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

Product Markets

Tablet Pc

Samsung and Apple

• 26 September 2011 (BBC): Samsung and Apple warring over patents again [1]
• 10 August 2011 (BBC): Apple prevents Galaxy sales in EU [2]
• 22 April 2011 (BBC): Samsung suing Apple in latest legal fight [3]

Mobile Phone

Samsung and Apple

• 13 September 2011 (BBC): Samsung files patent complaint against Apple in France [4]
• 24 August 2011 (BBC): Euro ban for Samsung Galaxy phone [5]

HTC and Apple

• 8 September 2011 (BBC): HTC sues Apple after Google sells tech patents [6]
• 16 August 2011 (BBC): Taiwan's HTC sues Apple in patent infringement dispute [7]
• 21 July 2011 (BBC): HTC is braced for Apple smartphone patent war [8]
• 18 July 2011 (BBC): HTC to appeal against Apple patent ruling [9]
• 12 July 2011 (BBC): Apple files patent complaint against phone maker HTC [10]

Nokia and Apple

• 14 June 2011 (BBC): Nokia and Apple settle patent dispute [11]
• 14 June 2011 (BBC): Nokia’s patent victory against Apple [12]

Cross Market

Samsung and Apple

• 22 April 2011 (BBC): Samsung sues Apple after accusations of 'copying' [13]

Underlying Tech

Chip designers

• 23 September 2011 (BBC): Apple sued by Via over chips in gadgets [14]

LEDs

• 18 July 2011 (BBC): Samsung sues Osram as LED patent row escalates [15]

Streaming

• 29 July 2011 (BBC): Spotify sued over music streaming technology [16]

Software

• 9 June 2011 (BBC): Microsoft must pay $290m for patent infringement [17]
• 22 April 2011 (BBC): Google fined $5m over Linux patent row [18]

Small Inventors

• 7 April 2011 (BBC): Apple wins $625m Mirror Worlds patents appeal [19]

Patent Trolls

Lodsys

• 9 September 2011 (BBC): Patents: Can the giants protect the minnows? [20]
• 26 August 2011 (BBC): Patent war hits small app developers [21]
• 22 July 2011 (BBC): Are patents good for you? [22]
• 22 July 2011 (BBC): Angry Birds maker Rovio sued over app patents [23]

Buying Patents

• 12 September 2011 (BBC): Patents firm Murgitroyd ponders acquisitions [24]
• 16 August 2011 (BBC): Google deal boosts shares in Asian phone makers [25]
• 15 August 2011 (BBC): What Google wants from Motorola [26]
• 4 August 2011 (BBC): Google hits out at rivals over 'bogus patents' [27]
• 4 July 2011 (BBC): Maths powers Google auction strategy [28]
• 1 July 2011 (BBC): Apple and Microsoft group buys Nortel patents [29]