Engadget RSS Feed http://www.engadget.com Engadget http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif Engadget http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2013 AOL Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/ <![CDATA[Apple coughing up $8 million to Personal Audio in iPod playlist settlement]]> http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/09/apple-coughing-up-8-million-to-personal-audio-in-ipod-playlist/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/09/apple-coughing-up-8-million-to-personal-audio-in-ipod-playlist/ http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/09/apple-coughing-up-8-million-to-personal-audio-in-ipod-playlist/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments Ah, the Eastern District of Texas. Home to tumbleweeds, free range cattle and boatloads of patent trolls. Personal Audio, a patent licensing company with a highfalutin' facility in Beaumont, Texas has become the latest outfit to claim victory over a major CE company, with Apple being asked to hand over $8 million to settle a tiff involving iPod playlists. Bloomberg reports that a federal jury in the Lonestar state found that Cupertino's iPod players infringed on patents for "downloadable playlists," right around two years after Personal Audio initially filed the claim for a staggering $84 million. We're told that the inventions cover "an audio player that can receive navigable playlists and can skip forward or backward through the downloaded list," and while Apple unsurprisingly stated that it wasn't actually using those very inventions, that hasn't stopped the courts from disagreeing just a wee bit. Now, the real question: are Sirius XM, Coby and Archos -- also named in the original suit -- going to be facing similar circumstances?

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]]> applecourteastern district of texasEasternDistrictOfTexasinfringmentipodlawsuitlegalpatentpatent infringmentpatent trollPatentInfringmentPatentTrollpersonal audioPersonalAudioplaylistssuesuittexas Sat, 09 Jul 2011 16:35:00 -0400 21|19987288 <![CDATA[Apple files motion to intervene in Lodsys patent lawsuit]]> http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/10/apple-files-motion-to-intervene-in-lodsys-patent-lawsuit/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/10/apple-files-motion-to-intervene-in-lodsys-patent-lawsuit/ http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/10/apple-files-motion-to-intervene-in-lodsys-patent-lawsuit/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments
Apple's already made its position on the whole Lodsys situation pretty clear, and it's now taken things one step further after the patent holder hit iOS developers with a lawsuit at the end of last month. As noted by Florian Mueller of FOSS Patents, Apple has filed a motion to intervene in the case, and he says Apple is "fairly likely" to be admitted as an intervener based on precedent. In the case that happens, Apple has also concurrently filed its answer to the complaint and its counterclaim, which unsurprisingly line up with its earlier position on the matter: that Apple has already licensed the patents in question on the developers' behalf, and that they are "entitled to use this technology free from any infringement claims by Lodsys." Hit the source link below for the complete filing, along with FOSS Patents' analysis of it.

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]]> appledevelopersioslawsuitlegallodsysmotionpatentpatent infringmentpatent lawsuitPatentInfringmentPatentLawsuitpatents Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:39:00 -0400 21|19963888 <![CDATA[DISH / EchoStar ordered to pay TiVo $190 million in patent infringement case]]> http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/dish-echostar-ordered-to-pay-tivo-190-million-in-patent-infri/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/dish-echostar-ordered-to-pay-tivo-190-million-in-patent-infri/ http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/dish-echostar-ordered-to-pay-tivo-190-million-in-patent-infri/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments We're a bit hesitant to call this one done given the history involved, but a federal judge in Texas has dealt DISH / EchoStar yet another serious blow in its long-standing dispute with TiVo, and this time he's taken a number of other measures that could cause EchoStar to finally rethink its workaround-litigate strategy. The big setback for EchoStar, however, is the one-two punch of $190 million in damages it's been ordered to pay TiVo and an order to disable the "infringing function" on all but 193,000 DVRs now in the hands of subscribers. The judge also found that EchoStar's recently-implemented workaround technology still violated the patent in question and, as a result, he's ordered EchoStar to inform the court before it decides to try its hand at another "design-around" of the infringing patent. For its part, TiVo says that it is "extremely gratified by the Court's well reasoned and thorough decision," while DISH / EchoStar would only say that it plans to appeal the court's decision and file a motion to stay the order with a federal appeals court.

Read - The New York Times, "Court Awards TiVo $190 Million in EchoStar Patent Case"
Read - TiVo Statement on U.S District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Decision

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]]> dishdish networkDishNetworkechostarhdlawsuitotherspatentpatent infringmentpatent lawsuitPatentInfringmentPatentLawsuittivo Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:23:00 -0400 21|19055706 <![CDATA[DISH / EchoStar ordered to pay TiVo $190 million in patent infringement case]]> http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/dish-echostar-ordered-to-pay-tivo-190-million-in-patent-infri/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/dish-echostar-ordered-to-pay-tivo-190-million-in-patent-infri/ http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/dish-echostar-ordered-to-pay-tivo-190-million-in-patent-infri/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments We're a bit hesitant to call this one done given the history involved, but a federal judge in Texas has dealt DISH / EchoStar yet another serious blow in its long-standing dispute with TiVo, and this time he's taken a number of other measures that could cause EchoStar to finally rethink its workaround-litigate strategy. The big setback for EchoStar, however, is the one-two punch of $190 million in damages it's been ordered to pay TiVo and an order to disable the "infringing function" on all but 193,000 DVRs now in the hands of subscribers. The judge also found that EchoStar's recently-implemented workaround technology still violated the patent in question and, as a result, he's ordered EchoStar to inform the court before it decides to try its hand at another "design-around" of the infringing patent. For its part, TiVo says that it is "extremely gratified by the Court's well reasoned and thorough decision," while DISH / EchoStar would only say that it plans to appeal the court's decision and file a motion to stay the order with a federal appeals court.

