Nokia Sues Apple: iPhone Maker Accused Of Infringing Mobile Patents
You might call it a case of: “if you can’t beat ‘em, sue ‘em”. Finnish mobile giant Nokia (NYSE: NOK) filed a lawsuit against Apple (NSDQ: A… Read more »
More patents Stories
Artist Shepard Fairey Admits Destroying Evidence — But Presses On With Fair Use Claim Against AP
By David Kaplan
The Associated Press and Shepard Fairey, the artist who appropriated an AP photo for his iconic campaign image of President Barack Obama, ar… Read more »
Phoenix Media Says Facebook Is Infringing On ‘Profile Page’ Patent
By Joseph Tartakoff
A newspaper company — yes, a newspaper company — has a patent on the idea of a “personal profile page” and now wants some payback from Fac… Read more »
{"source":"http:\/\/paidcontent.org\/tag\/patents\/page\/10\/wijax\/3a397117036ce4aa8b31d7c859a97195","varname":"wijax_7f76b2d4f7df7eac22cd1a3380c6739d","title_element":"h2","title_class":"widget-title","title_before":"%3Ch2%20class%3D%22widget-title%22%3E","title_after":"%3C%2Fh2%3E"}
Advertisement
Earnings: TiVo Q2 Loss Edges Slightly Higher; Fires Lawsuit At AT&T and Verizon
By David Kaplan
TiVo’s net income loss was slightly higher in Q2, widening to $2.93 million ($0.03 per share) from $2.91 last year. Revenues also dipped, fa… Read more »
Amazon Countersues Discovery Over E-Commerce Patents
By David Kaplan
Now it’s Amazon’s turn: the online retailer is suing Discovery (NSDQ: DISAB) Communications (NSDQ: DISCA) over four patents related to e-com… Read more »
Patent Ruling Strengthens Microsoft’s Position In Alcatel-Lucent Litigation
By Joseph Tartakoff
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) scored a win in its long-running patent dispute with Alcatel-Lucent on Monday, when the U.S. Patent and Trademark Off… Read more »
Updated: Discovery Sues Amazon For Patent Infringement Over Kindle E-Book Delivery
Turn away for a second and the damnedest things drop in your inbox: Discovery (NSDQ: DISAB) Communications (NSDQ: DISCA), home of Shark Week… Read more »
NYTCo And Gatehouse Settle Aggregation Lawsuit; Boston.com Will Remove Ledes, But Linking Allowed
By David Kaplan
– Update: Under the terms of the agreement the NYTCo (NYSE: NYT) will make sure all Gatehouse Media feeds that contain its original ledes a… Read more »
Aggregation Aggravation: NYTCo Hit With Copyright Suit Over Hyperlocal Content
By David Kaplan
The New York Times Company is being suited for copyright infringement over its Boston Globe local sites linking with headlines and ledes to… Read more »
Recording Industry Moves Away From Lawsuits, Enlists ISPs In Piracy Fight
By David Kaplan
After years of engaging in a largely futile campaign of lawsuits against illegal file-sharers, the Recording Industry Association of America… Read more »
{"source":"http:\/\/pro.gigaom.com\/wijax\/9c048b51beee90f60bb0bd23034eb551","varname":"wijax_1c142ff98692dfef0240d5d5609926b9","title_element":"h2","title_class":"widget-title","title_before":"%3Ch2%20class%3D%22widget-title%22%3E","title_after":"%3C%2Fh2%3E"}
Advertisement
Supreme Court Denies Dish’s Petition On TiVo Patent Damage Award; TiVo Will Be Paid $104 Million
By David Kaplan
TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) has scored another legal victory in its battle against the Dish Network. The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Dish’s appeal o… Read more »
No Ruling On TiVo-Dish Contempt Hearing Sends DVR Company’s Shares Down
By David Kaplan
TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) may have prevailed in its patent lawsuit against the Dish Network, but investors appeared concerned after a federal judge… Read more »
Ad Industry Roundup: ValueClick-Tacoda; Congressional hearings; Avenue-Razorfish; IAB
By David Kaplan
– ValueClick sues Tacoda over patent infringement: A few days before online ad firm ValueClick (NSDQ: VCLK) launched a new behavioral targe… Read more »
Facebook Sues Germany’s StudiVZ For Copycatting; Will Others Follow?
By Rafat Ali
Facebook has finally started taking action against its knockoff sites, and has first sued the one most easily accessible in terms of regulat… Read more »
TiVo Gets Another Patent Win; DISH Network To Take It To Supreme Court
By Joseph Weisenthal
TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) has won another round… The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C has denied EchoStar (NSDQ:… Read more »
Updated: Akamai Prevails In Court Over Limelight; $45 Million Award; Limelight Shares Crushed
By Joseph Weisenthal
This case has been wending its way through the courts for awhile, but Akamai (NSDQ: AKAM) has won the latest round in its longstanding paten… Read more »
Echostar Loses TiVo Patent Case On Appeal; Must Pay $73 Million
By Rafat Ali
TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) has gained another major victory in its grueling patent lawsuit against Echostar (NSDQ: SATS) (which is now split into Ech… Read more »
Gemstar Sues Virgin Media For Breaching Patent
By Dianne See Morrison
Los Angeles-based Gemstar-TV Guide, which produces software to provide interactive programme guides (IPGs) for televisions, video recorders,… Read more »
Patent Office Upholds TiVo’s ‘Time Warp’ Patent; EchoStar’s Legal Appeal Continues
By Joseph Weisenthal
In a setback to satellite operator Echostar (NSDQ: SATS), the US Patent and Trademark Office has upheld the validity of TiVo’s “Time (NYSE:… Read more »
Patent Firm Acacia Loses Case Against Microsoft; More To Come?
