Patent litigation from non-participating entities (casually known as patent trolls) is the bane of a technology firms legal department. Fighting patent lawsuits from firms that subsist completely on licensing and legal action is a frustrating waste of resources, and one that often stifles innovation indirectly. Now, a new partnership between Canon, Dropbox, Google, Asana, SAP […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Wireless technology company Interdigital Inc has settled patent litigation with Samsung Electronics and licensed patents to the mobile phone maker, the companies said on Tuesday. The deal resolves litigation between Interdigital and Samsung at the U.S. International Trade Commission and in federal court in Delaware. Interdigital announced the deal, and a spokesman […]
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A federal judge in California on Thursday rejected a request by patent consortium Rockstar to transfer patent litigation against Google Inc to Texas, according to a court ruling. Rockstar, which counts Apple Inc as an investor, bought thousands of former Nortel patents from Nortels bankruptcy in 2011 for $4.5 billion. (Reporting […]
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