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...
View ArticleCatching 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...
View ArticleRANDomness: 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...
View ArticleWashington 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...
View ArticleCatching 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...
View ArticleCatching 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...
View ArticleRANDomness: 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...
View ArticleWashington 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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