A US federal judge overturned a jury verdict ordering Microsoft to pay Alcatel-Lucent 1.5 billion US dollars for infringing on the French firm's patents related to a digital music technology. The US District Judge Rudi Brewster in San Diego ruled...
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Qualcomm, which develops technology used in mobile phones, has experienced another major setback after Nokia filed a second lawsuit pertaining to patent infringement counter-suit against the Californian company. Nokia, combating a nearly...
Amazon.com Inc. has agreed to pay an unspecified patent-licensing fee to International Business Machines Corp. to settle a patent dispute that challenged some of the core technology underpinning its e-commerce site. The companies also said they have...
Verizon has recently requested a federal appeals court to dismiss Vonage's request for a retrial in an ongoing battle over Internet-phone-related patents. The struggling Internet phone provider, Vonage, had contended in a court filing earlier this...
Vonage, a voice over IP provider facing a patent infringement lawsuit from Verizon Communications, won a permanent stay of a previous injunction, which means it can carry on to conduct business as usual and it can resume adding new customers. A...
Pfizer Inc.'s first-quarter profit slipped by 18 percent and the world's largest drugmaker lowered its 2007 outlook, as fierce competition from cheaper drugs has considerably damaged two of its best-selling products, Norvasc for blood pressure...
Vonage Holdings Corp., the pioneer of Internet-based phone calls, has recently said that patent disputes could lead to bankruptcy. The filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission has also contained details about other dangers from ongoing...
Wireless chipmaker Broadcom Corp. has revealed on Friday that it had launched a new legal battle against Qualcomm Inc., accusing its rival of unfair competition, fraud and breach of licensing contracts. The two companies have been locked in numerous...
Heating up further the patent dispute, Nokia has said that Qualcomm Inc is the largest user in the world of its technology and patents. The recent comment is expected to further intensify an increasingly bitter public quarrel over patent...
Mike Snyder has decided to resign as the head of Vonage, the struggling broadband company. Vonage Holdings founder and Chairman Jeffrey Citron has replaced Michael Snyder as chief executive officer after spiraling costs and the loss of a patent...
Vonage Holdings Corp. on Friday won a temporary stay of a federal judge's ruling that it can continue operating but cannot recruit new customers during its patent dispute with Verizon Communications Inc. The U.S. district court judge had earlier...
Qualcomm Inc. has filed two more patent-infringement lawsuits against Nokia Inc. as the legal battle between the cellphone giants intensifies. Qualcomm has revealed that it has recently filed separate federal lawsuits against its Finnish rival in...
A US District Court judge in Virginia has stunned the VOIP market by issuing a permanent injunction against Vonage barring it from basing its service on three of five patents owned by Verizon. The permanent injunction was issued on Vonage using the...
Finnish telecommunications giant Nokia Corp. has recently launched a preemptive legal battle against Qualcomm Inc. by filing law suits against the U.S. chipset manufacturer in Germany and the Netherlands. The company while filing complaints at two...
A federal court has ordered the Vonage Holdings Corporation, the Internet phone provider, to pay $58 million for infringing Verizon's patents, dealt a heavy blow to loss-making company that already showing signs of strain. Vonage has infringed on...
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