Qualcomm sued for $500 Million by ParkerVision for Patent Infringement Suit
ParkerVision Inc. filed a law suite against Qualcomm for almost $500 million in damages in its patent lawsuit. ParkerVision filed the suit in 2011, claiming that Qualcomm infringed six of its patents in the development and sale of certain radio-frequency components used in wireless devices such as smartphones. Source: nasdaq.com September 16, 2013
Qualcomm to pay $173 Million to ParkerVision in Patent Suit
Qualcomm Inc. was ordered by a federal jury to pay $173 million to ParkerVision Inc. for infringing wireless-network patents used in smartphones. ParkerVision claims it showed Qualcomm the patents in the late 1990s in an attempt to license the patents to Qualcomm, but that negotiations failed. Source: bloomberg.com October 24, 2013 –
KFx won $29M In Patent Infringement
KFx Medical that develops bone implant products, was awarded $29 million in a patent infringement lawsuit against Arthrex Inc. The jury at trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California found Arthrex to be willfully infringed KFx’s patents. Source: socaltech.com October 10, 2013
Google, Motorola and Samsung Sued for Patent Infringement by Micrografx
Micrografx (a Corel subsidiary) filed two patent infringement lawsuits against Google, Motorola, and Samsung. Micrografx claims the companies are infringing the patents by running Google Maps and Chrome Browser on Android devices. Source: tech2.in.com September 12, 2013
Google & Microsoft to pay tens of millions to Veringo relating to search engine advertising
Microsoft Corp has agreed to settle a lawsuit with Veringo regarding patents that enable Internet search engines relating to advertising. The lawsuit came after a jury in Virginia awarded I/P Engine a Veringo subsidiary about $30 million in damages after suing companies including Google Inc and AOL Inc for infringing the same patents at issue […]
Microsoft’s Skype sued for Patent Infringement
CopyTele, an NPE (non practicing entity) that monetizes and enforces patents, filed a lawsuit against Microsoft over the alleged infringement of two patents. CopyTele claims that Microsoft’s Skype infringes two of its patents relating to Web-based secure peer-to-peer communications. Source: news.cnet.com May 1, 2013 –
Covidien won $176.5 Million in Patent Infringement Lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson
A federal judge awarded order Johnson & Johnson to pay Covidien $176.5 million over a law suite . The company said that the court felt that Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon Endo-Surgery had infringed three of Covidien’s patents that are both valid and enforceable. Those patents deal with “ultrasonic cutting and coagulation surgical devices.” Source: […]
AT&T, Verizon Wireless, RIM and Other Phone Manufacturers Sued for Patent Infringement
Thirteen manufacturers of mobile phones or provide wireless service have been sued for patent infringement by Steelhead Licensing LLC, a company that owns a patent related to 3G and 4G technology. Companies sued include, AT&T, Verizon Wireless and Research in Motion (RIM), MetroPCS, Motorola, HTC, Kyocera, LG Electronics, Sony, ZTE, NEC Casio Mobile, Sprint Nextel, […]
Carnegie Mellon University Wins $1.17 Billion Lawsuit Against Marvell
Marvell, a California-based semiconductor company, had infringed two patents belonging to Carnegie Mellon University. The jury awarded $1.17 billion in damages to CMU. The two Carnegie Mellon patents cover error-correcting codes for magnetic media. Source: marvell.com 26 December 2012