
Patent wars bite into profit margins at Nokia and Ericsson
Telecom equipment vendors Nokia and Ericsson both saw profit margins clobbered by ongoing patent battles which offset strong demand for 5G equipment. Read more…
Telecom equipment vendors Nokia and Ericsson both saw profit margins clobbered by ongoing patent battles which offset strong demand for 5G equipment. Read more…
The EU files a challenge against China at the WTO, arguing Chinese courts are preventing European firms from protecting telecoms SEPs. Read more…
Ericsson has filed another set of patent infringement lawsuits against Apple over royalty payment for use of 5G wireless patents in iPhones. Read more…
China was the biggest source of applications for international patents in the world last year, pushing the United States out of the top spot. Read more…
Here’s a pro tip for countries trying to be the next Silicon Valley by fostering innovation hubs: patents don’t matter nearly as much as pragmatism. Read more…
Huawei is demanding Verizon Communications Inc pay $1 billion to license the rights to patented technology – but why? Read more…
(Reuters) – A US federal judge ruled on Tuesday that chip seller Qualcomm must license some of its technology to competitors such as Intel. The preliminary ruling came in an antitrust lawsuit against Qualcomm brought Read more…
(Reuters) – Qualcomm said in a court hearing on Friday that Apple is $7 billion behind in patent royalty payments to the mobile chip firm, which for years supplied parts for the iPhone. The two Read more…
Nokia has outlined its licensing rate expectations for 5G mobile phones, which it says will be capped at 3 euros per device. While Nokia no longer makes mobile devices, it does own a significant portfolio Read more…
(Reuters) – A smartphone patent fight between Huawei Technologies and Samsung Electronics could reach a global resolution through a ruling by a Chinese court, a development that reflects the growing attractiveness of China as a Read more…
HELSINKI/LONDON (Reuters) – Nokia posted a big drop in profits at its mainstay network equipment business as operators, particularly in North America held off spending, but it sees momentum building later in 2018 as the Read more…
(Reuters) – BlackBerry on Tuesday filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Facebook and its WhatsApp and Instagram apps, arguing that they copied technology and features from BlackBerry Messenger. Litigation over patent infringement is part of Read more…
BEIJING (Reuters) – Google has agreed to a patent licensing deal with Tencent as it looks for ways to expand in China where many of its products, such as app store, search engine and email Read more…
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Nokia has signed a multi-year smartphone patent license deal with China’s Huawei – its arch rival in the networks business – giving it royalty agreements with all of the world’s largest handset Read more…
HELSINKI/TORONTO (Reuters) – An arbitration court ordered smartphone pioneer BlackBerry to pay $137 million to Nokia to settle a payment dispute and the Canadian company said it would pursue a separate patent infringement case against Read more…
(Reuters) – Apple has designed iPhones and iPads that would drop chips supplied by Qualcomm, according to two people familiar with the matter. The change would affect iPhones released in the fall of 2018, but Read more…
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – Qualcomm wants to hit Apple where it hurts most: iPhone sales in China – one of its biggest global markets where most of its flagship smartphones are made. The US chipmaker’s legal gambit Read more…
(Reuters) – Qualcomm confirmed an earlier report that the company had filed lawsuits in China, seeking to halt the manufacture and sale of Apple’s iPhones in the country. Qualcomm filed the suits in a Beijing Read more…
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Nokia will start to book additional revenue from the current quarter after a ruling by an arbitration court on payments from South Korea’s LG Electronics for using its smartphone patents. The Finnish Read more…
SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean court on Monday rejected Qualcomm’s request to suspend an order by the country’s antitrust agency to take corrective action on the way it licences patents. In December, the Korea Read more…
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