Category: United States
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Apple will appeal $110 million damages order in U.S. 3G patent infringement dispute
Apple has said it will appeal a jury verdict that found the company infringed a 3G wireless patent owned by Spanish firm TOT Power Control, and owes it over $110 million in damages.
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Xockets sues Amazon for infringing cloud computing patents in Western District of Texas
Xockets has filed two parallel patent infringement suits against Amazon, alleging that the tech giant has âwillfully trampledâ on its IP to achieve âstaggering profitsâ from its cloud computing products.
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U.S. Senate cuts Tillis proposed litigation funding tax bill from larger legislative package
The Senateâs referee, Elizabeth MacDonough, said Thom Tillisâs proposed âTackling Predatory Litigation Funding Actâ will need to be removed from the Republican tax and spending bill, the same day the U.S. Senator opposed President Trumpâs âbig beautiful billâ and confirmed he will not seek re-election in 2026.
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USPTO issues more discretionary denials: Intel, Google, Nokia, Ericsson among losing petitioners
The significant inter partes review denials come less than a month after a Unified Patents report found the number of such decisions is three times higher than those under Director Andrei Iancu in 2020.
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Litigation funders are âcentralâ to class action regime, says UK Competition Appeal Tribunal chairman Hodge Malek KC
âWe donât want to kill off the industry [and] we want the best for everyone, including the funders,â Mr. Malek said at the 2nd Annual LF Dealmakers Europe in London yesterday.
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ITC sides with ASUSTeK in wireless communications patent infringement dispute against Lenovo
The United States International Trade Commission has issued a final determination in a global patent dispute case between Lenovo and ASUSTek, upholding an Administrative Law Judge opinion that found the latter did not infringe three of Lenovoâs wireless communications and diagonal touchpad patents.
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Patent-related complaints continue to dominate USITC Section 337 investigations
While the total number of Section 337 investigations dropped slightly in 2024, patent-related complaints continue to make up 88% of such ITC cases.
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U.S. judge deprioritizes Samsung’s FRAND case against ZTE, UK judge requested post-hearing briefing on cross-jurisdictional implications
A federal judge in California has pushed back a hearing date by almost four months and a UK judge requested post-hearing briefing on Samsung’s multi-country FRAND lawsuits.
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Federal Circuit decision in Optis v. Apple SEP case shows why UK courts should leave other jurisdictions alone: misconception exposed
In the seemingly neverending SEP story between Optis and Apple, the Federal Circuit has ordered a U.S. retrial on the merits and what would be a third damages trial in the same case.
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Novartis and MSN settle part of chronic heart failure patent fight, but key patent remains
Novartis and MSN have settled one prong of their U.S. Entresto patent infringement dispute in the Federal Circuit, but the companies will continue to litigate over a second patent as Novartis strives to defend its corner of the chronic heart failure drug market.