InterDigital claims Nokia infringed its wireless patents
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(InfoWorld) - The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has voted to launch an investigation into patent infringement claims against Nokia, whichÂ filed its own complaintÂ with the commission in August. The complaint against Nokia comes from InterDigital, a vendor of wireless technology products based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. InterDigital filed a complaint on Aug. 7 alleging that Nokia has infringed two of InterDigital's 3G (third-generation) wireless patents. InterDigitals' complaint accused Nokia of an unfair trade practice by importing 3G handsets into the U.S., and it asked the ITC to bar Nokia from importing products with the infringing technology. The ITC, in a news release Wednesday, said it has initiated an investigation into InterDigital's complaint. The commission will set a target date for completing the investigation within 45 days, the ITC said. "The ITC has not yet made any decision on the merits of the case," the commission said. Nokia, based in Finland, filed its ITC complaint Aug. 17, asking the commission to ban the import of Qualcomm chip sets that allegedly infringe on five Nokia patents. The commissionÂ banned some Qualcomm importsÂ in June, after complaints from Broadcom. A Nokia spokeswoman didn't immediately return a call seeking comment on the ITC investigation. The InterDigital patents involve algorithms for how 3G wireless signals most efficiently travel through the air, said Jack Indekeu, InterDigital's director of corporate marketing. The company has been talking with Nokia about the patent claims, he said. "We haven't moved forward," Indekeu said. "That's why we have to move in this direction." The InterDigital claims don't directly relate to the patent claims against Qualcomm, he added. "Companies that have spent the time and resources to invent technology are protecting their intellectual property," he said.
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(InfoWorld) - A U.S. federal court jury has found Qualcomm infringed three Broadcom patents and awarded Broadcom $19.6 million in damages. The jury in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana, California, found Qualcomm infringed the patents wilfully, and a judge could increase the award as much as three times for this, according to a Qualcomm statement. At a hearing on June 18, the judge in the case is scheduled to set dates for post-trial motions. Qualcomm, a cellular pioneer and a wireless intellectual-property powerhouse, said it would challenge the findings in post-trial motions and, if necessary, file an appeal. Broadcom plans to ask for a permanent injunction to stop Qualcomm from using the technologies.. The case,Â filed in May 2005, involves five Broadcom patents. Broadcom dismissed its claims on one patent, and the court stayed the case with regard to another, according to Qualcomm. On Tuesday, the jury cleared Qualcomm on one claim regarding one of the patents. The patent claims affect key Qualcomm products: its EV-DO (Evolution-Data Optimized) high-speed mobile data chips, its QChat push-to-talk software, and chip platforms for mobile multimedia, according to a Broadcom statement.
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Mobile phone maker Motorola Inc   said on Tuesday that two of its subsidiaries had sued  Aruba Networks Inc  for patent infringement related to  wireless local area network technologies.
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Wireless tech heads to court again, as Motorola subsidiaries Symbol and Wireless Valley claim patent infringement.
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Japan's Fujinon Corp sued Motorola  Inc. , alleging several of Motorola's products,  including its flagship Razr models, infringed on its patents,  according to court documents on Thursday.
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A claim originally filed against Palm and Handspring claimed the now-joined companies violated a patent for portable computing devices. Not so, says the judge.
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Nokia  won a round in one  of its many patent battles with chip maker Qualcomm Inc   as a judge with the U.S. International Trade  Commission ruled for the mobile telephone maker on Wednesday.
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Verizon Wireless customers are suing  the mobile service provider, claiming that it is selling a cell  phone with fewer Bluetooth short range radio features than they  expected, the plaintiffs' lawyer said on Thursday
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"This is another example where Qualcomm has effectively copied Nokia's innovations."  Nokia Corp., the world's largest mobile phone maker, said Monday it filed a patent infringement countersuit against Qualcomm in an ongoing multinational legal battle over wireless technology.Nokia, which filed the lawsuit in a Texas district court, is seeking damages and injunctive relief. The lawsuit deals with claims of unauthorized use of Nokia's Brew and MediaFlo patents, which allow fast, high-quality transfers of audio and video multimedia to wireless subscribers.In April, Qualcomm Inc., the world's No. 2 chipmaker for mobile phones which licenses its technology patents, filed a patent infringement lawsuit in Texas against Nokia, allegedly involving certain types of mobile software download and execution environments. Read more
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Nokia has taken legal action to force smaller French rival Sagem to withdraw its flagship mobile phone and pay damages as it accuses Sagem of copying its designs.
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Nokia , the world's biggest mobile phone maker, said on Tuesday the ongoing patent battle with Qualcomm Inc.  may work against the uptake of "third-generation" mobile technology.
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Nokia Corp., the world's largest mobile phone maker, took legal action earlier this week against two European manufacturers for allegedly infringing on technology patents and registered designs.
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Wireless chip maker Broadcom Corp. said  the U.S. International Trade Commission upheld an initial determination that rival Qualcomm Inc. infringed claims on a Broadcom patent.
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I'll see you in court. Oh, you're already there Nokia has filed another lawsuit against Qualcomm in their ever-growing list of patent spats.â¦
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The DataTreasury Corporation has sued companies that it says have infringed on its two patents, which describe a way to store and retrieve transaction records electronically.
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The world's top cellphone maker Nokia  said on Tuesday the U.S. International Trade Commission has decided to start investigating Qualcomm Inc's  trade practices and alleged patent infringement.
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Alcatel has accused Microsoft of infringing seven of its U.S. patents. The patents describe how to implement fast-forward and rewind functions in digital video streams, among other things.