Qualcomm wins appeal in $173 mln ParkerVision case

Last Updated: Friday, July 31, 2015, 20:54

A US appeals court on Friday upheld a lower court`s decision to clear Qualcomm Inc in a patent lawsuit by ParkerVision Inc, allowing it to escape a $173 million verdict for infringement.

Samsung can halt Smartflash patent infringement trial: US appeals court

Last Updated: Thursday, July 30, 2015, 21:21

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, which faced a trial on patent infringement in a lawsuit brought by patent holder Smartflash LLC, can halt the proceedings while the Smartflash patents are scrutinized for their validity by the US Patent and Trademark Office, a US appeals court ruled on Thursday.

US jury says Motorola infringed one Intellectual Ventures patent

Last Updated: Thursday, March 26, 2015, 10:08

Patent holding company Intellectual Ventures` second crack at holding Motorola Mobility liable for using its technology without permission partially succeeded on Wednesday after a U.S. jury in Delaware found Motorola infringed a patent on multimedia text messaging.

China firm seeks $100 bn from Qualcomm

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 17, 2015, 18:10

The claims from Shanghai-based Genitop Research come after Beijing fined the US firm nearly a billion dollars for monopoly offences.

Delhi HC permits Xiaomi to sell, import handset till January 08

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 16, 2014, 12:24

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday permited Chinese handset maker Xiaomi to sell and import Qualcomm chipset based handsets till January 08.

Xiaomi may face major set back in overseas market: Report

Last Updated: Friday, December 12, 2014, 17:02

The sudden ban may weigh on Xiaomi's performance in its most important overseas market and its ambitious globalisation plans, a report in the state-run China Daily quoting industry insiders said.

Xiaomi banned from importing and selling handsets in India: Report

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 10, 2014, 22:32

The Delhi high court has reportedly banned Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi from importing, advertising and selling handsets in India following a patent infringement case filed by Ericsson.

Samsung, Google announce global patent agreement

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 09:43

Google Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, which are frequently involved in patent infringement lawsuits but not against each other, announced on Sunday that they have reached a global patent cross-licensing agreement.

Apple backed tech consortium sues Google and Samsung over patent infringement

Last Updated: Friday, November 1, 2013, 13:43

A consortium that owns thousands of patents from the Nortel bankruptcy auction has sued Google and other manufacturers for patent infringement.

US judge boosts Google `fair use` defense of digital books

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 24, 2013, 11:03

A federal judge on Monday appeared to favor Google Inc`s legal defense of its digital books project, which could imperil efforts by authors seeking to block it.

Zynga sues Facebook`s Bang With Friends app developers for infringing games` trademark

Last Updated: Thursday, August 1, 2013, 12:48

Social game service Zynga has reportedly filed a lawsuit against Facebook`s casual sex app ` Bang With Friends` (BWF) for infringing its trademark of `with friends` family of games.

Steps to avoid being `snooped on` with Facebook`s Graph Search

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 10, 2013, 14:13

Social media giant Facebook yesterday rolled out its updated `Graph Search` tool allowing its users to search for information about their social circles.