Nokia to pay $2.5 billion to Qualcomm
World’s largest mobile phone maker Nokia has revealed that they would be making an upfront payment of $2.5 billion to wireless technology company Qualcomm.
This payment would be part of the settlement with the company related to royalty disputes.
Nokia did not give out many details on this new arrangement with [...]
Nike sues Wal-Mart for Patent Infringement
Nike does not sell its products in Wal-Mart as they believe it would devalue their brand.
The company has however sued the US based retailing giant for patent infringement.
Nike is claiming that Wal-Mart is selling shoes which resemble their patented designs and technologies.
The company claims that some models of shoes being [...]
EchoStar pays up to TiVo in patent infringement case
TiVo has said in a statement that they have now received the $104.6 million as directed by the courts from EchoStar.
This payment is related to a patent infringement case that went in favor of the company earlier this month.
The case was related to the TiVo’s “Time Warp” [...]
Microsoft gets relief in Alcatel-Lucent case
Microsoft would not be required to pay $1.5 billion in damages to Alcatel-Lucent. This was announced in a judgment by a panel of federal appeals judges.
The company was told to pay the amount by a jury in U.S. District Court in San Diego last year.
Microsoft was found guilty of infringing [...]
Immersion to pay Microsoft as part of settlement
Microsoft has sued Immersion claiming payments from the settlement it had with Sony in a patent related lawsuit.
Immersion has now agreed to pay the software giant $20.75 million.
The two companies said that they are happy to settle to put the litigation behind them.
Microsoft said that they were [...]
Primax Electronics targeted by Microsoft for patent infringement
Microsoft has announced that they have filed a lawsuit against computer peripherals manufacturer Primax Electronics.
The lawsuit is related to patent infringement as Microsoft claims that Primax is using several of their owned patents in their own products.
They are specifically talking about features like U2, Tilt Wheel, and Magnifier [...]
Rambus targets Nvidia with a lawsuit
Rambus has sued Nvidia with a patent lawsuit.
The lawsuit claims that Nvidia is violating 17 Rambus-held patents on memory controllers.
This latest lawsuit has been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
Rambus claims that their patents are being violated by six different Nvidia product lines.
They are [...]
Nokia and InterDigital settles their legal dispute
Nokia and InterDigital have announced that they are now ending their legal battles.
The two companies had both filed patent related lawsuits against each other.
They have decided to end the battles in the European markets for now.
The cases in the US market are still going on.
The financial aspects [...]
Wi-Lan takes on Motorola, Research in Motion and UTStarcom
Canadian company Wi-Lan has announced that they are now suing Motorola, Research in Motion and UTStarcom.
This lawsuit is related to patent infringement claims made by Wi-Lan.
The company said that they have filed on this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
They [...]
Asustek Computer files a patent infringement lawsuit against IBM
Asustek Computer has sued IBM with a patent infringement lawsuit.
They are claiming that IBM infringes on two of their owned patents.
Incidentally, this lawsuit comes after IBM sued Asustek with similar patent infringement claims.
The latest lawsuit has been filed in the U.S. District Court for the [...]
