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Hungry for Patents, Samsung Approaches BlackBerry About a Buyout

2015-01-15 00:56:04| Semiconductors - Topix.net

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd recently approached BlackBerry Ltd about buying the company for as much as $7.5 billion, looking to gain access to its patent portfolio, according to a person familiar with the matter and documents seen by Reuters. South Korea's Samsung proposed an initial price range of $13.35 to $15.49 per share, which represents a premium of 38 percent to 60 percent over BlackBerry's current trading price, the source said.

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Apple, Ericsson Sue Each Other Over Royalties on Phone Patents

2015-01-14 14:06:11| Appliances - Topix.net

Apple Inc. and Ericsson AB are suing each other in U.S. courts after failing to reach an agreement over the pricing of wireless-technology patents used by the maker of the iPhone and iPad. Apple, saying that Ericsson is seeking excessive royalty rates, yesterday asked a federal court in California to rule that Ericsson's patents aren't essential to long term evolution, or LTE, standards.

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Ericsson, Inc. v. D-Link Sys., Inc. Guidance on Determining Damages for Standard Essential Patents

2015-01-09 17:02:58| Paper - Topix.net

Patents claiming inventions which must be used to comply with certain technical standards are referred to as standards-essential patents or "SEPs". There has, historically, been little judicial guidance concerning damages in cases where SEPs are implicated.

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Toyota Offers Fuel-Cell Patents

2015-01-06 05:31:10| Automakers - Topix.net

Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday that it will share its 5,700 patents related to hydrogen fuel cells with other auto companies without charging a royalty fee, hoping to speed the introduction of technologies that the Japanese auto maker has put its weight behind.

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