A German court has thrown out a patent suit filed by US chipmaker Qualcomm against Apple, in an initial verbal decision. Yesterday, January 15, the Mannheim Regional Court dismissed the Qualcomm suit
Apple including iTunes and iCloud. The first patent is the US number 7,720,929 which is titled “Communication system and its method and communication apparatus and its method”. According to the lawsuit
The US Supreme Court will today hear a patent dispute between Helsinn Healthcare and Teva Pharmaceuticals, with lawyers telling WIPR that the probable reversal in the case will have a wide-ranging
Patent agents will be ordered to cease doing business and pay fines if it's found that they are working without a license, under a newly revised regulation. The National Intellectual Property
A Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) ruling that an IBM patent was invalid has been reversed by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. IBM’s US patent (7,631,346) covered a method and
PepsiCo Inc has sued four Indian farmers for cultivating a potato variety that the snack food and drinks maker claims infringes its patent, the company and the growers said on Friday. Pepsi has sued
Sports brand Nike has accused a Chinese footwear brand of infringing numerous design patents and trademarks in a bid to create associations with Nike. “Instead of competing fairly by offering its own...
The European Patent Office (EPO) is now accepting proposals for patent research grants for 2019. The funding scheme has been implemented by the EPO over the last two years as part of an effort to
Ericsson and OPPO have signed a global patent license agreement. This initial agreement includes a cross license covering the 2G, 3G and 4G patent portfolios from both companies. OPPO, the fifth
Spin Master Corp. (TSX:TOY; www.spinmaster.com), a leading global children’s entertainment company, announced today that it has recently received a final judgement in its favour in a patent case