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Spansion and Samsung Settle Patent Litigation Lawsuit:

Spansion, the world's largest pure-play provider of Flash memory solutions, has announced that it has settled its patent litigation lawsuits with Samsung Electronics. As part of the settlement, Samsung will pay Spansion US$70 million and Spansion and Samsung Electronics Company have exchanged rights in their patent portfolios in the form of licenses and covenants subject to a confidential settlement agreement.  more

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US Patent Firms Seeks Ban on Imports of Nokia, HTC Mobile Phones

Following a complaint late last year by patent holdings firm, Saxon Innovations, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has voted to institute an investigation of certain electronic devices, including handheld wireless communications devices. The products at issue in this investigation are handheld devices such as smart phones, cellular telephones, and television remote controls.  more

Related Tags: nokia, amd, apple, itu, panasonic, smart, itc, USA


Broadcom Gets Boost in GPS Patent Lawsuit

Broadcom has announced today that the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has affirmed an ITC administrative law judge's initial determination that SiRF Technology Holdings infringes three additional GPS-related patents held by Global Locate, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Broadcom.  more

Related Tags: broadcom, intel, ict, gps, sirf, itc, USA


US Trade Commission Investigating Samsung, LG Over Patent Dispute

The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has decided to investigate whether camera phones from Samsung and LG Electronics are infringing patents held by Eastman Kodak, following a complaint submitted last month.  more

Related Tags: samsung, lg, lg-electronics, itc, USA


Motorola, Qualcomm Win First Stage in Patent Dispute

The USA's International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued an initial finding in a patent lawsuit brought by Tessera Technologies against a raft of companies, including Motorola and Qualcomm - stating that Tessera's asserted patents are valid but are not infringed by the respondents.  more

Related Tags: semiconductor, motorola, qualcomm, spansion, tessera-technologies, tessera, itc, freescale, USA


One Step Closer to an Import Ban on SiRF Technology GPS Chips

Broadcom has announced that an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) has recommended that the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) forbid importing of chips manufactured by SiRF Technology which infringe on its patents - and all downstream products that incorporate those chips.  more

Related Tags: broadcom, intel, gps, personal, personal-navigation-devices, sirf, itc, USA


Qualcomm Loses GSM Patent Lawsuit in Germany

The German Federal Patent Court has ruled that a Qualcomm patent affecting GSM phones is invalid - and threw out a case against Nokia. The original lawsuit was filed by Qualcomm against Nokia in August 2006 , but delayed at Qualcomm's request.  more

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Broadcom Wins GPS Patent Dispute

Broadcom Corp. says that the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has rejected claims by GPS chipmaker SiRF Technology Holdings that two of its GPS patents were infringed by Global Locate, a company Broadcom acquired in July 2007. The ITC also found that the asserted claims of one of SiRF's patents at issue are invalid.  more

Related Tags: broadcom, semiconductor, intel, gps, personal, personal-navigation-devices, sirf, itc, USA


Patent Lawsuit Seeks to Block US Imports of Mobile Phones

The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has voted to institute an investigation of certain short-wavelength (e.g., blue, violet) LEDs and laser diodes that are used in products such as mobile phones, instrument panels, billboards, traffic lights, HD DVD players and data storage devices.  more

Related Tags: semiconductor, semiconductors, laser, itc, USA


UK Court Rules Nokia is Not Infringing Qualcomm Patents

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LONDON -(Dow Jones)- U.S. mobile technology firm Qualcomm faced another blow in its legal battle against handset maker Nokia on Monday, after a UK High Court Judge ruled that its claims over patent infringements are invalid.  more

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