GLG News by Hardware / Computer Patent Experts: Lawyers

The news out today reports that Samsung and IDCC have settled their 3G patent dispute, at least until 2012.  But the settlement does not as of yet give us a clear picture of who actually won.

Another ruling, another delay for TiVo's long-running fight with Dish.

Spansion just filed suit against Samsung, putting forthe a variety of patent allegations and asking for a broad order banning products that incorporate Samsung technology.  How should an investor analyze the fight?    

Star Scientific reports a wide variety of interesting projects and ambitions whenever it speaks to the investment community. And, if any of those fly, so much the better for the company.  The real action here, however, is clear: STSI's patent litigation over its method of curing tobacco.

The Federal Circuit today issued one of the most anticipated decisions of the year.  In it, the court adjusted the rules that govern what can, and what cannot, come into the patent system.

TiVo has picked up some money from EchoStar based on the old infringement finding, but TiVo is still waiting to hear if it will get the one thing it really wants: an injunction barring EchoStar from continuing to offer its DVR service.

BYI has finally succeeded in its defense against IGT's patents on wheel-based bonus games.  Now, the case is up for appeal, at least if the Federal Circuit decides to hear it.

A tentative settlement was reached this week in the Google Book Search litigation, opening the door to great possibilities but also raising new questions about the emerging market for online book distribution.

After falling short in its recent round of cases against Qualcomm. Broadcom has now filed a new complaint, this time alleging that QCOM's licensing practices are impermissible under a patent rule known as exhaustion.  The bad news for BRCM, however, is that exhaustion almost surely does not ap...

The coverage regarding this week's decision in the BRCM/QCOM patent litigation has stressed the surface facts: namely, that two BRCM patents were affirmed on appeal, and only one was rejected.  What the coverage misses, however, is that the patents are far from equal players.   The patent...