US jury awards $300M in damages in patent trial against Apple Inc

A U.S. jury has awarded Optis Wireless Technology LLC and several related companies $300 million in damages in a second patent trial against Apple Inc. Previously, the jury had found that Apple had infringed on five Optis wireless standard essential patents and had awarded $506 million in damages; however the U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap…

U.S. International Trade Commission probing select devices made by Lenovo Group Ltd and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

In a statement the U.S. International Trade Commission stated, it was probing certain LTE-compliant cellular devices made by China’s Lenovo Group Ltd owned Motorola Mobility and by Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, following a complaint. On February 1, 2021, an investigation was launched following a complaint filed by Austin, Texas-based Evolved Wireless LLC alleging infringement of…

Daimler signs licensing agreement with Sharp Corp after losing patent lawsuit

On Wednesday, in a statement Sharp Corp said, German automaker Daimler has signed a licensing agreement with it following a settlement in a patent infringement lawsuit concerning in-vehicle mobile communications technology. In a court ruling last month, Sharp won the patent dispute with a German court allowing Sharp to enforce a sales ban against Daimler…

BlackBerry files patent infringement lawsuit against Twitter

The lawsuit is in the same line as those it filed against Facebook and Snap last year. BlackBerry Ltd has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Twitter alleging that it illegally used technology that it developed on its mobile messaging applications. The lawsuit states, Twitter wrongly sought to compensate for being a “relative latecomer” to…

Amazon’s patent reveals its vision of giant flying warehouses serviced by a fleet of drones

While the flying warehouses will carry Amazon’s goodies, smaller drones will shuttle up and down to service consumers as well as for restocking purposes. Amazon’s flying ambitions doesn’t just stop with drone deliveries, the world’s largest online retailer has dreams of launching big floating warehouses close to crowded areas and happenings, like sporting events. While…