Apple Must Pay Optis $502 Million Lump Sum in UK Patent Dispute, Court Rules May 2, 2025 Apple must pay a U.S. patent holder $502 million for the use of 4G patents in devices including iPhones and...
The Legal Tensions of Collaboration and Competition in the Life Sciences Industry September 20, 2023 By Christopher Thompson Moderna’s suit against Pfizer and partner BioNtech over alleged COVID-vaccine-related patent infringement – and the targets’ countersuit – might suggest...
Tesla Sues Australia’s Cap-XX Over EV Battery Technology Patents July 18, 2023 By Blake Brittain Tesla sued Australian company Cap-XX in Texas federal court on Friday, claiming its supercapacitors used for storing energy in electric-vehicle...
IRobot Sues Hoover, Other Competitors over Robotic Vacuum Patents April 18, 2017 By Jan Wolfe IRobot, the maker of the popular Roomba robotic vacuum, brought a string of lawsuits on Monday accusing rivals including The...
Supreme Court Weighs Where Patents Lawsuits Can Be Filed March 28, 2017 By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struggled over whether to upend nearly 30 years of law governing patent lawsuits that...
Supreme Court Will Hear Case on Patent Litigants’ ‘Friendly Court’ Shopping December 15, 2016 By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to decide whether to limit where patent lawsuits may be filed, potentially threatening...
Colorado Law Targets Frivolous Patent Lawsuits June 19, 2015 By Ivan Moreno Colorado will start prosecuting so-called patent trolls, businesses and individuals who falsely claim to have the rights to an idea...
Patent Lawsuits Drop But Tech Firms Still Top Target January 13, 2015 By Susan Decker Technology companies like Google Inc. and Apple Inc. remain the biggest targets of patent lawsuits even as the overall litigation...
Technology Firms Having Success Against ‘Patent Trolls’ October 27, 2014 By Andrew Chung and Dan Levine For two decades, companies that buy software patents to sue technology giants have been the scourge of Silicon Valley. Reviled...
Mass. AG Voices Support for Federal Legislation to Address Patent Trolls February 25, 2014 Alleging that patent trolls stifle innovation and harm the economy, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley joined 41 other states Monday...