Qualcomm files additional suits against Apple in ongoing patent dispute
Qualcomm filed three lawsuits against Apple Thursday, seeking compensation for alleged patent infringement. According to Qualcomm, Apple uses technologies that Qualcomm first marketed in the 1990s. Qualcomm claims that they...
Supreme Court hears arguments in two cases challenging administrative patent review process
The US Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments in two patent law cases challenging the constitutionality and statutory interpretation of the patent review process. The first case, Oil States Energy Services v. Greene's Energy Group , challenges the...
Supreme Court declines to hear Samsung appeal in Apple patent dispute
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Samsung's appeal in a patent case against Apple over Smartphone features. Samsung argued that three of Apple's patents covered trivial advances that were not eligible...
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: Human Rights Watch on Thursday released a report detailing the lack of respect for the rights of intersex individuals in the United States. The Lawyers’ Committee...
A US district court judge in San Jose, California, on Sunday ordered a retrial to determine how much Samsung owes Apple for infringing three iPhone 3Gs patents: "black rectangular front face of a phone with rounded corners," "the rectangular...
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday in Sandoz Inc. v. Amgen Inc. that companies applying to produce biosimilar products do not need to have the approval of the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) before...
Supreme Court rules sales in US and abroad extinguish seller's patent rights
The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that restrictions placed on a patented product could not be enforced through an infringement suit because an authorized sale exhausts all rights under the Patent Act . In Impression Products, Inc....
The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC on what constitutes "residence" in the context of patent cases. The issue before the court was whether 28...
After a six-month legal dispute over the right to use patents and other intellectual property, Apple and Nokia reached a settlement Tuesday that covers all ends of the lawsuits filed. The suit came as...
European Court of Justice rules sale of devices that make piracy easier may violate copyright law
The European Court of Justice ruled Wednesday that devices with pre-installed software that make it easier to stream pirated content may violate an European Union (EU) copyright protection directive . The court determined that the...
