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Nokia ranked number one in 5G patents

Nokia has been ranked as number one in 5G patents by an independent third party. In its study on Standard Essential Patents (published April 2021), independent analyst firm PA Consulting concluded that Nokia is number one for ownership of granted patents that the researchers found essential to 5G standards.

Opinion 5G

·4 years ago

Apple to pay $308.5 million for patent infringement

A federal jury in Texas has directed that Apple must pay about $308.5 million to Personalized Media Communications LLC (PMC) for infringing a patent associated with digital rights management.

US Apple

·4 years ago

Nokia and Samsung sign patent licensing agreement for video standards

Nokia has signed a patent license agreement with Samsung, which covers the use of Nokia’s innovations in video standards. Under the agreement, Samsung will make royalty payments to Nokia.

Samsung

·4 years ago

BlackBerry and Facebook Reach Global Patent Fight Settlement

BlackBerry has settled a dispute with Facebook over patent royalties for terms that weren’t disclosed. “We have resolved our disputes pursuant to a confidential agreement and have no further comment,” BlackBerry spokeswoman Karen Clyne said in an email.

BlackBerry

·4 years ago

MobileIron Drops Patent Extortion Claims against BlackBerry

MobileIron has agreed to drop both patent infringement and extortion claims it levelled against BlackBerry. In a four page joint filing, BlackBerry and MobileIron asked Magistrate Judge Joseph Spero to end MobileIron's case, which it filed against BlackBerry in April.

BlackBerry

·5 years ago

BlackBerry reportedly wants to sell majority of its patents

BlackBerry is reportedly looking to sell its intellectual property holdings, which could be worth more than US$450 million.

BlackBerry

·5 years ago

BlackBerry hires Bryan Yearwood as new Licensing Director

BlackBerry has hired Brian Yearwood as a new director of licensing. Yearwood will be responsible for patent licensing matters and the settlement of patent litigation through licensing. He will provide business/financial advice and preliminary damages analysis for patent litigation matters– delivered to the litigation team and plaintiff/client and work with external damages experts to prepare damages report for litigation matters.

BlackBerry

·5 years ago

UK Supreme Court dismisses Huawei and ZTE patent appeals

The UK Supreme Court today unanimously dismissed appeals by China’s Huawei and ZTE in patent disputes over mobile data technology with Unwired Planet International and Conversant Wireless. It is the first time that a UK court has issued a decision on what constitutes a fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) commitment to licence standard-essential patents (SEPs).

UK Huawei

·5 years ago

Huawei patents smartphone with under-display camera

Huawei has filed a patent for smartphones with an under-display selfie camera. The tech giant filed two patents back in 2019 that has finally been published by the CNIPA (China National Intellectual Property Office).

Huawei

·5 years ago

InterDigital inks multi-year patent licence agreement with Huawei

InterDigital has signed a multi-year license agreement with Chinese manufacturer Huawei with the companies agreeing to dismiss pending litigation between the two.

Huawei

·5 years ago