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Apple vs. Samsung patent case should go back to lower court: US Department of Justice

The US Department of Justice has suggested the Supreme Court that the Apple vs. Samsung smartphone patent litigation case should go back to a lower court. The Supreme Court was asked to overturn an appeals court ruling that had favored Apple over Samsung and asked that it return the case to the trial court for […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
9 years ago

Nokia and Samsung settle patent dispute

Nokia has announced that it has settled a patent dispute with Samsung, and the Finland-based network equipment manufacturer says that this will boost its patent sales by hundreds of million euros. After this patent settlement, the revenue of Nokia Technologies would increase from €578 million in 2014 to around €1.02 billion (around $1.1 billion) in 2015, which includes catch-up payments […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
9 years ago

ITC judge rules in favor of Samsung, says Nvidia infringed on its patents

Samsung and Nvidia are in a running legal battle in a graphics-related patent, and Samsung has gained an upper hand in the case today. An ITC (International Trade Commission) administrative law judge has ruled in favor of Samsung saying that Nvidia has infringed upon two out of three patents by Samsung. This dispute started more than […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
9 years ago

ITC rules that Samsung didn’t break any of Nvidia’s patents

Samsung achieved another victory in the court last Friday as the US International Trade Commission ruled that the tech company didn't infringe any of Nvidia's graphics patents. The investigation started a year ago when Nvidia claimed that Samsung and Qualcomm infringed upon its GPU-related patents, and had they won, they would have the power to […]

By Octav G.
9 years ago

Lawsuit against Samsung to be dropped as RPX set to buy 4,000 patents from the Rockstar Consortium

After US ITC decided to investigate Nvidia after Samsung's complaint regarding an alleged patent infringement, the South Korean consumer electronics giant seems to be getting one more good news. RPX has announced that it will buy the remaining 4,000 patents from the Rockstar Consortium for around $900 million. This agreement will also result in the end […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
10 years ago

US ITC will investigate Nvidia after a complaint by Samsung

The US ITC (United States International Trade Agency) will start investigating Nvidia after Samsung filed complaints last month stating that the US-based GPU giant has infringed upon some of its patents covering graphics chip technology. Samsung's complaint was a response to an earlier decision by the same court after a complaint by Nvidia against Samsung. These […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
10 years ago

Samsung files an ITC complaint to block Nvidia’s chips from the US market

As a part of the ongoing patent war between Samsung and Nvidia, Samsung has filed a complaint with the US International Trade Commission in Washington to block the import of Nvidia's GeForce and Tegra chips from the US market. Samsung has accused Nvidia of making false claims about its products and infringing upon several chip related patents. ITC […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
10 years ago

NVIDIA files suit against Samsung and Qualcomm as it looks to block U.S. Galaxy device shipments

Samsung seems to have found itself in yet another patent dispute. NVIDIA has written a detailed blog post about filing a patent lawsuit against Samsung and Qualcomm. The chipmaker feels that both companies have infringed its patents related to graphics chips which is why it will seek a ban on all U.S. shipments of Samsung's Galaxy […]

By Adnan Farooqui
10 years ago

Samsung found to infringe on two Apple patents, will pay $119 million in damages

The jury has finally reached a verdict and found that Samsung has infringed on two patents, with the damages at $119,625,000. The first of the two Apple patents in question is patent number 5,946,647, which covers the mechanism through which addresses and phone numbers are converted into links. The second patent, number 8,046,721, details the […]

By Harish J.
11 years ago

Samsung and Apple CEOs fail to come to an agreement ahead of verdict

Last month, it was announced that both Samsung and Apple have agreed to attend a mediation session to discuss a possible out-of-court settlement to end their patent fight. ZDNet Korea alleges that Samsung CEO JK Shin and Apple’s CEO Tim Cook met last week in the U.S. to discuss the terms of the settlement, but […]

By Harish J.
11 years ago

Apple and Samsung submit a final list of infringed patents ahead of trial

Samsung might have signed a landmark cross-licensing deal with Google for the next ten years, but it still has to contend with Apple on patent infringement claims. The two organizations drew up a final list of all patents that they allege were infringed upon, with a court trial date set for March 31. The narrowed […]

By Harish J.
11 years ago

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