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BlackBerrys feeling the squeeze as smartphone rivals smarten up
News What really hurt the company's profits was a charge of $112.8m related to the settlement of a patent dispute with Visto. BlackBerry maker RIM on Thursday said it sold fewer BlackBerry phones than... [25 Sep 2009]
Microsoft makes 'emergency' appeal to halt Word injunction
News A judge last week issued an injunction that would force Microsoft to stop selling versions of Word with a custom XML function that a jury found infringes on a patent held by Canadian software maker i4i. [19 Aug 2009]
Microsoft can't sell Word anymore, rules judge
News A judge on Tuesday ordered Microsoft to stop selling Word, one of its premier products, in its current form due to patent infringement. Toronto-based i4i sued Microsoft in March 2007 alleging that the software giant... [12 Aug 2009]
Microsoft sues TomTom over patents
News It also had a dispute with Belkin back in 2006, which was eventually settled as well. Microsoft said Wednesday it is filing two separate patent infringement actions against TomTom, the GPS navigation... [26 Feb 2009]
Nokia, Qualcomm settle patent dispute
News The pair had sued and countersued each other in various countries across the world but had been unable to find a resolution to the dispute over patents. Nokia, the world's biggest maker of mobile phones, and chipmaker... [24 Jul 2008]
Vonage and Verizon settle patent spat
News Internet phone company, Vonage said it has resolved an ongoing patent dispute with Verizon Communications at a price tag of up to $120m. Sharon O'Leary, Vonage's chief legal officer, said in a statement:... [26 Oct 2007]
Microsoft settles Eolas patent saga
News The company said in a statement: "We're pleased to be able to reach an amicable resolution in this long-running dispute with Eolas and the University of California. Microsoft has settled a long-running and expensive... [31 Aug 2007]
Qualcomm ban hits 3G handset imports
News Broadcom executives said they saw the Bush administration's decision to stay out of the patent dispute as a victory for all companies trying to protect intellectual property. Qualcomm is running out of... [07 Aug 2007]
Vonage appeals for retrial in Verizon patent spat
News A pivotal US Supreme Court ruling designed to make it easier to challenge obvious patents has prompted Vonage to ask for a new trial in an ongoing dispute with Verizon. One day after the high court released a unanimous... [02 May 2007]
Has the Supreme Court killed off patent trolls?
News The court heard oral arguments in November in the closely watched case, which is rooted in an obscure dispute between KSR International and Teleflex over vehicle gas pedal designs. In a hotly anticipated decision that... [01 May 2007]
Europe's execs turn to patents for cash
News However, it's worth noting that many of those quizzed had never had to use their patent lawyers in anger: 57 per cent of respondents said they had not experienced a patent dispute.... [25 Apr 2007]
Nokia: Qualcomm should be patently exhausted
News The pair have had an enduring dispute over patents, after negotiations between the two companies over renewing a licensing agreement broke down. Nokia and Qualcomm's theatre of combat has widened - the long-running... [19 Mar 2007]
Microsoft lucks out in latest patent case
News A week after Microsoft was ordered to hand over $1.5bn in an Alcatel-Lucent MP3 patent dispute, a US federal judge has ruled the Windows maker did not violate a patent at the heart of a... [05 Mar 2007]
Shock: Microsoft hit with $1.5bn patent ruling
News A federal jury in San Diego has ordered Microsoft to pay $1.5bn to Alcatel-Lucent in a patent dispute over MP3 audio technology used in Windows. Leibnitz earlier represented Dolby Labs in a... [23 Feb 2007]
BlackBerry users work longer, earn more
News Last year when RIM thought it may have to shut down BlackBerry service because of an ongoing patent dispute, the 12-strong CIO Jury was split on whether to look into alternative wireless devices.... [22 Feb 2007]
