Qualcomm Loses Patent Infringement Suit Filed by Blackberry in Arbitration
On April 12th 2017, Qualcomm lost a suit and now has to pay $815 million in royalty fees to Blackberry. Blackberry paid royalty fees in advance to Qualcomm to use their cell phone parts that were industry standard. Although Blackberry was told it would only have to pay a certain amount with a capped ceiling, […]
Patent Infringement: Basics of a Successful Case
In 2013, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office received over 600,000 applications for patents and granted over 300,000 patents. A U.S. patent grants an inventor of a product certain protections and rights. This is meant to encourage individuals to make investments of time and resources to develop new processes and products. When an individual or entity […]
Blackberry Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit against Typo Products
It is no secret that Blackberry has suffered enormously over the past couple of years. With the popularity of the iPhone and the emergence of many other brands of smartphones as well as the failure of Blackberry’s tablet launch, the company has seen its stock plummet. However, while most former Blackberry users have since abandoned […]
Federal Circuit’s Decision to Hear Appeal before Damages
The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Friday that it would hear Pylon Manufacturing’s appeal of a decision regarding patent infringement in favor of Robert Bosch LLC. The case, which began back in 2008, revolves around a patent on windshield wiper parts in which the District Judge, Sue Robinson, split the case between the […]