Tag Archives: Infringement
UC Santa Barbara sues Amazon and IKEA over LED lighting
UC Santa Barbara has had enough of retailers selling its patented LED light bulb technology without authorization. This week, the university filed a lawsuit charging Amazon, IKEA, Walmart, Target and Bed Bath & Beyond with infringing its patents....
Apple hit with $145 million fine for WiLan patent infringement
Apple has been hit with yet another patent infringement fine. Canadian patent licensing company WiLan took the tech giant to task over two patents relating to wireless communication within the iPhone. WiLan – which isn't shy about suing the wir...
USITC is Investigating Nintendo for Switch Patent Infringement
Nintendo Switch seems to have hit its first bump in the road. The gaming console became a huge hit among gamers worldwide. It became a best seller with its sales in the U.S. However, there was a case...
USITC is Investigating Nintendo for Switch Patent Infringement
Nintendo Switch seems to have hit its first bump in the road. The gaming console became a huge hit among gamers worldwide. It became a best seller with its sales in the U.S. However, there was a case...
Twitter faces trademark infringement lawsuit from podcast network
TWiT, aka This Week in Tech, is suing Twitter. The well-known tech netcast says Twitter has broken a number of written and oral agreements and is infringing on its trademark. The two companies started up around the same time in the mid-2000s, with Tw...
Apple ordered to pay university a tiny $506 million patent fine
Apple is no stranger to patent lawsuits, but the tech giant has been dragged through the mud again after a judge added a hefty additional fine to a case originally heard in 2015. The company has been ordered to pay the Wisconsin Alumni Research Found...
Spotify hit with two new lawsuits over unlicensed songs
Spotify's streaming business is legally tricky, and just ahead of an IPO that could value it at $13 billion, it's facing two more vexing lawsuits, according to THR. In one, Bob Gaudio of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons alleges that '60s hits like...
Facebook is building a tool to hunt copyright infringing videos
YouTube isn't the only site record labels are taking issue with when it comes to copyright infringement. Financial Times reports that music publishers want Facebook to license music that gets posted on its site and take down any user-submitted videos...
Nokia Has Sued Apple For Patent Infringement Following Licensing Spat, Apple Has Countersued
Nokia has made an announcement that it has filed legal complaints against Apple in both Germany and the United States. Nokia claims that Apple has infringed upon its patents.The argument has started...