Catching up on…Microsoft v. Motorola
Because so many SEP-related issues have arisen over the past year, we will periodically revisit some of the more important occurrences with a brief post. The recent bench trial before Judge James L....
View ArticleEricsson, Samsung Engage in Standard-Essential Patent Battle
The smartphone wars have definitely seen their share of assertions of standard-essential patents in recent years. Even more of these SEPs entered the fray in a flurry of litigation at the end of 2012...
View ArticleCatching up on…Innovatio IP Ventures, LLC’s Litigation Activities
Because so many SEP-related issues have arisen over the past year, we will periodically revisit some of the more noteworthy occurrences with a brief post. In this post, we explore recent and ongoing...
View ArticleSteelhead Licensing LLC files suit claiming wireless equipment makers and...
On Friday, January 4, 2013, a non-practicing entity named Steelhead Licensing LLC filed a litany of SEP-related lawsuits in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware against various...
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Catching up on…Lotes v. Foxconn RAND/antitrust dispute over USB 3.0...
It’s no surprise that most of the attention being paid to standard-essential patent issues is focused on the companies involved in the “smartphone wars” — Motorola, Microsoft, Apple. Samsung, etc. But...
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RANDomness: President Obama talks patents
Yesterday, President Obama held an hour-long Google hangout to take questions from the public, and the topic of patents came up. He answered a question about non-practicing entities and startups, and...
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Washington court sets RAND terms for Motorola’s standard-essential patents...
Big news today in the Microsoft-Motorola RAND breach of contract dispute taking place before the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. After the November 2012 bench trial and...
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