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August 31, 2012
As Apple and Samsung continue to hash out post-trial details in California, many of the lessons from the $1 billion jury verdict for Apple have already been noted by their competitors
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August 28, 2012
Following a $1 billion verdict for Apple on Friday, it is clear that brand reputation and the gut instincts of ordinary consumers are crucial to winning patent cases before US juries
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August 08, 2012
Christopher Carani explains how pre-trial rulings in Apple v Samsung spell trouble for Samsung, and what the lesson is for the hundreds of companies watching the case
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August 02, 2012
Apple and Samsung are in the midst of one the most closely-watched smartphone cases so far, with billions of dollars at stake – and it is nine ordinary Americans who will decide the tech companies’ fate in the latest battle
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July 19, 2012
Research in Motion has been losing ground for years – but a San Francisco jury’s verdict could help seal its fate in the smartphone race
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June 27, 2012
Following a Federal Circuit finding that Apple’s design patent on the iPad is valid, a California court has granted a preliminary injunction barring sale of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the US
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May 14, 2012
The Federal Circuit has affirmed a lower court’s denial of a preliminary injunction against Samsung for products relating to three Apple patents, but said the court erred in its obviousness analysis regarding Apple’s design patent on the iPad
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April 26, 2012
While a recent ITC ruling is a setback for Apple in its fight against Motorola, lawyers told Managing IP matters are far from over
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March 14, 2012
Quinn Emanuel is becoming something of an authority on the art of patent fighting
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March 13, 2012
Yahoo!’s patent lawsuit against Facebook may signal it is joining the ranks of companies such as Kodak in attempting to monetise key technology to keep revenue flowing
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February 24, 2012
Apple and Samsung are pouring millions of dollars into litigation over the IP rights behind their smartphones and tablet computers. Managing IP considers which firms are benefitting
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February 15, 2012
The EU’s antitrust regulator has told Google it can go ahead with its plan to buy Motorola Mobility, which develops smartphones and tablet computers, saying it would not “significantly modify” the market for operating systems and patents for these devices
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February 03, 2012
Motorola has won a permanent injunction against Apple over the latter’s iCloud service, just as a previous win forces Apple to remove its iPads from the shelves
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January 31, 2012
The European Commission has opened a formal investigation into whether Samsung Electronics breached EU competition law by enforcing standard-essential patents for 3G technology
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December 20, 2011
HTC is likely to have to adapt its smartphones for sale in the US, after the US International Trade Commission found that it infringed two claims of a patent owned by rival Apple
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December 09, 2011
Australian shoppers can now buy Samsung’s Galaxy 10.1 tablet computer, after the High Court turned down Apple’s request to appeal a lower court decision refusing a temporary injunction
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December 07, 2011
A judge in California has denied Apple’s request for a preliminary injunction, delivering another blow to the company in its global smartphone battle with rival Samsung
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November 30, 2011
The Full Federal Court of Australia has today overturned an interim injunction banning the sale of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computer
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November 17, 2011
Samsung has abandoned attempts to win preliminary injunctions blocking the sale of Apple’s new iPhone 4S models in Asia and is now pushing for early trials
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October 31, 2011
Microsoft’s 10th licensing agreement with Compal means it has patent deals with more than half of Android vendors. Does this mean it is becoming a patent troll?
