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The Motley Fool
June 15, 2011
Anders Bylund |
Dolby Sics Lawyers on Research In Motion Dolby just filed patent infringement suits against RIM in German and American courts, claiming that its smartphones and tablets are playing digital media files without proper Dolby licenses.   |
The Motley Fool
April 26, 2005
Dave Mock |
The Lowdown on Patent Shakedowns The business of extorting license fees for patents can be very lucrative -- and damaging. It is important for investors to understand how the companies they own utilize and protect their inventions -- and what approach management has taken to deal with intellectual property disputes. |
InternetNews
March 31, 2011 |
RIM Licenses 'Invention Company' Patents Research in Motion has licensed a trove of more than 30,000 patents from a company founded by former Microsoft veterans. It's a move that may help the BlackBerry maker ward off patent infringement lawsuits. |
InternetNews
May 18, 2010 |
Microsoft Settles Patent Dispute With VirnetX Microsoft agrees to shell out $200 million for a one-time fee, and commit to additional licensing arrangements for two patents concerning VPN technology. |
The Motley Fool
October 31, 2011
Anders Bylund |
Why Do Inventors Innovate? Are inventions supposed to make the world a better place, or are they just another get-rich-quick scheme? |
The Motley Fool
January 14, 2010
Anders Bylund |
Apple and RIM Line Up for Their Mug Shots License payments are the return on decades of research investments. Kodak wants its fair share from Apple and RIM. |
The Motley Fool
June 21, 2004
Tom Taulli |
Research In Motion's Gamble The maker of BlackBerry devices finds itself in a classic catch-22. Uncertaintly over the NTP lawsuit made it hard for RIM to sign partners. |
The Motley Fool
June 28, 2005
Dave Mock |
BlackBerry Still Getting Squeezed Research In Motion's litigation with NTP may not be over. The companies' ongoing patent battle matters to investors for a number of reasons. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
April 17, 2011
Christian Zibreg |
RIM Wants to Outbid Google, Apple, and Nokia for Nortel's Patent Treasure Trove Whoever wins could end up with an impressive shield against lawsuits. |
PHONE+
December 11, 2009 |
Apple Slaps Nokia with Patent Contersuit The suit by Apple is a move to counter the patent infringement suit Nokia brought against Apple back in October. |
InternetNews
October 1, 2004
Ed Sutherland |
A Call for WiMax Licensing Group Via Licensing Corporation is calling for WiMax patent-holders to join a program with the ultimate goal of creating a portfolio of essential 802.16 technology that can be offered to companies at a single license price. |
The Motley Fool
August 9, 2011
Anders Bylund |
For the Good of Tech: Fix Our Broken Patent System Now! Our patent system is broken. Maybe even unfixable. |
Home Theater
October 12, 2002 |
Dolby's Chinese DVD Deal A deal signed in late September by Dolby Laboratories and the China Audio Industry Association (CAIA) will result in standard worldwide licensing rates for DVD products manufactured by Chinese consumer electronics companies. |
InternetNews
May 8, 2007
Clint Boulton |
Amazon Ponies Up to End IBM Patent Suits Amazon and IBM entered into a cross-license agreement to bury the legal hatchet. |
The Motley Fool
September 17, 2011 |
What's Fueling the Tech Patent Bull Market? As companies amass patents to sue each other, is it time for the patent system to be reformed? |
InternetNews
December 9, 2010
Stuart J. Johnston |
Firm Files Patent Suit Against Security Players Intellectual Ventures, an IP firm led by a former top executive at Microsoft, is charging four prominent security firms and five other tech companies with infringing on its patents. |
Wall Street & Technology
September 19, 2006
Paul Allen |
Patent Processing For both the patent holders and potential transgressors, technology patents can be a high-stakes game in the financial world, in both monetary awards and ongoing business feasibility. |
The Motley Fool
December 30, 2010
Anders Bylund |
Rambus Exploits a Broken System -- Again On the heels of a juicy new license contract with memory maker Elpida, the memory technologist has convinced U.S. authorities to investigate a really, really big patent infringement case. |
Information Today
September 6, 2012
Paula J. Hane |
Apple-Samsung Case Highlights America's Troubled Patent System The jury finding in this case has triggered an onslaught of commentary and has also brought up many questions about the nature of the U.S. patent system. The comments have ranged from "software patents are evil" to the U.S. has a "broken patent system." |
InternetNews
June 24, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
RIM Sees Daylight in Patent Dispute Research in Motion said two more of the patents a court ruled that it infringes upon had been rejected. How long can the Blackberry e-mail device company let this drag on? How will their stock be affected? |
Information Today
May 2006
George H. Pike |
Feature: BlackBerry: Lawsuit and Patent Reform Whether through the courts or before Congress, the BlackBerry experience suggests that some modification of patent law is not only likely, it's necessary. |
The Motley Fool
December 18, 2011
Selena Maranjian |
An Impressive 34% Year for VirnetX Holding Check out this controversial business model for a company which specializes in software and technology for real-time, secure, online communications such as instant messages, smartphones, videoconferencing. |
InternetNews
February 21, 2008 |
RIM, Moto Take Patent Fight to Court While Research In Motion and Motorola battle in court over the use of each other's patents and licensing, experts say the smartphone vendors need each other to survive and hope the litigious action won't continue for long. |
The Motley Fool
December 21, 2011
Evan Niu |
Did Microsoft or Motorola Win This Patent Lawsuit? The International Trade Commission makes another ruling with two winners. |
