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Qualcomm and Broadcom have been fighting it out in court for some time now, but it seems the chip makers have finally come to an agreement of sorts, with Qualcomm agreeing to pay $891 million to Broadcom as a part of a settlement.
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Qualcomm agrees to pay Broadcom $891 mil in settlement
By Brenda Stokes on Monday, Apr 27th 2009 No CommentsApple “willfully” infringed patent, fined $19m in damages
By Chris Davies on Monday, Apr 27th 2009 No CommentsApple has been ordered to pay $19m in damages, having been found guilty of “willfully” infringing a patent concerning efficient data transfer. The patent, “Predictive snooping of cache memory for master-initiated accesses”, was issued to Opti Inc. in June 2002; they filed a suit against Apple in January 2007 for alleged infringement.
RealNetworks Facet DVD jukebox case hits courts today
By Chris Davies on Friday, Apr 24th 2009 No CommentsRealNetworks are developing a rival to the expensive Kaleidescape DVD jukebox, based on their own DVD encryption-bypassing Facet application, which would retail for under $300. A prototype of the Facet DVD server can store around seventy movies, and is based on Linux; however the movie studios are hoping to cut Real off before a release, in a lawsuit that will reach the bench today.
Apple sued over iPhone, MacBook multitouch patents
By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Apr 8th 2009 No Comments
Apple is being sued by Elan Microelectronics, a Taiwanese chip designer, over alleged infringement of two touchscreen patents by its MacBook, iPhone and iPod touch ranges. According to Elan, the contended IP covers technology used to recognize the position of a finger on a touchscreen or trackpad; they’re now pushing for an injunction against the contentious products, which – if granted – would freeze much of Apple’s range.
Intel to Psion: even you say Netbook Pro is discontinued
By Chris Davies on Monday, Mar 23rd 2009 No CommentsIntel have responded to Psion’s countersuit over the silicon company’s attempts to have the “Netbook” trademark revoked. Psion maintains that they have not abandoned the trademark, and that sales of their Netbook Pro device continue; Intel argues that their sales in the US ceased after 2003, and indeed the Netbook Pro is listed under “Discontinued Products” on the company’s own site.
AMD x86 CPU production threatened by Intel
By Chris Davies on Monday, Mar 16th 2009 No Comments
Intel has threatened AMD with the termination of their x86 cross-licensing agreement, after AMD revealed its intention to spin out chip manufacturing. The agreement – which sees AMD make PC and server CPUs using x86 architecture licensed from Intel – is believed to include a clause whereby AMD are required to manufacturer a certain proportion of chips in-house.
Psion countersue Intel: demand damages & netbook.com
By Chris Davies on Monday, Mar 2nd 2009 No CommentsPsion have countersued Intel over the controversial “netbook” trademark, looking to back up their recent claims to have not abandoned the term with sales figures. The countersuit requests a jury trial rather than a court decision, and demands not only preservation of the trademark but the netbook.com domain and financial damages.
Psion: We’re still selling the Netbook Pro
By Chris Davies on Friday, Feb 27th 2009 No Comments
The netbook trademark saga continues, and anybody who hoped Psion would roll over and play dead once Dell and Intel stepped in, think again. Psion have responded to claims that they “abandoned” the netbook trademark and are no longer selling the Psion Netbook Pro; in fact, the company claims, sales of the Netbook Pro continue, with millions of dollars worth of hardware going to US vertical markets.
Full Psion response after the cut
Psystar counterclaim approved: will argue Apple ’stretched’ copyright law
By Chris Davies on Monday, Feb 9th 2009 No Comments
The last we heard of the ongoing Apple/Psystar legal battle, the former had succeeded in having the latter’s initial counterclaim thrown out, while Psystar were accusing Apple of not properly copyrighting OS X in the first place. It wasn’t looking too hot for the Mac-clone maker; however much to Apple’s presumed chagrin, a federal judge has now ruled that Psystar may continue to push its freshly-amended countersuit and even hinted that, if the company can prove its allegations, other companies may be free to sell non-Apple hardware running OS X.
Palm squares up to Apple over IP legal threats
By Chris Davies on Friday, Jan 23rd 2009 No CommentsIf Apple expected Palm to blush, make half-hearted excuses and whip the Pre back under the table, they’ve a cold hard shock coming this morning. Delivering the much-anticipated response to Apple COO Tim Cook’s legal warnings over potentially infringed intellectual property, Palm spokesperson Lynn Fox described her company as “confident” that they had the tools, “robust patent portfolio” and “long history of innovation” to defend themselves.
Full Palm legal statement after the cut
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