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Patent Lawsuits on Track to Top 6,000 This Year

Summary: With no single reason for the growth in patent litigation, the trend is likely to keep growing even if…

First Patent Lawsuit Filed over Apple Watch

Summary: MASA LLC has accused Apple of infringing its patents with the Apple Watch. According to Bidness Etc., a “patent…

Court of Appeals Rules in Favor of Samsung, Reversing $382 Million of $930 Million Verdict for Apple

Summary: Although Apple previously won a $930 million verdict against Samsung for its Galaxy S smartphone design, that award has…

$7.8 Million Awarded in Drone Patent Case

Summary: After a default judgment was entered against a company for allegedly infringing patents of a drone maker, a jury…

Apple Must Pay $533 Million for Patent Infringement

Summary: Apple must pay over $500 million to a company that claimed it infringed several of its patents. According to…

Samsung Countersues Nvidia for Patent Infringement

Summary: Samsung countersues Nvidia over alleged patent violations and false advertising. After Nvidia sued Qualcomm and Samsung a couple months…

Microsoft Sues Samsung for Patent Royalties

Samsung seems destined to remain embroiled in patent litigation forever. On top of the Apple-Samsung patent wars fought in courtrooms…

Google and Samsung Agree to License Each Others’ Patents

Google and Samsung signed an agreement to mutually share their patents and technologies. Interestingly, the new agreement covers patents that…

Samsung New Dual-Screen Patent

Samsung electronic Co- Apple's competitor in the smartphone market is looking for protection for their patents as they seek to…

Samsung’s Settlement Proposal

The Suwon, South Korea-based company had promised in October that it wouldn’t seek injunctions to block sales of smartphones and…

Motorola Scores Surprise Win against Microsoft in Germany’s Patent Court

Microsoft lost against Google’s Motorola Mobility in a patent war over multilingual programs on Thursday at Germany’s Federal Patent Court.…

U.S. Sales Ban on Two-Pronged Vibrators

On Monday, the US International Trade Commission overruled a preliminary ITC finding and held that several companies making and selling…