GLG News by Hardware / Computer Patent Experts: Lawyers

The last few days have brought yet another flurry of headlines in the BRCM/ QCOM litigation.  In this post, I run through some of the bigger surprises and their implications.

Last week brought the surprising news that Verizon, on the side, had managed to craft a comprehensive patent settlement with Broadcom.  Below, I survey some implications of that deal for QCOM.

Sandisk has long emphasized the strength of its patent portfolio. Yet those claims are hard to square against a recent loss at the ITC and an at-best odd settlement last month in a Texas court.

Investors in RIM remember full well the patent fight with NTP.  Now on the horizon is a second significant patent litigation, this time with patent holder and competitor Visto.

The ITC is poised to decide whether to move forward with Tessera's requested investigation of possible infringement by Qualcomm, Motorola, STMicro, and others, or whether instead to freeze the proceedings and wait for the Patent Office to finish at least some of its review of the relevant patents. The...

Limelight's IPO is only a few days past, but the shine is already off, and with good reason. Limelight is likely to lose an important patent fight in the next few weeks, and that loss could severely cripple the business.

SNDK lost a second case at the ITC this month, again failing to convince the ALJ that STMicro infringes any valid Sandisk patent. That has implications for SNDK's relationship with STMicro; but, more importantly, it rightly ought to leave everyone wondering about the strength of SNDK's patent portfolio,...

Limelight's IPO looms on the horizon, but, from a patent perspective, the timing is suspicious at best. Limelight's bet-the-company patent litigation with Akamai is about to hit a huge and significant milestone. But the timing, obviously influenced heavily by insiders, is such that the IPO...

Nokia has publicly stated that its on-going rift with QCOM will likely hurt 3G adoption. That's true, but there is no end in sight, as even the fastest-moving case is now likely to be delayed significantly.

The ITC's most recent delay has led to rampant speculation. My prediction: there will be an exclusion order, and it will be more binding than the order the ALJ crafted months ago.