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RIM's initial patent agreement payment to Nokia comes in at $65 million

News Nokia and RIM may have opted not to divulge any of the financial information of its recent patent licensing agreement, but that doesn't hasn't stopped the world from finding out some of the juicy details anyway. In a recent Securities and...

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Apple agrees to withdraw its claims against Galaxy S III mini in Samsung case

Android Well, we can officially strike one device from the ongoing legal battle between Apple and Samsung. Reuters notes that Apple has officially agreed to drop its patent claims against the Galaxy S III mini, a device that it sought to add to...

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Samsung files ITC complaint against Ericsson, asks for ban on some devices

News It may be the holiday season, but that doesn't mean that the patent battles are going to stop. It's been revealed that Samsung Electronics has filed a complaint against Ericsson with the U.S. International Trade Commission and has asked...

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European Commission deals Samsung charge of standard essential patent abuse [UPDATED]

News Looks like the European Commission just put bit of a damper on Samsung's Friday. As noted by Reuters, the EU has decided to charge Samsung Electronics with abusing one of its standard essential patents against Apple. The Commission has...

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Nokia and RIM strike patent licensing agreement

News Time to put on your patent agreement party hats! Nokia announced this morning that it and RIM have entered into a new patent licensing agreement that will put an end to all patent-related lawsuits going on between the companies....

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Deutsche Telekom CEO René Obermann to exit the company

News Looks like T-Mobile USA isn't the only magenta operator that's announcing some major executive change-up news this year. Deutsche Telekom, the parent company of T-Mobile USA, revealed this morning that CEO René Obermann will be leaving the...

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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office rejects another one of Apple's patents

Ios Looks like the list of Apple patents that've been rejected by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office grew by one today. As noted by The Verge, the USPTO has rejected all 21 claims of U.S. Patent No. 7,844,915, which relates to an application...

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Apple did not infringe upon Motorola patent, rules ITC judge

Ios Just one day after some decisions were handed down in the legal battle between Apple and Samsung, a U.S. International Trade Commission judge has made a preliminary ruling in a case between Apple and Motorola. Judge Thomas Pender today...

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Judge denies Apple's request for permanent ban on Samsung products, Samsung's motion for new trial

Android It's been a while since there have been any major developments in the legal battles between Apple and Samsung here in the U.S., but tonight Judge Lucy Koh changed that by handing down two decisions that are worth taking note of. First up,...

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Sprint enters into agreement to acquire 100 percent stake in Clearwire for $2.2 billion

News Less than a week after we began hearing rumblings that Sprint may be interested in acquiring the remaining portion of Clearwire that it didn't already own, the carrier has announced that just such a deal has been made. Sprint revealed this...

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Court rules that Apple iPhone infringes upon three MobileMedia patents

Ios Most of the recent Apple-related legal news has been focused on the Cupertino firm's battle with Samsung, but today a different case is making headlines. According to Bloomberg, a U.S. court today ruled that Apple infringed upon three...

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Sprint makes $2.1 billion offer to buy remainder of Clearwire

News The year may be just about over, but it looks like Sprint is trying to squeeze is one last big deal before the calendar flips over to 2013. It's been revealed that Sprint has made an offer of $2.1 billion to buy the 48.3 percent of...

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Sprint rumored to be involved in discussions about acquiring Clearwire

News Sprint may have entered into a major agreement with Japanese carrier SoftBank back in October, but it appears that the company isn't done with trying to work out some deals in 2012 quite yet. According to sources speaking to CNBC, Sprint...

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USPTO rejects claims of Apple touch patent as part of reexamination

Ios We learned back in late October that an Apple patent related to rubber banding was facing reexamination from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and now it looks like another of the Cupertino firm's patents is getting the same treatment....

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Some details of Apple and HTC settlement revealed by redacted copy of deal

Android Last month, Apple and HTC announced that they'd come to a settlement in their patent dispute, putting an end to all of their litigation against one another and creating a 10-year licensing agreement. That's basically all of the information...

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Ericsson asks for U.S. import ban on some Samsung devices

Android Late last month, it was revealed that Ericsson had filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung, with the two companies unable to come to a licensing agreement after two years of negotiations. Now Ericsson has taken things a step...

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Nokia gains arbitration victory over RIM in patent conflict

News Nokia and RIM have recently been involved in arbitration over some wireless local area network (WLAN) patents that RIM wanted added to an existing patent agreement it has with Nokia, and now the arbitrator has sided with Nokia on the...

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Ericsson files patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung

News Many of Samsung's recent legal tussles have had Apple on the other side, but now the Galaxy device maker is the target of a lawsuit from a different company in the mobile space. As noted by Reuters, Ericsson has filed a patent infringement...

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Apple wants six more Samsung products added to lawsuit, including Galaxy Note II

Android Thanksgiving and the days following the holiday are viewed by many as a time for rest (as well as feasting and shopping, of course), but it looks like Apple and Samsung have been keeping themselves busy with legal dealings instead. Just...

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Samsung gains approval to look over Apple and HTC settlement, requests new iPads be added to lawsuit

News The legal war between Apple and Samsung continues! This was a big day for Samsung, as the company not only got approval to check out Apple and HTC's recent settlement, but it also has requested permission to add a few more devices to its...

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