Susan Decker

January 8, 2019 at 3:45 pm

Ford tops Google and Amazon in new U.S. patents

Ford was the only non-tech company in the top 10 recipients of patents last year.

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June 27, 2018 at 3:59 pm

Apple, Samsung resolve smartphone patent fight after 7 years

Apple and Samsung Electronics told a judge they’d resolved the first filed, but last remaining, legal disputes over their smartphones that once spanned four continents.

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April 5, 2018 at 10:07 am

Microsoft pledges to let joint venture partners keep patents

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November 27, 2017 at 5:54 pm

High Court signals split on patent review case

The high court is examining a review system that has invalidated hundreds of patents. The court’s conservative justices suggested they viewed the non-judicial review system...

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September 8, 2017 at 7:01 pm

Drug giant crafts patent deal with Indian tribe

Allergan said it will transfer the rights to dry-eye drug Restasis to the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, in a move designed to quash challenges filed...

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September 30, 2015 at 4:31 pm

Google, Microsoft resolve global patent fight over phones, Xbox

Google and Microsoft, which have been litigating over technology innovations for five years, agreed to drop about 20 patent lawsuits in the U.S. and Germany.

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August 20, 2015 at 6:05 pm

Microsoft files antitrust lawsuit against InterDigital

Microsoft said in its complaint that it wants to stop “InterDigital’s abusive licensing practices and unlawful monopolization” in the field of third- and fourth-generation cellular...

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July 30, 2015 at 6:27 pm

Microsoft beats Google in patent-royalty fight

The ruling is also a win for companies like Apple and Intel, which have campaigned to lower the amount of money they pay for essential...

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February 25, 2015 at 4:51 pm

Apple bets on overturning $533M Smartflash verdict

The big damage award in the patent-infringement case is in part because of Apple’s size. But Apple plans to appeal in Washington, D.C., where judges...

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December 16, 2013 at 12:25 pm

Google’s Motorola unit loses bid to overturn Microsoft patent victory

WASHINGTON — Google’s Motorola Mobility unit lost an appeals court bid to invalidate a Microsoft patent used to win a ban on U.S. imports on...

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