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Qualcomm Settles Trade Secrets Suit Against Ex-Engineer

IP Law 360

Qualcomm Technologies Inc. has informed a California federal judge that it settled a trade secrets suit against a former engineer, resolving claims that he swiped confidential company know-how for a rival technology developer.

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Supreme Court Patent Law Outlook 2022

Patently-O

The only IP centric case that has been granted certiorari is Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. I have divided the pending cases into three general categories: Patentability: Eligibility under Section 101 : American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. Apple Inc., and Ameranth, Inc. Olo, Inc. ,

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[GuestPost] Opinion: Skirting FRAND requirements under the guise of promoting innovation and efficiency (Part I)

The IPKat

The Fifth Circuit will soon address an antitrust complaint alleging a conspiracy to deny FRAND licenses to component suppliers in favor of licensing car companies. As Judge Koh found, “Qualcomm’s own practices also contradict its current positions that the IPR policies permit Qualcomm to discriminate against component suppliers[.]”

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Qualcomm Says Engineer Used Screenshotting To Steal IP

IP Law 360

Qualcomm Technologies Inc. on Tuesday accused a former engineer of stealing a slew of confidential information and bringing it to a competitor, a feat the company said he accomplished by screenshotting sensitive documents to circumvent Qualcomm's safeguards.

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Patent Filings Roundup: Rare Time Bar Ruling on Merged Entities; VLSI Discloses Structure as Parties Withdraw Joinder Petitions

IP Watchdog

This week saw more Express Mobile, Inc. Qualcomm in an IPR cancelled some of the semiconductor patents being asserted via the University of New Mexico; public records indicate that UNM has been acting as a vehicle for assertions in the space, and is one of the more aggressive universities to spin out NPEs for suit.

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[GuestPost] Opinion: Skirting FRAND requirements under the guise of promoting innovation and efficiency (Part II)

The IPKat

For example, in Qualcomm’s 2019 Ninth Circuit opening brief in its litigation against the Federal Trade Commission, Qualcomm contended its “OEM licenses are efficient[.]” Accordingly, this case turns in large measure on the function of the Qualcomm baseband chips. Apple, Inc. 5 In Core Wireless Licensing S.A.R.L.

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Korea’s LG Tops Australian Patent Filing Table, While IBM Surprises in Second Place

LexBlog IP

The company affectionately known as ‘Big Blue’ was the leading US patent recipient for a remarkable 29 consecutive years. Huawei filed 181 applications, while OPPO disappeared entirely from the leader board, with just 16 applications filed in 2022 – a long way short of the 435 applications it filed at its peak in 2020.