Patent Battle
Apple and Qualcomm’s Multi-Billion Dollar Patent Trial Begins Today
Apple and its allies are set to kick off a jury trial against Qualcomm today in San Diego, seeking up to $27 billion in damages while alleging that the chipmaker engaged in illegal patent licensing practices. Meanwhile, Qualcomm is seeking up to $15 billion from Apple alleging that the iPhone maker forced its business partners to quit paying...
Apple Wins $119.6M in Slide-to-Unlock Patent Battle Over Samsung
After years of court trials, Apple has finally claimed victory over Samsung in the Slide-to-Unlock patent battle for a total of $119.6 million. The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a Samsung appeal over slide-to-unlock, text prediction, and other utility patents of Apple's that it was found to have used. Samsung believed that the...
Only the U.S. Supreme Court Can Overturn Samsung’s $120M Verdict
A federal appeals court has denied Samsung’s request for a rehearing this week, on a decision that the South Korean company infringed on two Apple patents, The Verge is reporting. The case is now effectively closed unless the U.S. Supreme Court is willing to hear it, and overturn the $120 million Samsung verdict which was reinstated earlier this year after...
Samsung Plans To Take Ongoing Patent Battle With Apple To U.S. Supreme Court
According to a new report from the San Jose Mercury News, Samsung is planning to take its ongoing patent battle with Apple to the United States Supreme Court. In court papers filed today, Samsung said that by November it would ask the Supreme Court to hear its latest appeal. The decision comes following a rejection...