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October 31, 2011
Lawyers says that a Dutch ruling in a dispute between Apple and Samsung does not signal the end of standard-essential patent litigation in the Netherlands
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October 20, 2011
A California judge has indicated that Apple’s design patent for the iPad may be found invalid due to a 1994 tablet prototype
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October 17, 2011
Samsung has failed in its attempt to persuade a Dutch court to block Apple from selling its iPhone and iPad tablet in the Netherlands
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October 17, 2011
Just days after seeing its Galaxy 10.1 blocked in Australia, Korean electronics maker Samsung is trying to prevent Apple from selling its new iPhone 4S down under and in Japan
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October 14, 2011
In a hearing today over the English branch of the Apple v Samsung smartphone wars, Apple attempted to get its case joined to that already underway against HTC
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October 13, 2011
A court in Australia has granted Apple’s request for an interlocutory injunction that bans sale of Samsung’s Galaxy 10.1 tablet computer in Australia
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October 12, 2011
Intellectual Ventures’ suit against Motorola Mobility could lead to a well-funded battle against software patents in the US
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October 07, 2011
Samsung is opening new European fronts in its smartphone patent battle with Apple
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October 05, 2011
In contrast with Germany, where Apple used design patents to block the launch of Samsung’s Galaxy 10.1 tablet, the company that invented the iPad has used a combination of standard and innovation patents in Australia
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October 05, 2011
Apple has refused Samsung’s offer of a deal in Australia and kept pushing for a temporary injunction that would boost global efforts to block the launch of the Galaxy 10.1 tablet
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September 26, 2011
Google has learnt the hard way that volume matters with smartphone patents. The more you have, the more you can bet – and the longer you can stay in the game. Its aggressive moves to build its stake threaten to distort the patent market and affect more than just smartphones. By Karen Bolipata
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September 28, 2011
After the $4.5 billion bid for Nortel’s patent portfolio and Google’s subsequent purchase of Motorola Mobility, company executives have increased pressure on in-house counsel to monetise their IP
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September 28, 2011
Microsoft has struck a cross-licensing deal with Samsung, marking its eighth agreement among Android device makers
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September 22, 2011
Samsung and Apple have deepened their long-running in litigation over smartphone technology in Australia and Germany
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September 08, 2011
HTC’s latest patent action against rival Apple is based on nine patents bought from Google at the end of last month
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September 05, 2011
Samsung has removed one of its latest tablet computers from a trade fair in Germany after Apple secured an injunction from a Düsseldorf court on Friday
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August 26, 2011
InterDigital has filed a complaint with the International Trade Commission against Nokia, Huawei and ZTE, alleging infringement of seven of its patents involving 3G wireless devices
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August 26, 2011
Cross-border injunctions in preliminary proceedings are alive and well in the Netherlands, judging by this week’s decision in a dispute between Apple and Samsung
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August 24, 2011
Samsung will be barred from distributing three models of its Galaxy smartphone after rival Apple won a preliminary injunction in The Netherlands - and scrutiny over its tablet continues in Germany
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August 17, 2011
If its failure to secure Nortel’s patent portfolio last month was a blow to the company, Google has rebounded in dramatic fashion
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July 18, 2011
Apple scored a major victory against HTC in the smartphone wars on Friday, when an ITC judge issued an initial determination that two of its 10 patents are infringed
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July 15, 2011
The patent showdown between Oracle and Google over seven Java-related patents has been heating up this week, with a California judge yesterday expressing scepticism over Google’s behaviour
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July 13, 2011
Apple has filed a new claim in the International Trade Commission (ITC) against HTC, asserting five patents involving scrolling functionality and touch-screen displays
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April 14, 2011
Chinese mobile equipment manufacturer ZTE has sued Ericsson in China for patent infringement
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October 11, 2010
Less than a week after Microsoft accused Motorola of infringing its patent rights over mobile phone technology, the phone maker has launched its own patent infringement action against Apple
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October 04, 2010
Developers of smartphone applications could be big casualties in the latest patent battle over the Android platform, an industry commentator has warned
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October 04, 2010
Apple and Nokia are taking their fight over wireless technology patents to the UK courts, after the US company filed a lawsuit against its Finnish rival in the High Court last week
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July 26, 2010
Telecom companies have been battling for the lead in the smartphone market since 2001. This year alone has seen almost every major US smartphone company sued. Below we provide a roundup of some key smartphone developments throughout the decade
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July 09, 2010
Patent-holding company NTP has sued Apple, Google, Microsoft, HTC, LG and Motorola in a move the company’s licensing counsel described as “putting your marker on the table”
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June 17, 2010
The International Trade Commission (ITC) has agreed to investigate HTC’s patent infringement complaint against Apple in the latest battle in an all-out smartphone patent war
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May 10, 2010
Nokia on Friday filed a complaint in the US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin claiming that Apple’s iPhone and iPad infringe five of Nokia’s patents