Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Prior to settlement, Apple got Qualcomm's German fake patent injunction lifted: appeals court deemed it likely flawed

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Days before the sudden settlement between Apple and Qualcomm , a German appeals court had preliminarily annulled the latter's most signi...
Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Apple and Qualcomm settle their antitrust/FRAND/patent dispute: clash of California tech giants is amicably resolved

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Opening statements in the Apple, Foxconn et al. v. Qualcomm antitrust trial in San Diego (Southern District of California) were ongoing wh...

Common sense against Qualcomm: Apple stresses smartphone functionality also works without modem chip--over WiFi--but Qualcomm wants royalties on entire device

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I'm typing this while Fish & Richardson's Ruffin Cordell is still delivering Apple's opening statement in the Apple v. Qual...

Apple v. Qualcomm trial kicks off in San Diego: jury of nine selected, live tweets disallowed

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Today was Day One of the Apple, Foxconn et al. v. Qualcomm trial in San Diego (Southern District of California). Formally, there are two ca...
Thursday, April 11, 2019

Munich I Regional Court lifts Qualcomm's deceptive-advertising injunction against Apple (indirectly related to patent injunction)

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After this week's news of an EU General Court ruling against Qualcomm (related to the European Commission's enforcement of complianc...
Wednesday, April 10, 2019

IRS described itself as Qualcomm's 'silent partner' in imposing patent tax on mobile device industry

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Standard-essential patent (SEP) holders with ambitious monetization goals and aggressive tactics notoriously refuse to extend licenses to ch...

Final pretrial conference order in Apple, Foxconn et al. v. Qualcomm (Southern District of California)

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There were two developments yesterday in connection with Qualcomm's antitrust issues. First, the EU General Court (which used to be cal...