accessory makers are embroiled in a legal dispute that's caused one of them to sue the other, alleging patent infringement. Netalog, the parent company of iPod peripheral maker Digital Lifestyle Outfitters (DLO),... Read more...

Sony ordered to pay $90.7 mil. in patent infringement suit

Steven Parker — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 10:37:16 +0100

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Thanks chulomixed for this submission. The U.S. District Court in Oakland, California, has ordered Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. and its U.S. unit to pay $90.7 million in damages to Immersion Corp. for patent... Read more...