Patently-O

APRIL 14, 2022

Lack of Standing : With respect to use of the mark on sanitizing products, the appellate court dismissed Brewery’s appeal because the company did not show any concrete injury since Brewery does not compete in the sanitizing product market. Static Components, Inc., Apple Inc. Qualcomm Incorporated , No. Petition ].

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Two leading petitions before the court are: American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. Patreon, Inc. , Two petitions will be considered by the court in upcoming days: ENCO Systems, Inc. Ultratec, Inc. The Supreme Court has requested responsive briefing in three additional cases: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. Qualcomm Inc.,

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 29, 2022

My guess is that they are both right- ish – subject to the challenges of correctly identifying and matching applicant and assignee information in the raw USPTO data – but that IFI CLAIMS and Harrity are probably accounting differently for patents granted to related companies, such as subsidiaries and corporate group members.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

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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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 24, 2023

BSA Business Software Alliance Inc. The Respondent/ Opponent was a well-known Chennai based company using its registered BSA mark for selling bicycles and related goods. Inventprise Inc. In the present order the court restrained its finding against the fellow director and the company incorporated by them.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Ericsson Inc. and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (“Ericsson”) filed a suit against Apple Inc. (“Apple”) in a federal court of the United States on October 4, 2021. In April 2019, Apple and Qualcomm reached an agreement to settle their litigation disputes with a payment from Apple to Qualcomm.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 28, 2023

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.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 4, 2023

Parus Holdings, Inc. Apple, Inc., Speir is an Irish company, and Apple is headquartered in California with established businesses in Austin. Viasat, Inc., In this case, Viasat brought a patent infringement suit against Western Digital in WDTX when both companies are headquartered in California. Microsoft Corp.,

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SpicyIP

JULY 13, 2023

Data from IP India Annual Report 2021-22 Of the above applications, the highest number of applications filed by a foreign entity was Qualcomm Inc. Additionally, a total of 7,791 applications were filed in other fields. 1,622), followed by Samsung (1,294), Huawei (849) Microsoft (645), and Ericsson (437).

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Eligibility : American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. Apple Inc. , Dropbox, Inc. , The petition has received amicus support as has a parallel petition in Apple Inc. ” More Appellate Standing : A third PTAB related appellate standing case is Apple Inc. Qualcomm Incorporated , No. Genentech, Inc. ,

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