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Nokia loses mobile patent case in Germany

The German patent licensing firm IPCom has won a mobile patent case against Nokia in... Read more

20 April, 2012

HTC gets injunction against German patent firm

HTC has won a temporary injunction against the German patent licensing firm IPCom, forcing it to stop threatening retailers with legal action... Read more

19 December, 2011

HTC faces German sales ban after patent battle

...sell smartphones in Germany in the run-up to Christmas, after the patent licensing company IPCom said it would start enforcing an earlier infringement ruling... Read more

28 November, 2011

Huawei talks to Microsoft about Android licensing

Huawei is discussing an Android-related patent licensing deal with Microsoft, the company has said. Multiple reports on Tuesday... Read more

8 November, 2011

Nokia loses 3G patent battle in High Court

...services on mobile networks. Photo credit: Cindy Andrie/Flickr IPCom, the Bavarian patent licensing company that owns the '268' patent, now intends to seek a... Read more

16 June, 2011 by David Meyer

NTP gets legal nod for patent challenges

Patent-licensing firm NTP, which is locked in legal disputes with the likes... Read more

2 August, 2011 by Roger Cheng
Intel's victims: Eight would-be giant killers

Intel's victims: Eight would-be giant killers

...included Intellectual Ventures, Microsoft's ex-chief technology officer Nathan Myhrvold's patent-licensing company, which got all of Transmeta's patents. Shortly after that... Read more

4 December, 2010 by Rupert Goodwins

Microsoft shuns Germany over patent court fears

...Apple has also complained to the Commission over Motorola's allegedly abusive patent licensing tactics. In December, Motorola succeeded in having some iPad and iPhone... Read more

3 April, 2012 by David Meyer

Microsoft files antitrust complaint against Motorola

...could lead to a full investigation of Motorola's Mobility's (MMI) patent licensing agreements, according to software patent expert Florian Mueller. "With two industry... Read more

22 February, 2012

EU opens antitrust probe into Samsung

...The European Commission is investigating Samsung over patent licensing deals relating to European mobile standards. The EC opened the formal... Read more

31 January, 2012 by Ben Woods

Microsoft wins Android patent call against Motorola

...also supposedly violates multiple Microsoft patents. Microsoft has already succeeded in arranging patent licensing deals — the financial terms of which are always secret — with HTC... Read more

21 December, 2011 by David Meyer

German patent firm takes HTC fight to retailers

...German patent licensing firm IPCom is sending cease-and-desist letters to retailers and... Read more

7 December, 2011 by David Meyer
MIME creator: Developers face patent trap

MIME creator: Developers face patent trap

Mimecast chief scientist Nathaniel Borenstein says the US patent system is broken, putting a chilling effect on developers who struggle to decide whether to spend money on lawyers to defend their innovations Read more

6 November, 2011 by Ben Woods

HTC brings Apple tussle to UK courts

The Taiwanese Android device maker has sued Apple in the High Court, although details remain scarce as Apple has not yet formally acknowledged the complaint Read more

2 August, 2011 by David Meyer

Microsoft cuts Android licensing deal with Wistron

...Microsoft announced a patent licensing deal on Tuesday with Wistron, a Taiwanese contract manufacturer of Android... Read more

6 July, 2011 by Jay Greene

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