Lodsys had written to a number of app developers over allegations of patent infringement, claiming to have a patent that covers in-app upgrades.
Interval Licensing, a company Allen controls, yesterday filed a revised patent infringement suit against a variety of large technology companies, after a federal judge in August tossed out an initial version of the complaint, asserting that the allegations made were not specific enough.
Microsoft... patent for which a violation was found and will help us avoid infringement of this patent in the US market.
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As a result, it said, Formlabs must have known, or chosen not to find out, whether there might be a risk of patent infringement.
InterTrust was already in the process of suing Microsoft for patent infringement, in a closely watched case that could have far-reaching implications.
Whitney, for example, almost completely failed to prevent infringement of his cotton gin patent, and as a consequence made very little money from his invention.
After being slapped with a series of patent-infringement lawsuits by IGT, WMS' lawyers repaid the favor with the accusation that IGTmonopolizes new casinos by giving away accounting software in exchange for the casino's promise to buy at least 75% of its games from IGT.
In fact, as a gaming company becomes more successful, the company becomes a more likely target of patent infringement lawsuits.
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Yesterday, the beleaguered handset maker disclosed that Apple has agreed to pay the company both a one-time lump sum and ongoing royalties as part of a deal to settle all patent infringement litigation between the two companies.
But U.S. patent law still gives TQP a six-year period when it can sue companies for prior infringement of the defunct patent.
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Zillow filed a lawsuit that alleges patent infringement for one of Trulia's features that updates property-valuation estimates.
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The case hinges on whether judges should issue an injunction as a matter of course in cases of patent infringement.
In closing arguments over the patent dispute, Oracle attorney Michael Jacobs accused Google of embarking on a "reckless path to patent infringement" when developing Android.
Reuters reports that on remand, the presiding administrative law judge reversed his stance in a new initial determination, clearing Microsoft of the remaining infringement charge for patent number 6, 069, 896 on wireless peer-to-peer technology.
In the separate decision involving Microsoft, the court said that the software company was liable for patent infringement by installing a digital speech encoder on versions of its Windows operating system that are copied and sold overseas.
Toyota Motor , the leader in hybrid vehicles, has settled a patent-infringement dispute that had threatened to block the sale of the best-selling Prius and other Toyota hybrids.
However, in a worst case scenario where some or all of the patent infringement complaints go against Apple, we believe the company could be forced to pay higher royalties.
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Earlier in the week, shares fell following reports that Kodak was having trouble selling parts of its patent portfolio, as well as on a new patent infringement suit from Kyocera (KYO).
Samsung can not sell its Galaxy tablet or three smartphone models in Germany without modification, federal court in Australia put a temporary ban on Samsung sales of Galaxy tablet and patent infringement trials are now starting up in California.
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For all outward appearances, both Apple and IBM made every effort to convey that both ingredients were present in their blossoming SA. Only one problem: At the time, both Apple and IBM had a number of lawsuits against each other for patent and technology infringement.
It has also inspired a plethora of Chinese firms to attack Apple over patent and trademark infringement.
This is a company that in September filed patent suits against Apple and Google alleging infringement of 10 patents each.
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Shares in ailing 131-year-old camera maker Eastman Kodak spiked on Monday after the U.S. International Trade Commission announced it would review a patent-infringement claim against Apple and Research In Motion over the use of image preview technologies, patented by Kodak in 2001.
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In the meantime, AstraZeneca has filed patent infringement suits in several countries challenging competitors' plans to sell a generic version of Losec.
According to Gilford's Alexander, the company also wasted too much management time and millions of dollars on expanding into noncore businesses and on a fruitless golf-ball patent-infringement lawsuit against Titleist.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has just made it more difficult to obtain a patent, providing a boon to many technology firms and other companies that are often accused of patent infringement.
BIO, the influential biotechnology industry organization, has said it is concerned with a provision of the House bill that seeks to reduce the amount of damages awarded in patent infringement cases.
In a clear sign of their growing rivalry, Apple and HTC have been suing each other for patent infringement in courts around the world.
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