Read - The New York Times, "Court Awards TiVo $190 Million in EchoStar Patent Case"
Read - TiVo Statement on U.S District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Decision

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]]> dishdish networkDishNetworkechostarlawsuitpatentpatent infringmentpatent lawsuitPatentInfringmentPatentLawsuittivo Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:23:00 -0400 21|19055704 <![CDATA[Jury awards i4i $200 million in damages in Microsoft patent suit]]> http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/ http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments It's not quite on the level of some of Microsoft's past patent showdowns, but a Texas federal jury found yesterday that the company should pay a still hefty $200 million in damages to Canadian software firm i4i Ltd for some supposed wrong doing. That company had alleged that Microsoft knowingly infringed on one of its patents in both Word and Vista, which apparently concerned "manipulating a document's content and architecture separately." For its part, Microsoft unsurprisingly begs to differ, and says that "the evidence clearly demonstrated that we do not infringe and that the i4i patent is invalid," adding that it will, of course, "ask the court to overturn the verdict."

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]]> i4ilawsuitmicrosoftpatentpatent infringmentpatent lawsuitpatent suitPatentInfringmentPatentLawsuitPatentSuitvistawindows vistaWindowsVistaword Thu, 21 May 2009 14:02:00 -0400 21|1552947 <![CDATA[Nokia soliciting ITC's help in barring US Qualcomm chip imports]]> http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/17/nokia-soliciting-itcs-help-in-barring-us-qualcomm-chip-imports/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/17/nokia-soliciting-itcs-help-in-barring-us-qualcomm-chip-imports/ http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/17/nokia-soliciting-itcs-help-in-barring-us-qualcomm-chip-imports/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments In the case that simply seems to never end, Nokia and Qualcomm are at each other's throats yet again, and yes, it's still over those darned GSM / WCDMA and CDMA2000 chipsets. The latest development involves Nokia asking the US International Trade Commission to "bar the import of some Qualcomm chipsets to the United States, alleging that they are infringing five Nokia patents." Of note, it was stated that the ongoing battle is "worrying investors and the industry on both sides of the Atlantic," but at this point, we think the two are just collaborating to create the longest running, most uninteresting legal hissy fit in history.

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]]> courtimport banImportBanitclegalmobilenokiapatent infringmentPatentInfringmentqualcomm Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:03:00 -0400 21|967991 <![CDATA[Nokia soliciting ITC's help in barring US Qualcomm chip imports]]> http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/17/nokia-soliciting-itcs-help-in-barring-us-qualcomm-chip-imports/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/17/nokia-soliciting-itcs-help-in-barring-us-qualcomm-chip-imports/ http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/17/nokia-soliciting-itcs-help-in-barring-us-qualcomm-chip-imports/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments In the case that simply seems to never end, Nokia and Qualcomm are at each other's throats yet again, and yes, it's still over those darned GSM / WCDMA and CDMA2000 chipsets. The latest development involves Nokia asking the US International Trade Commission to "bar the import of some Qualcomm chipsets to the United States, alleging that they are infringing five Nokia patents." Of note, it was stated that the ongoing battle is "worrying investors and the industry on both sides of the Atlantic," but at this point, we think the two are just collaborating to create the longest running, most uninteresting legal hissy fit in history.

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]]> courtimport banImportBanitclegalnokiapatent infringmentPatentInfringmentqualcomm Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:03:00 -0400 21|967989 <![CDATA[Target Technology sues Sony for Blu-ray-related patent infringement]]> http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/target-technology-sues-sony-for-blu-ray-related-patent-infringem/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/target-technology-sues-sony-for-blu-ray-related-patent-infringem/ http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/target-technology-sues-sony-for-blu-ray-related-patent-infringem/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments As if Sony's legal team hasn't dealt with enough this year already, they're getting dialed up yet again for alleged patent infringement, and this time the California-based Target Technology Company is the one pointing the finger. Apparently, the firm is suing several segments of Sony for "deliberately and willfully" infringing on a patent that Target was granted in 2006. The plaintiff claims that products "marketed under the Blu-ray name infringed on a patent for reflective layer materials in optical discs," and more explicitly, "specific types of silver-based alloys with the advantages (but not the price) of gold." The suit was actually filed as an "intellectual property" matter rather than one of chemical imbalances, and while Target Technology is purportedly seeking a "permanent injunction preventing Sony from violating its patent rights in the future, as well as damages with interest," we won't be surprised if a sizable check from Sony's wallet makes this all disappear.

[Via GameSpot, thanks Evan]

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