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Caltech's seven-year Wi-Fi patent battle with Apple and Broadcom is over
The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has reached a settlement with Apple and Broadcom over Wi-Fi chips, ending a billion-dollar patent dispute that started in 2016,
Huawei signs a patent cross-licensing agreement with its biggest Chinese rival
Huawei announced this week it recently entered into a patent cross-licensing agreement with Oppo, its biggest domestic rival in the Chinese market.
Apple and Ericsson call truce in years-long fight over cellular patents
Apple and Ericsson have struck a deal that ends a years-long battle over LTE patents.
Boston Dynamics sues rival Ghost Robotics for allegedly copying its robot dog (updated)
Boston Dynamics is suing Ghost Robotics for allegedly duping the design of its robot dog.
Apple and Koss settle dispute over wireless headphone patents
Apple and Koss have settled a patent fight over wireless earbuds, including AirPods.
The Supreme Court won't hear the Apple-Qualcomm patent case
The Supreme Court has denied Apple's effort to invalidate two Qualcomm patents from that played a role in the companies' 2019 legal battle.
Oura sues smart ring rival Circular for allegedly copying technology
Oura has sued smart ring newcomer Circular for allegedly violating tech patents.
Purdue University sues Google over mobile power management tech
Purdue is suing Google over claims the company copied power management code in Android.
Apple ordered to pay $300 million in LTE patent dispute
Apple has been ordered to pay $300 million to Optis for allegedly violating patents for LTE cellular tech.
Verizon settles with Huawei over patent disagreement
The disagreement dates back to 2019 when Huawei said it approached Verizon about licensing some of its technologies
Apple to pay $308.5 million for allegedly violating a DRM patent
Apple has been ordered to pay $308.5 million in a lawsuit alleging that the copyright protection in the App Store and Music violates PMC's patents.
Huawei will use its 5G patents to make money off of other companies
Increasingly shut out from both the international phone and infrastructure markets, Huawei plans to monetize its patent portfolio more aggressively.
Sonos sues Google for infringing on five more speaker patents
Sonos is suing Google for allegedly infringing five more of its speaker patents.
Apple countersues headphone maker Koss in AirPods patent dispute
It claims the inventor of stereo headphones didn't have the right to sue.
Koss sues Apple and Bose for allegedly copying wireless headphone tech
Koss is suing Apple, Bose and three other companies for allegedly copying its wireless headphone technology from the 2000s.
Apple gets a patent for taking group selfies while you're socially distant
Apple has received a patent for creating group selfies when your friends are miles away.
Broadcom lawsuit blames your Netflix habit for a drop in chip sales
Broadcom's success still depends in part on selling chips for cable set-top boxes, and it's apparently upset that TV viewers are headed elsewhere. The company has sued Netflix for allegedly violating eight patents covering data transfer and video playback, and that the streaming service is profiting from that claimed infringement by encouraging cord-cutting and hurting Broadcom's chip sales. In other words, it believes your Witcher marathon hurt its bottom line.
Apple must pay $838 million for infringing CalTech's WiFi patents
The California Institute of Technology (CalTech) has won a $1.1 billion jury verdict against Apple and Broadcom, according to Reuters and other sources. In a case that first hit federal courts in 2016, CalTech accused Apple of using Broadcom WiFi chips that violate four of its patents in all iPhones, starting around 2012. The jury reportedly ordered Apple alone to pay $838 million, or about $1.40 per device -- which works out to about 598 million gadgets that used the infringing chips.
Apple gets its WiLan patent payout reduced to $85.2 million
Apple won't have to pay WiLan as much as expected for alleged patent violations. A retrial jury has reduced the damages from WiLan's lawsuit from the original $145.1 million (determined in 2018) down to slightly over $85.2 million. That's still no small sum, but it could be considered a small victory. The judge in the original case had effectively ordered a retrial after agreeing with Apple that WiLan had used a flawed method to calculate the size of the damages -- WiLan had to either agree to a new trial or risk walking away with 'just' $10 million.
US will investigate Fitbit and Garmin following Philips complaints
The new year isn't getting off to a great start for some wearable device makers. The US International Trade Commission has agreed to investigate Fitbit, Garmin, distributor Ingram Micro and two Chinese manufacturers (Inventec and Maintek) over Philips' patent violation claims. Allegedly, the Fitbit and Garmin devices are infringing on technology such as activity tracking, alarm reporting and motion sensing. Philips maintained that it had been negotiating with the companies for three years before talks fell apart and forced its hand.
