Caltech's seven-year Wi-Fi patent battle with Apple and Broadcom is overThe 2016 lawsuit alleged that iPhones and other devices infringed on Caltech's patents. By S. Dent, 10.13.2023
Huawei signs a patent cross-licensing agreement with its biggest Chinese rivalOnePlus parent company Oppo now has access to Huawei’s critical 5G patents.By I. Bonifacic, 12.11.2022
Apple and Ericsson call truce in years-long fight over cellular patentsThis comes as Apple is reportedly building its own 5G modems.By J. Fingas, 12.09.2022
Boston Dynamics sues rival Ghost Robotics for allegedly copying its robot dog (updated)Ghost's designs are supposedly too much like Spot.By J. Fingas, 11.15.2022
Apple and Koss settle dispute over wireless headphone patentsThe two made peace just before a trial.By J. Fingas, 07.25.2022
The Supreme Court won't hear the Apple-Qualcomm patent caseApple claimed Qualcomm might use two patents to sue again.By J. Fingas, 06.27.2022
Oura sues smart ring rival Circular for allegedly copying technologyCircular claims Oura is stifling competition.By J. Fingas, 05.13.2022
Purdue University sues Google over mobile power management techThe university claims Google copied code for use in Android.By J. Fingas, 02.02.2022
Apple ordered to pay $300 million in LTE patent disputeiPhones, iPads and even Apple Watches allegedly violate Optis' patents.By J. Fingas, 08.14.2021
Verizon settles with Huawei over patent disagreementThe two went to court last year. By I. Bonifacic, 07.12.2021
Apple to pay $308.5 million for allegedly violating a DRM patentApple Music, the App Store and iTunes supposedly copied PMC's technology.By J. Fingas, 03.21.2021
Huawei will use its 5G patents to make money off of other companiesThe company could make as much as $1.3 billion in licensing fees by the end of 2021. By I. Bonifacic, 03.16.2021
Sonos sues Google for infringing on five more speaker patentsThe company first sued Google at the start of the year.By I. Bonifacic, 09.29.2020
Apple countersues headphone maker Koss in AirPods patent disputeIt claims the inventor of stereo headphones didn't have the right to sue.By K. Holt, 08.10.2020
Koss sues Apple and Bose for allegedly copying wireless headphone techJLab, Plantronics and Skullcandy are also targets.By J. Fingas, 07.24.2020
Apple gets a patent for taking group selfies while you're socially distantIf you can't be there in person, you can get the next best thing.By J. Fingas, 06.07.2020
Broadcom lawsuit blames your Netflix habit for a drop in chip salesIt says Netflix violates patents, but competition may be the real issue.By J. Fingas, 03.15.2020
Apple must pay $838 million for infringing CalTech's WiFi patentsApple and chip supplier Broadcom were ordered to pay $1.1 billion in total. By S. Dent, 01.30.2020
Apple gets its WiLan patent payout reduced to $85.2 millionIt's not off the hook, but it's paying much less than previously expected.By J. Fingas, 01.25.2020
US will investigate Fitbit and Garmin following Philips complaintsPhilips claims the wearable tech makers are violating patents.By J. Fingas, 01.11.2020