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

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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 […]

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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: […]

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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, […]

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