Apple is ordered by East Texas jury to pay $300M in royalties to Optis after losing a patent dispute retrial over LTE technology in iPhones and other products
Bloomberg :
Federal judge overturns $506M+ in damages that Apple was ordered to pay PanOptis and related companies for willfully infringing patents covering 4G LTE tech
Federal judge overturns $506M+ in damages that Apple was ordered to pay PanOptis and related companies for willfully infringing patents covering 4G LTE tech
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A Texas federal jury said Apple should pay PanOptis and related companies $506M+ for willfully infringing patents covering 4G LTE technology
Dani Kass / Law360 :
Trade group says Verizon lied about its 4G LTE coverage, potentially preventing smaller carriers from obtaining funding to expand in underserved rural areas
“Sham coverage map” could prevent rural carriers from getting network funding. — Verizon “grossly overstated” …
EU fines Qualcomm €997M for abusing market dominance, says it paid Apple to buy LTE baseband chipsets from Qualcomm exclusively; Qualcomm to appeal
The European Commission has fined Qualcomm €997m for abusing its market dominance in LTE baseband chipsets.
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Google joins Via Licensing's LTE patent pool which also includes HP, AT&T, and other telecom companies as members
Ina Fried / Re/code :
Google joins Via Licensing's LTE patent pool which also includes HP, AT&T, and other telecom companies as members
Google Joins Stable of Tech Companies Licensing Their LTE Patents as a Group — Google said Thursday that it will join a group of technology companies willing …
US International Trade Commission to investigate Apple after it allegedly infringed Ericsson's LTE wireless technology patents
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