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Apple, Ericsson Spar over LTE Patents
2015-02-14 00:49:50| Wireless - Topix.net
That debate has raged for decades, notably in the wide-ranging wireless sector, bringing many a fruitful pay day to patent lawyers and exasperating some of the best judges as they grapple with issues such as open sourcing and patent pooling. The latest high profile spat that will have to rule on the matter pits those sometime FRANDs and FOEs, Ericsson and Apple, who last month started counter-suing each other in different US courts, having failed over the past two years to settle their dispute over the size of royalties Apple should be paying for Ericsson-owned intellectual property rights related to LTE standards.
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Is Audi readying a production h-tron? Brand buys fuel cell patents for $50 million
2015-02-13 18:52:55| Electronics - Topix.net
German manufacturers may be a tad behind the Japanese when it comes to the proliferation of fuel cell cars, but Volkswagen Group is investing in the hydrogen future. Audi has announced the purchase of "a package of patents relating to fuel-cell technology" from British Columbia firm Ballard Power Systems.
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Feds to investigate Cree's claim that Feit Electric infringed on patents
2015-02-12 23:12:12| Semiconductors - Topix.net
The Durham LED manufacturer went on the offensive in January, filing federal complaints that a competing firm, California-based Feit Electric Company, infringed on 10 of its patents. The complaints also named Feit's Asian supplier, Unity Opto Technology and include cease and desist requests that would keep Feit from selling certain bulbs in the United States.
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Canadian reply to $500M U.S. pharma suit: Your guesses don't make valid patents
2015-02-12 00:44:52| Biotech - Topix.net
The Canadian government has delivered a scathing response to a $500 million lawsuit from the American pharmaceutical industry, dissecting the intellectual-property practices of the company that launched the case. That response is laid out in a submission filed with a NAFTA panel, made public this week, which seeks to rebut multiple claims in a suit from drug-maker Eli Lilly .
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Microsoft, Samsung settle contract dispute over patents
2015-02-10 02:23:56| Semiconductors - Topix.net
Microsoft and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd have settled a contract dispute over patent royalties, though terms of the settlement are confidential, Microsoft said in a statement on Monday. A Nokia Lumia 820 smartphone with Microsoft logos on the screen is shown in a photo illustration taken in the central Bosnian town of Zenica, September 3, 2013.
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