May 30, 2013 - Microsoft and Vringo Inc. have settled their patent litigation, and Microsoft will pay $1 million up front to Vringo and take a license under Vringo's search engine advertising patents.
Vringo said in a statement that Microsoft also agreed to pay 5 percent of any amount Google pays to use the patents - although that sum is subject to a cap.
The Wall Street Journal published GPC's news release about the settlement between Image Processing Technologies LLC and Canon U.S.A. Image Processing is a subsidiary of GPC and owns a portfolio of 11 patents related to image processing algorithms commonly used in scene detection and other features of digital point and shoot cameras. ("Image Processing Technologies and Canon Settle Patent Lawsuit" Wall Street Journal - May 22, 2013)
Canon Obtains License Under Patent Portfolio of Image Processing Technologies LLC
Suffern, N.Y. — May 22, 2013 — Image Processing Technologies LLC (Image Processing) announced today that it has settled its patent infringement litigation with Canon Inc. and Canon U.S.A., Inc. Image Processing is a subsidiary of General Patent Corporation (GPC), the leading intellectual property boutique focusing on patent licensing and enforcement.
May 22, 2013 - Apple has filed a motion to add Samsung's new smartphone, the Galaxy S4, to the existing patent lawsuit between the two companies.
Apple analyzed the Galaxy S4 and its analysis "revealed that the Galaxy S4 infringes five of Apple's asserted patents in the same ways as Samsung's already accused products," Apple said in the court filing.
Canon Obtains License Under Patent Portfolio of Image Processing Technologies LLC
Suffern, N.Y. — May 22, 2013 — Image Processing Technologies LLC (Image Processing) announced today that it has settled its patent infringement litigation with Canon Inc. and Canon U.S.A., Inc. Image Processing is a subsidiary of General Patent Corporation (GPC), the leading intellectual property boutique focusing on patent licensing and enforcement.
May 21, 2013 - Jurors in U.S. District Court in Boston found last week that the Kohler Co. willfully infringed two patents belonging to an affiliate of the Westerbeke Corp., a Massachusetts-based manufacturer.
Does a product have to exist in real life in order to infringe a trademark in real life? According to a U.S. District judge in Indiana, the answer is "Yes."
Warner Bros. Entertainment prevailed in a unique trademark infringement lawsuit in which a software company sued Warner Bros. over the use of a fictional software program featured in the blockbuster movie "The Dark Knight Rises."
May 2, 2013 - Purdue Pharma and Actavis, Inc. have resolved the patent infringement litigation that was pending between the two companies in a district court in New York.
May 1, 2013 - Mutual of Omaha, the insurance company and bank operator known for its "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" television series, has sued carpet manufacturer Couristan for trademark infringement for using the phrase "Wild Kingdom" to sell safari-themed carpets.
May 1, 2013 - CopyTele, a non-practicing entity that monetizes and enforces patents, filed a patent lawsuit against Microsoft over the alleged infringement of two patents. CopyTele claims that Skype, which is owned by Microsoft, infringes two patents related to Web-based secure peer-to-peer communications.
The two patents-at-suit are a "Method and apparatus for securing e-mail attachments" and "Portable telecommunication security device." Both patents issued in 2005.