Not exact matches
Google's chief lawyer, David Drummond, last week lashed out
against Apple and
others, accusing them of «a hostile, organized campaign
against Android by Microsoft, Oracle, Apple and
other companies, waged through bogus
patents.»
The Internet giants warned
against patent trolling, which refers to instances when
companies that had no involvement in the creation or invention of a
patent demand licences or
other payments from legitimate
companies by relying on dubious
patents.
In the meantime, in another development, Hewlett - Packard has initiated legal proceedings
against MicroJet Technology — a Taiwan based
company that makes printer ink cartridges, along with three
other companies on charges of infringing on its
patent rights.
Apart from the location, the
other differentiating factor to Samsung's legal pursuit
against Apple concerning technology
patents where Samsung is accusing the Connecticut based
company of having infringed on at least three of its tech
patents.
Apart from the location, the
other differentiating factor to Samsung's legal pursuit
against Apple concerning technology
patents where Samsung is accusing the Connecticut based
company of... [Read more...]
Tech
company Uniloc has filed lawsuits
against Mojang, Halfbrick and
other studios, claiming that their games infringe on a
patent for online authentication.
Paice, a
company that develops hybrid electric power train technology, has filed a
patent infrigement case
against Toyota (yet again), saying that the
company is using Paice's technology in the Prius and two
other
At a time when most high - tech
companies are hoarding
patents and suing each
other, creating a complex web of cold war - style mutually - assured destruction, Tesla is going
against the crowd (once again) and open sourcing all of its
patents, making its inventions available for anyone who wants to use them.
Paice, a
company that develops hybrid electric power train technology, has filed a
patent infrigement case
against Toyota (yet again), saying that the
company is using Paice's technology in the Prius and two
other hybrid vehicles.
A Texas federal court judge granted an injunction
against Microsoft, barring the
company from selling some of its Word word - processing software because it violates a Canadian
company's
patent related to XML (extensible markup language), reports The Wall Street Journal, USA Today and
other media sources.
The case — AstraZeneca Canada Inc. et al. v. Apotex Inc. et al. — pitted two drug
companies against each
other over a
patent.
TMC Fuel Injection System, LLC v. Ford Motor
Company, Case No. 2 -12-cv-04971 (E.D. Pennsylvania 2012)-- Successfully defended Ford in a
patent infringement action involving a
patent asserted
against the fuel system used in Ford's F - 150 pickup truck and
other vehicles.
In Case C - 170 / 13 Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd v ZTE Corp & ZTE Deutschland GmbH, (Judgment of the 5th Chamber, CJEU, 16 July 2015) the CJEU was asked to rule for the first time on whether seeking an injunction and
other associated remedies by the owner of a Standard Essential
Patent (SEP) against a company in breach of the patent (but one willing to become a licensee) can amount to an abuse of a dominant position in breach of EU competition law (Article 102
Patent (SEP)
against a
company in breach of the
patent (but one willing to become a licensee) can amount to an abuse of a dominant position in breach of EU competition law (Article 102
patent (but one willing to become a licensee) can amount to an abuse of a dominant position in breach of EU competition law (Article 102 TFEU).
In the U.S. these two
companies had not yet won anything
against each
other, but in Germany Apple had enforced three (permanent and provisionally enforceable) injunctions
against Motorola — two of them over
patents the Federal
Patent Court of Germany later declared invalid and one of them over a patent the European Patent Office may still revoke — and Motorola had enforced a synchronization patent against Apple in Germany for 19 m
Patent Court of Germany later declared invalid and one of them over a
patent the European Patent Office may still revoke — and Motorola had enforced a synchronization patent against Apple in Germany for 19 m
patent the European
Patent Office may still revoke — and Motorola had enforced a synchronization patent against Apple in Germany for 19 m
Patent Office may still revoke — and Motorola had enforced a synchronization
patent against Apple in Germany for 19 m
patent against Apple in Germany for 19 months.
The
company's stats reveal, among
other things, which attorneys do the best
against a particular
patent troll, how much time and money it typically takes to fight a troll versus settling out of court, and even which judge you'd want to hear your case.
And Joe Nocera explored the views of different industries in Bloomberg, painting a picture of tech
companies on one side (supporting inter partes review because of how often
patents are challenged in court)
against drug
companies on the
other side (criticizing inter partes review because it cuts down on their ability to build «
patent fortresses» around a branded drug to maintain that drug's profitability).
On the
other hand, if you go on the offensive
against a
company whom you believe has violated your
patent, a
patent pursuant insurance policy helps offset those court costs.
It's also a victory for trolls, which are shell
companies backed by private equity firms and lawyers that use
patents (often obtained from Microsoft and
others under a «privateering» arrangement) to wage ruinous legal war
against everyone from Martha Stewart to individual app developers.
Boston University recently commenced a similar lawsuit campaign directly, filing suits
against Apple and dozens of
other companies over a 1997
patent.
Other companies became reluctant to adopt a nutrition calculator without a promise of indemnification
against patent suits.
For example, the Defensive
Patent License is akin to a non-aggression pact for
patents:
companies commit to never asserting any of their
patents offensively
against any
other company that has also committed to the license.
Google originally acquired Motorola less than three years ago for $ 12.4 billion as a way to shore up its mobile
patent portfolio to protect
against lawsuits from Apple, Microsoft and
other tech
companies.