Court Nixes Damages Theory Behind Apple, Broadcom $1.1B Verdict Over WiFi Patents February 7, 2022 By Blake Brittain and Jonathan Stempel A U.S. appeals court on Friday threw out a jury verdict ordering Apple Inc. and Broadcom Inc. to pay $1.1...
Supreme Court Will Decide Constitutionality of Patent Appeal Board Appointments October 14, 2020 By Jan Wolfe The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to decide whether more than 100 technology disputes must be reheard because judges...
UK Supreme Court Denies Patent Appeals by Huawei and ZTE Over Mobile Technology August 28, 2020 The United Kingdom’s Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously dismissed appeals by China’s Huawei and ZTE in patent disputes over mobile...
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...
House Committee Advances Patent Reform Bill June 11, 2015 By Andrew Chung A U.S. congressional panel on Thursday approved a bill aimed at deterring frivolous patent lawsuits, but which some critics say...
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...
Trade Panel Action Could Thwart ‘Patent Trolls’ June 26, 2013 A U.S. trade panel that deals with patent infringement cases took a step on Monday that could rein in companies,...