A US district court has rejected Smartflash’s attempt to retrieve almost $1.6 billion in damages from Apple for patent infringement after rejecting the argument that the breach was “willful”. The US
importance to IPR protection. It is learnt that SANY has initiated the action for patent protection and established a special working group to lay out the implementation schemes. The action focused on
give the company an edge," Jin said. Qihoo said it accounts for 32 percent of internet security-related patent applications in China. "But it is not easy for the company to enter into the government
Smart phone maker HTC has been awarded more than $4 million in attorneys’ fees after two US courts found that licensing company Intellect Wireless had submitted false documents to the US Patent and
A US appeals court has granted semiconductor company Qualcomm’s request for a validity hearing in a patent infringement case that saw it slapped with a $172.7 million fine. On Friday, July 31, the US
public gallery. During the trial, Apple asked for the reversal of a judgment by the Beijing No 1 Intermediate People's Court that said the authority's patent for an intelligent robot, granted to a
in 2019. The UPC would serve as a new judicial enforcement framework to underpin a new unitary patent system. Businesses would be able to apply to the European Patent Office for unitary patents which
behind the scenes, however, is a rush by some in the industry to patent inventions relating to the blockchain technology itself. These moves come with controversy in an industry known for its culture
Sports brand Adidas has dropped a patent infringement claim against Asics America, the US subsidiary of Japan-based Asics. Adidas filed a stipulation for dismissal of the patent case, which involved
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has denied HTC Corporation a writ of mandamus relating to a patent infringement lawsuit. Taiwan-based HTC asked the Federal Circuit to direct the US