By Rafat Ali
The notorious patent holding company Acacia Research, which first came to light in the digital media industry for claiming broad patents in… Read more »
EchoStar: Spinoff Plans; Sling Financials; Slowing Economy Affecting Growth
By Joseph Weisenthal
Details are emerging on EchoStar’s (NSDQ: DISH) proposed spinoff of its technology and infrastructure business, including the recently acqui… Read more »
Microsoft and Eolas Settle IE Patent Dispute
By Rafat Ali
Microsoft and Eolas have settled their high-profile patent dispute over technology in Internet Explorer, reports Todd Bishop at SeattlePI. M… Read more »
Federal Judge Throws Out MP3 Patent Ruling Against Microsoft; Overturns $1.5 Billion Ruling
By Rafat Ali
The complex case where Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) was ordered earlier this year to pay $1.5 billion in an Alcatel-Lucent (EPA:ALU) MP3 patent… Read more »
Limelight Wins Prelim Ruling Against Akamai on Patent Lawsuit
By Rafat Ali
The two big media CDNs Akamai and Limelight, both locked in an ugly patent lawsuit, have finally seen some preliminary movement in the case:… Read more »
Yahoo Launchcast Wins Sony BMG Copyright Suit; IFPI Strikes Cross-Border Digital Music Deals
By David Kaplan
After six years of litigation, a federal jury found that Yahoo’s online music service Launchcast is not liable to Sony BMG Music Entertainme… Read more »
Google Apologizes For Copying Sohu Typing Methods; Google, Baidu Battle Asian Ghost Sites
By David Kaplan
Google has admitted to using Chinese portal Sohu Read more »
In A Sea Of Content, Hardly A Drop Will Be Digitized: Report
By David Kaplan
Ambitious and monumental projects ranging from the Library of Congress mission to create a world digital library to IBM’s undertaking to dig… Read more »
Patent Site LegalForce Launches With Seed Funding Of $250,000
By David Kaplan
LegalForce, an online patent marketplace that mixes aspects of a social network and video sharing site, launched this week with $250,000 in… Read more »
Microsoft Did Not Violate MP3 Patent: Federal Judge
By Rafat Ali
A week after Microsoft was ordered to pay $1.5 billion in an Alcatel-Lucent MP3 patent dispute, a federal judge has ruled that it did not vi… Read more »
ASCAP Lawsuit Seeks To Classify Music Downloads As ‘Public Performance’
By David Kaplan
A federal court in New York will decide the question of whether downloading a song constitutes a “public performance” of a composition in re… Read more »
Microsoft Ordered to Pay $1.52 Billion To Alcatel-Lucent On MP3 Patent Case; Can Appeal
By Rafat Ali
In a very complex case, Microsoft has been ordered to pay a big amount (though relatively small for them), $1.52 billion, for infringing on… Read more »
Lycos Patent Lawsuit Threatens Use of Suggestive Search
By David Kaplan
Another patent saga begins … Lycos is suing TiVo, Netflix and Blockbuster over the way those companies provide recommendations to customer… Read more »
Defunct Online VOD Company Intertainer Sues Apple, Google And Napster Over Patent
Those of us who covered digital media and entertainment way back are very familiar with Intertainer, the high-profile movie download company… Read more »
Earnings: Creative Looks for More Royalties from Zen Patent After Apple Deal
By Jonathan Berr
Creative Technology, which recently won a $100 million licensing deal from Apple for the Zen patent for the user interface that scrolls thro… Read more »
@ ONA-ASNE: Real-Time News
The ONA-ASNE workshop panel on real-time news highlighted the varying impact of online on traditional newsrooms — and bottomlines. At the W… Read more »
Apple Will Pay Creative $100 Million To Settle Patent Disputes
The patent system at work … Apple gives in to Creative Technology’s prior claim, agreeing to pay $100 million for a paid-up license to use… Read more »
Court Rules EchoStar DVRs Infringe On TiVo Patents Order To Disconnect Is Stayed
EchoStar Communications came close to the forced disconnection of at least 3 million DVRs Friday, saved for the time being by an temporary i… Read more »
Podbridge Founder Gets Patent For Dynamic Ad Time-Shifting Technology
Podbridge founder and CEO Murgesh Navar has been granted a patent for cable network-based technology that delivers locally stored multimedia… Read more »
Effects Of Friendster Patent Win Yet to be Seen; Company Weighs Options
Friendster may finally have found an advantage in the increasingly competitive social media sector — the one dominated by other companies a… Read more »
Akamai & MIT Sue Limelight Networks On Patent Infringements
By Rafat Ali
The lawsuit-happy Akamai and MIT have jointly sued rival broadband content delivery network Limelight Networks, alleging patent infringement… Read more »
Follow @paidContent for more stories like this.
You're subscribed to our newsletter. If you'd like, you can update your settings
