Patent Litigation

This page provides links to pages from the popular press regarding patent litigation, that provide some stylized facts. I am currently considering building an economic model of 'defensive patenting' to support some of these facts in a game theoretic framework.

News Articles

Summary Articles

• 8 February 2012 (BBC): Apple seeks change to 'essential' patent licence rules [1]
• Feb 8, 2012 (FOSS): Newly-discovered Apple letter to wireless standards body proposed solution to rampant FRAND abuse [2]
• 9 November 2011 (BBC): Do the patent wars threaten innovation? [3]
• 23 October 2011 (BBC): Mobile phone makers wage war to protect their patents [4]

Product Markets

Tablet Pc

Samsung and Apple

• 24 January 2012 (BBC): Apple loses appeal over Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Dutch court [5]
• Jan 24, 2012 (FOSS): Dutch appeals court says Galaxy Tab 10.1 doesn't infringe Apple's design right[6]
• 8 December 2011 (BBC): Samsung to sell Galaxy tablets in Australia [7]
• Dec 3, 2011 (FOSS): Denial of US preliminary injunction against Samsung shows low strategic value of Apple's design patents [8]
• Jan 17, 2012 (FOSS): Apple attacks 15 Samsung products with new German design lawsuits: will they ever settle this part of their dispute? [9]
• 17 November 2011 (BBC): Samsung redesigns Galaxy Tab after Apple's sales ban [10]
• 14 October 2011 (BBC): Apple hits Samsung in court again [11]
• 12 October 2011 (BBC): Apple wins battle to block Samsung tablets in Australia [12]
• 3 October 2011 (BBC): Samsung hobbles tablet to appease Apple [13]
• 26 September 2011 (BBC): Samsung and Apple warring over patents again [14]
• 10 August 2011 (BBC): Apple prevents Galaxy sales in EU [15]
• 10 August 2011 (AllThingsD): Apple Sues Motorola Over Xoom Design [16]
• 22 April 2011 (BBC): Samsung suing Apple in latest legal fight [17]
• August 9, 2011 (AllThingsD): Apple Blocks Sales of Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Europe [18]

Motorola and Apple

• Aug 10, 2011 (Foss Patents Blog): Apple is also suing Motorola in Europe over the Xoom tablet's design [19]
• 9 December 2011 (BBC) Motorola wins Apple wireless patent fight in Germany [20]

Mobile Phone

Motorola and Apple

• 25 February 2012 (BBC): Apple forced to suspend push email service in Germany [21]
• 16 February 2012 (BBC): Apple wins over Motorola in 'slide-to-unlock' ruling [22]

Samsung and Apple

• 27 August 2012 (BBC): Apple seeks to ban sale of eight Samsung phones in US [23]
• 17 October 2011 (BBC): Samsung seeks iPhone 4S embargo in Australia and Japan [24]
• 5 October 2011 (BBC): Samsung wants iPhone 4S banned in France and Italy [25]
• 13 September 2011 (BBC): Samsung files patent complaint against Apple in France [26]
• 24 August 2011 (BBC): Euro ban for Samsung Galaxy phone [27]

HTC and Apple

• 20 December 2011 (BBC): Taiwanese phone firm HTC loses Apple patent case ruling [28]
• 22 November 2011 (BBC): US agency says Apple did not violate HTC patents [29]
• 8 September 2011 (BBC): HTC sues Apple after Google sells tech patents [30]
• 16 August 2011 (BBC): Taiwan's HTC sues Apple in patent infringement dispute [31]
• 21 July 2011 (BBC): HTC is braced for Apple smartphone patent war [32]
• 18 July 2011 (BBC): HTC to appeal against Apple patent ruling [33]
• 21 July 2011 (BBC): HTC is braced for Apple smartphone patent war [34]
• 12 July 2011 (BBC): Apple files patent complaint against phone maker HTC [35]
• 12 May 2010 (BBC): Apple rival HTC urges iPhone ban [36]

Nokia and Apple

• 14 June 2011 (BBC): Nokia and Apple settle patent dispute [37]
• 14 June 2011 (BBC): Nokia’s patent victory against Apple [38]
• 16 December 2010 (BBC): Nokia Apple patent row escalates [39]
• 29 September 2010 (BBC): Apple bites back at Nokia lawsuit [40]
• 8 May 2010 (BBC): Nokia sues Apple for 'patent infringement' [41]

Microsoft and Motorola

• 21 December 2011 (BBC): ITC judge: Motorola Mobility infringed Microsoft patent [42]
• 23 Oct 2011 (Microsoft): Microsoft’s New Patent Agreement with Compal: A New Milestone for Our Android Licensing Program [43]
• 1 October 2010 (CNet): Aiming at Android, Microsoft sues Motorola [44]

Background On Industry Structure

• 28 October 2011 (BBC): Samsung overtakes Apple in smartphone shipments [45]

Cross Market

Samsung and Apple

• 22 April 2011 (BBC): Samsung sues Apple after accusations of 'copying' [46]

