Category: Apple
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Apple owes more than $700M in standard-essential patent royalties and interest to licensing firm Optis: England & Wales Court of Appeal
Context: A couple of months ago, the England & Wales Court of Appeal (EWCA) heard Optis’s appeal against Apple (February 25, 2025 ip fray article). In 2023, Mr Justice Marcus Smith — who primarily serves as the President of the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal, but in this case presided over a standard-essential patent (SEP) litigation…
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Federal Circuit hands victories to Apple, PayPal in parallel payment-system patent infringement disputes with Fintiv
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has thrown out an appeal against a Patent Trial and Appeal Board invalidation decision brought by Fintiv against Apple, after the same patent was already invalidated in a parallel case against PayPal.
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UK appeals court hears Optis v. Apple FRAND appeal of “wholly inaccurate analysis” that also involves judicial imperialism against the U.S.
Starting today, the England & Wales Court of Appeal hears the (Pan)Optis-Unwired Planet group’s appeal of a 2023 FRAND judgment that favored Apple all the way.
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Apple gets $250 verdict against Masimo, loses on most claims: Apple only wanted (and failed) to create new reason for lifting Apple Watch ban
Apple largely lost, but it merely lost an opportunity and an amount of money it won’t care about. This case could have built another independent reason for lifting the Apple Watch ban.
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To do away with Watch feature ban, Apple leverages Supreme Court’s overruling of Chrevon doctrine: Apple v. ITC & Masimo
Apple’s reply brief in its appeal of the USITC’s Apple Watch ban further to Masimo’s complaint leverages the Supreme Court’s recent Loper Bright ruling that did away with the Chevron doctrine.
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Apple, litigation funder Omni Bridgeway embroiled in U.S. discovery dispute: fishing expedition concerns patent valuation, other analysis
Apple has been defending against a patent dispute by non-practicing entity MPH in California since 2018 and is now seeking discovery of its financial backer Omni Bridgeway through a motion in Delaware.
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UPC roundup: Apple, Google lose bid to switch to English; translation to non-UPC language is party’s problem; serving complaint at trade show
This article aggregates three UPC orders that became discoverable yesterday and relate to patterns that are going to be found in various other UPC cases going forward.
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China’s top court revives Qualcomm patent that Apple challenged (presumably reads on 3D Touch, Haptic Touch): Patent Cold War
Apple was close to the invalidation of a Chinese Qualcomm patent on the technology known as 3D Touch or Haptic Touch on Apple devices, but the Supreme People’s Court upheld it.