Tag archive: patent infringement lawsuit

It wouldn’t be a normal day in the tech world without some sort of legal dispute between mobile phone makers. Today’s news comes courtesy of HTC who has filed yet another lawsuit against Apple. What makes this news even more juicy is the fact that HTC obtained the patents that it is basing its case on from Google. On September 1 Google transferred nine patents over to HTC, and today’s suit focuses on four of those patents. At this time we do not… Read More

Spotify has been available for a measly two weeks and it’s already getting its first taste of patent litigation. PacketVideo says that Spotify is infringing on its claims over streaming music. The San Diego-based company that launched more than 10 years ago and was one of the first to enable streaming video on mobile platforms. While once one of the leaders of streaming, PacketVideo only has the right to file such litigation because it bought… Read More

The drama between Apple and Samsung has continued, with Apple winning the latest round. Reuters reports that a U.S. judge has rejected Samsung's request to see Apple's unreleased iPhone and iPad, which the Korean company claimed would be “highly relevant” to its defense. “Common sense suggests that allegations of copying are necessarily directed at Apple's existing products, to which Samsung has access and… Read More

It has been a tough month for Apple.  Once the David, fighting off the corporate goliaths, Apple has itself become a goliath, and it has the lawsuits and anti trust inquiries to prove it. Today Nokia joins the growing list of companies that have an axe to grind with Apple, by filing a patent infringement lawsuit against the Cupertino company over technology in the iPhone and the iPad. According to Bloomberg, the patents relate to enhanced… Read More

Remember the HTC O2 XDA? Neither do we, but just for the record, HTC would like to remind you that it was the first 3.5-inch color touch screen phone in the world when it launched back in 2002. You know, in case Apple wants to get all technical about who did what first. So goes the company’s official response to Apple’s recent lawsuit, which HTC published Wednesday in a press release aptly named “HTC disagrees with Apple’s actions.” Although the… Read More

From InterVideo's press release: InterVideo, Inc. announced today that its subsidiary, InterVideo Digital Technology Corporation, has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the United States Western District of Texas against Acer, Inc. and Acer America Corp. for infringement of U.S. Patent No 6765788 (the “'788 Patent”), entitled “Method and apparatus for integrating personal computer and electronic device… Read More

Macrovision received the preliminary injunction in its patent-infringement lawsuit against 321 Studios, already forbidden by federal judges in recent months from selling its DVD-cloning software. Less than two weeks ago, 321 founder Robert Moore told a congressional panel the court rulings have put his company “on the brink of annihilation.” He said 321 had expected to generate $100 million in sales. Read the full… Read More

Hewlett-Packard Co. filed a patent infringement lawsuit Thursday against Gateway Inc., alleging its rival refused to pay licensing fees on six HP patented designs. Alleged culprits included laptop hinges, keyboards that require passwords–even the cursor that points to icons on a computer's video display. According to HP attorneys who filed in San Diego federal court, Poway-based Gateway paid licensing fees from 1994 to 1999 to… Read More

A $29.5 million verdict in a patent infringement lawsuit against Internet auction house eBay will bring changes in how the company conducts sales of fixed-price merchandise. Jay Monahan, eBay's vice president for litigation, said the company still believes the patents belonging to Virginia inventor Thomas G. Woolston are invalid, but nonetheless plans to implement design changes that will avoid infringing on them in the future. A… Read More