Motorola and Apple

• 3 February 2012 (BBC): Motorola makes Apple pull iPads and iPhones in Germany [47]
• 9 December 2011 (BBC): Motorola wins Apple wireless patent fight in Germany [48]

Microsoft and Apple

• 12 January 2011 (BBC): Microsoft seeks to block Apple 'App Store' trademark [49]

Apple Vs. Everyone

• 26 October 2011 (BBC): Apple patents touchscreen unlock gestures [50]

Underlying Tech

Chip designers

• 23 September 2011 (BBC): Apple sued by Via over chips in gadgets [51]

LEDs

• 18 July 2011 (BBC): Samsung sues Osram as LED patent row escalates [52]

Streaming

• 29 July 2011 (BBC): Spotify sued over music streaming technology [53]

Imaging

Kodak vs. Everyone

• 19 January 2012 (BBC): Kodak sues Samsung over image patents in latest lawsuit [54]
• Tuesday, January 10, 2012 (Kodak): Kodak Alleges Patent Infringement Against Apple, HTC [55]
• Friday, January 13, 2012 (Kodak): Kodak Alleges Patent Infringement Against Fujifilm [56]

Software

Microsoft and i4i

• 9 June 2011 (BBC): Microsoft must pay $290m for patent infringement [57]
• 12 March 2010 (BBC): Microsoft loses appeal in Word patent case [58]

Google and Oracle

• 26 Sept 2011 (Blog): Judge asks Oracle and Google for input with a view to stay-or-go decision [59]
• 21 Mar 2011 (Official Microsoft Blog): Android Patent Infringement: Licensing is the Solution [60]
• 13 August 2010 (BBC): Google sued by Oracle over Android operating system [61]

Everyone Vs. Amazon

• 27 October 2011 (BBC): Amazon reveals its patent lawsuits are on the rise [62]

Other

• 19 December 2011 (BBC): BT sues Google over Android 'patent infringements' [63]
• 22 April 2011 (BBC): Google fined $5m over Linux patent row [64]

Blu-Ray

• 11 March 2011 (BBC): Sony gets PS3 import ban lifted [65]
• 1 March 2011 (BBC): PS3 imports banned in patent row [66]

Small Inventors / Startups

• 7 April 2011 (BBC): Apple wins $625m Mirror Worlds patents appeal [67]
• 21 December 2010 (BBC): Kodak's patent spat threatens photo web sites [68]
• 5 October 2010 (BBC): Apple faces $600m damages claim [69]

Patent Trolls

Lodsys

• 9 September 2011 (BBC): Patents: Can the giants protect the minnows? [70]
• 26 August 2011 (BBC): Patent war hits small app developers [71]
• 22 July 2011 (BBC): Are patents good for you? [72]
• 22 July 2011 (BBC): Angry Birds maker Rovio sued over app patents [73]

NTP

• 9 July 2010 (BBC): Smartphone firms face patent row [74]

Interval Licensing

(Note: More of an invention lab, than a troll perhaps)

• 13 December 2010 (BBC): Microsoft's Paul Allen sees lawsuit thrown out [75]
• 27 August 2010 (BBC): Paul Allen sues tech giants over 'patent violations' [76]

Intellectual Ventures

• 7 October 2011 (BBC): Motorola sued over patents used in Android phones [77]

Ipcom

7 December 2011 (BBC): German HTC retailers are threatened with patent lawsuit [78]

The FRAND Defense

• 24 October 2011 (BBC): Can mobile phone innovation survive the patent trolls? [79]

Buying Patents

• 4 January 2012 (BBC): Google adds IBM patents as it looks to future [80]
• 12 September 2011 (BBC): Patents firm Murgitroyd ponders acquisitions [81]
• 16 August 2011 (BBC): Google deal boosts shares in Asian phone makers [82]
• 15 August 2011 (BBC): What Google wants from Motorola [83]
• 4 August 2011 (BBC): Google hits out at rivals over 'bogus patents' [84]
• 4 July 2011 (BBC): Maths powers Google auction strategy [85]
• 1 July 2011 (BBC): Apple and Microsoft group buys Nortel patents [86]
• 5 April 2011 (BBC): Texas Instruments to buy National Semiconductor [87]
• August 4th, 2011 (TechCrunch): Why Did Google Blog About Patents Today? Because The Nortel Loss Was Just The Beginning. [88]
• 4/04/2011 (Official Google Blog): Patents and Innovation [89]
• Fri Jul 1, 2011 (Reuters): Dealtalk: Google bid "pi" for Nortel patents and lost [90]

Other

• 9 February 2012 (BBC): Microsoft and Cisco back Apple's essential patents call [91]
• 23 January 2011 (BBC): Staying innovative after being left for dead [92]
• 20 June 2000 (BBC): BT claims patent on web links [93]

Patents

I plan to try to track down the patents in question, such as:

• The Mirror Worlds Patent: EP 2059868 [94]