The Motley Fool
September 21, 2011
Anders Bylund |
Riddle Me This: Do Patent Trolls Create Wealth or Destroy It? Patent trolls destroy more wealth than they create, says a new study. It should come as no surprise that 62% of the wealth-destroying lawsuits are brought on software patents, while only 2% involve chemicals or drugs. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2013
Tam Harbert |
The Troubled Life of Patent No. 6,456,841 Tracing the tortured legal trail of a simple smartphone patent |
The Motley Fool
November 1, 2010
Eric Jhonsa |
When Apple and Motorola Fight, Only the Lawyers Win One of the open secrets of the mobile phone industry is that just about every major phone manufacturer owns some key patents that are used by rival manufacturers. |
InternetNews
December 15, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Yahoo Bows to JPEG Patent Forgent rocked the tech industry when it claimed a patent covering JPEGs. It looks like the patent may stick as Yahoo has entered into a patent licensing agreement covering its use of Forgent's data-compression technology. |
InternetNews
April 19, 2007
Michael Hickins |
Microsoft, Samsung Cross Bridge Over GPL Microsoft announced today that it has entered into a broad cross-licensing agreement with South Korean electronics maker Samsung. |
InternetNews
March 2, 2010 |
Apple Slaps HTC With Patent Suit Over iPhone Apple is asking the International Trade Commission and a federal court for relief in a patent dispute with HTC, which it claims is infringing on its intellectual property related to the iPhone's interface and underlying design and hardware. |
Bio-IT World
June 17, 2004
Cathryn Campbell |
Patent Plaintiff Perils Suing for patent infringement may seem rewarding, but you could lose even more. |
The Motley Fool
October 11, 2011
Evan Niu |
A Pre-Emptive Strike on the Kindle Fire A patent troll is knocking on Amazon's door asking for spare change a month ahead of the Kindle Fire's launch. |
The Motley Fool
November 5, 2009
Eric Jhonsa |
Qualcomm's Patent Throne Becomes a Little Less Comfortable The Samsung deal suggests that Qualcomm is compromising on its lofty ambitions. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Why High-Tech Firms Can't Afford to Ignore Patents When it comes to patents, high technology firms are, out of necessity, interdependent... |
The Motley Fool
November 9, 2011
Anders Bylund |
When Red Ink Turns Black Universal Display is one great way to invest in the booming smartphone industry. |
InternetNews
December 31, 2010
Sean Michael Kerner |
Notable Tech Law Suits of 2010 The lawyers were busy last year, with a raft of corporate lawsuits flying around the tech industry. Perhaps the most common area of dispute in the tech industry concerns allegations of patent infringement and other intellectual property transgressions, though those are hardly the only challenges. |
InternetNews
October 11, 2010 |
Microsoft Patent Licenses Aim to Avert Lawsuit On the eve of the launch of Windows Phone 7, Microsoft has licensed a host of patents relating to smartphone technology, including IP from Palm, in a bid to preempt infringement lawsuits. |
BusinessWeek
June 3, 2010
Olga Kharif |
The Patent Battle in Smartphones Industry players are suing and counter-suing one another over intellectual property. |
InternetNews
April 25, 2006
Nicholas Carlson |
RealNetworks Looks To Squash 'Trolls' RealNetworks secured a patent to protect some of its earliest streaming technologies. |
The Motley Fool
June 14, 2011
Anders Bylund |
Nokia Scores a Hollow Victory Apple and Nokia ended their nearly two-year-old web of crosswise lawsuits with an anticlimactic settlement. |
The Motley Fool
December 26, 2007
Dave Mock |
InterDigital Wins One, Loses Some An English High Court has ruled that a claim in one of InterDigital's patents is indeed essential to making any wireless device using a worldwide next-generation standard called UMTS. |
The Motley Fool
January 31, 2008
Dave Mock |
Have Patent, Will Sue As reforms and regulation slowly trickle in, the telecom industry is still subject to patent abuse. |
Information Today
September 15, 2011
George H. Pike |
Congress Enacts Patent Reform Legislation In what is being described as the most substantial overhaul of U.S. patent law in nearly 60 years, Congress passed the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, patent reform legislation that has been years in the making. |
The Motley Fool
June 14, 2005
Rich Duprey |
Rambus Loves Legal Wrangling The chip designer revokes a customer licensing agreement and alleges patent infringement -- again. For stockholders, the continuing legal assault on memory-chip makers only serves to drain the company's coffers while the stock continues to underperform |
InternetNews
June 3, 2005
Colin C. Haley |
BellSouth, Comverse Settle Patent Spat BellSouth will license telecom technology covered under two patents to Comverse |
InternetNews
April 8, 2009
Michelle Megna |
Apple Sued Over Multitouch Patent The touchscreen patent war is on as Taiwan firm sues Apple, seeking triple damages. |
The Motley Fool
October 31, 2010
Lisa Hernandez |
Apple Slams Motorola With Multitouch Lawsuit The iPhone maker claims infringement on six patents. |
InternetNews
May 20, 2005
Sean Michael Kerner |
A Primer on Software Patents A closer look at software patents and at their history and implications for IT. |
InternetNews
June 23, 2010 |
After Microsoft Spat, VPN Player Gets Patent OK VirnetX is given the all-clear from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, paving the way to hit up other vendors for licensing fees - with some potential impact on IT buyers. |
InternetNews
May 13, 2010 |
HTC Fires Back at Apple With Patent Suit Taiwanese smartphone player HTC counter-sues Apple for patent infringement, asking the International Trade Commission to block imports and sales of the company's mobile devices. |
