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Standard Essential Patents
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Microsoft-Motorola update: Parties spar over discovery issues, and Microsoft wants its bond money back
It's been relatively quiet in the Western District of Washington over the past couple weeks, as Motorola and Microsoft move forward toward an August jury trial on Microsoft's RAND-based breach…
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Intellectual Ventures sues Motorola Mobility over patents relating to WiFi, cellular standards (and others)
Back in 2011, Intellectual Ventures fired off a patent infringement complaint against Motorola Mobility in the District of Delaware. That case is scheduled to go to trial early in 2014…
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U.S. International Trade Commission Grants Injunctive Relief on Standard Essential Patent
by William Diaz and Lincoln Mayer The U.S. International Trade Commission has issued an exclusion order barring importation of certain older model Apple products for infringing a Samsung patent. The…
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Texas jury finds router makers infringe Ericsson WiFi patents (Ericsson v. D-Link et al.)
Over the past couple weeks, a jury trial was held in Tyler, Texas on Ericsson's November 2010 complaint that wireless equipment makers D-Link Corp., Belkin International, Netgear, Acer, Gateway, Dell,…
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WiFi equipment suppliers Cisco and HP step in and file declaratory judgment actions against Innovative Wireless Solutions LLC
Earlier this week, we provided an update on the multitude of WiFi-related infringement lawsuits brought by non-practicing entity Innovative Wireless Solutions LLC against various hotels and restaurants in Texas, noting…
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Newly-public letter to ITC shows lawmakers’ concern over standard-essential patent issues
By now, it's really no surprise to those who pay attention to SEP issues that certain lawmakers have their eyes on the standard-essential patent world, as well. Although non-practicing entity…
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Microsoft amicus brief supports Apple, cautions Federal Circuit about breadth of ruling in Apple-Motorola appeal
Last week, the Federal Circuit granted a motion by Microsoft for permission to file an amicus brief in the Apple-Motorola appeal (No. 12-1548, Judge Posner edition). Microsoft then filed its…
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Federal Circuit reverses ITC decision to terminate LG Electronics from InterDigital 3G patent case (337-TA-800)
Later this month, Adminstrative Law Judge David P. Shaw is expected to issue an Initial Determination in In the Matter of Certain Wireless Devices with 3G Capabilities and Components Thereof (Inv.…
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Could President Obama veto the ITC’s order excluding imports of certain Apple iPhones and iPads?
In the wake of the ITC's landmark exclusion order barring imports of certain Apple 3G products, we noticed an interesting question raised by Prof. Brian J. Love of Santa Clara…
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Group of MPEG LA licensors accuse Curtis International and others of infringing ATSC-essential digital television patents
For the second time in a couple of weeks, members of a standard-essential patent pool have filed an infringement lawsuit. Last month, it was Blu-ray patent pool One-Blue (and several…