Patent Trial

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  Microsoft Directed to Pay IPA Technologies $242 Million in Cortana Patent Lawsuit

  Microsoft has been directed by a federal jury in Delaware to pay $242 million to patent owner IPA Technologies, after it determined that Microsoft's Cortana virtual-assistant software infringed an IPA patent. After a week-long trial, the jury agreed with IPA Technologies that Microsoft's Cortana voice-recognition technology violated the firm's IPA'...

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  Google Faces $7 Billion US Patent Infringement Trial Over AI Technology

  Alphabet's Google is set to go before a federal jury in Boston on Tuesday in a trial over accusations that processors it uses to power artificial intelligence technology in key products infringe a computer scientist's patents.

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  Google Faces Multibillion-Dollar US Patent Trial Over AI Technology

  Alphabet's Google is set to go before a federal jury in Boston on Tuesday in a trial over accusations that processors it uses to power artificial intelligence technology in key products infringe a computer scientist's patents.

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  Apple, Broadcom Reach 'Potential Settlement' With Caltech in WiFi Chip Patent Infringement Lawsuit

  The California Institute of Technology has reached a "potential settlement" in a high-stakes patent infringement lawsuit against Apple and Broadcom over Wi-Fi chips, according to a Thursday filing in federal court.

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  London Court Dismisses Apple's Appeal in Dispute With Optis, Says iPhone and iPad Models Infringed 4G Patents

  Apple infringed two telecommunications patents used in devices including iPhones and iPads, London's Court of Appeal ruled on Tuesday, dismissing the tech giant's appeal in a long-running dispute with a US patent holder.

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  Apple Accuses Patent Owner Arendi of Revealing Secret Settlement Agreement Details in Google Trial

  Apple on Wednesday accused patent owner Arendi S.A.R.L. of revealing secret information about a settlement agreement between them, including how much Apple paid, during Arendi's separate infringement trial against Alphabet's Google.

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  Google Wins US Patent Trial Over Data-Retrieval Technology on Pixel Phones, Google Apps

  Google won a jury trial on Tuesday in a long-running patent lawsuit in Delaware federal court over features in Google's smartphones and apps.

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  Lenovo Asked to Pay $138.7 Million for InterDigital Patents by London Court

  China's Lenovo Group must pay US technology firm InterDigital $138.7 million (nearly Rs. 1,150 crore) for a licence for its portfolio of telecommunications patents, London's High Court ruled on Thursday in the latest round of a long-running dispute. InterDigital brought the lawsuit against Lenovo in 2019 over the terms on which Lenovo should ta...

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  Apple, Google Can Challenge US Patent-Review System, Court Rules

  A US appeals court ruled on Monday, allowing Apple, Google, Cisco and others to challenge the US Patent and Trademark Office over a rule that reduced the number of patent-validity proceedings at a USPTO tribunal. Apple, Google, Cisco, Intel and Edwards Lifesciences sued the PTO in the California federal court in 2020 over the rule. They argued it u...

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  Order To Discharge Activist Sharjeel Imam, 10 Others Illegal: Delhi Police Tells High Court

  The Delhi Police has contended before the high court that a trial court's order discharging 11 people, including student activists Sharjeel Imam and Asif Iqbal Tanha, in the 2019 Jamia Nagar violence case, is patently illegal and perverse.

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  Samsung Agrees to Pay $150 Million to Settle Patent Lawsuits Over LED Technology

  Samsung Electronics has agreed to pay $150 million (roughly Rs. 1,237 crore) to British nanotechnology company Nanoco Technologies to settle patent lawsuits over technology used in Samsung's LED televisions. Samsung and Nanoco told a Texas federal court on the eve of a trial last month that they had agreed to settle the dispute, but no terms were d...

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  Intel Hit With $949 Million Verdict in US Trial Over Violation of VLSI Computer Chip Patent

  Intel on Tuesday was directed to pay VLSI Technology $949.8 million (roughly Rs. 7,800 crore) for violating a patent for computer chips held by VLSI. Last March the company won a nearly $2.2 billion (roughly Rs. 18,000 crore) verdict from Intel in a separate Texas trial over different chip patents, which Intel has appealed. VLSI lost another relate...

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  Coinbase Sued by Veritaseum for $350 Million Over Alleged Crypto Payment Transfer Patent Violation

  Alleging that Coinbase has infringed on one of its patents, Veritaseum Capital, a blockchain-based software firm, has asked for $350 million (roughly Rs. 2,850 crore) in damages. Veritaseum claimed that it had been trying to reach out to Coinbase bringing this alleged patent violation to its notice, before filing the lawsuit.

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  Apple, Broadcom Win New Trial in $1.1 Billion Caltech Patent Case

  A fine of $1.1 billion that Apple and Broadcom were ordered to pay after a jury verdict has been quashed by a US appeals court that has asked for a new trial on damages.

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  Apple Said Qualcomm's Tech Was No Good. But in Private Communications, It Was 'The Best'

  According to an internal Apple memo Qualcomm showed during the trial this week between the two tech companies, Apple's hardware executives used words like "the best" to describe Qualcomm's engineering.