JURIST

MARCH 22, 2021

A jury in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas decided Friday that Apple Inc. PMC is a patent-licensing company which currently has more than 100 issued patents and pending applications. In 2015, PMC sued Apple for infringing one of its patents associated with digital rights management. must pay $308.5

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JANUARY 12, 2024

by Dennis Crouch This article analyzes some of the latest developments in the ongoing legal battle between medical device company Masimo and tech giant Apple regarding Apple’s adjudged infringement of Masimo’s pulse oximetry patents in its Apple Watch. Customs around a modified design.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted Monday to issue an order requiring nine major social media and video streaming companies to report on their use of consumer data. He also noted that the investigation does not extend to all major video streaming companies, with Apple being one notable absence. Facebook, Inc.,

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JANUARY 17, 2023

is opposing an information request from consumers accusing Facebook parent company Meta Platforms of monopolizing social media markets, telling a California federal court the request is overbroad and irrelevant.

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JUNE 9, 2023

Apple Inc. These discretionary denials are known as Fintiv guidelines based upon the precedential case of Apple Inc. Fintiv, Inc. A group of five large companies led by Apple then sued the USPTO in the N.D. Vidal (Supreme Court. IPR2020-00019 (P.T.A.B.

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MARCH 21, 2024

by Dennis Crouch In re Apple Inc. , 2024) Federal Circuit has denied Apple’s petition for a writ of mandamus seeking to transfer a patent infringement case from the Western District of Texas to the Northern District of California. 24-111 (Fed. The case, Carbyne Biometrics, LLC v. Patent Nos.

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Law 360

APRIL 26, 2023

After 14 years heading litigation and regulatory affairs at Apple Inc. and then seven more years doing it at Tesla Inc., Lynn Miller brings a depth of knowledge and a fervor for the environment to her new job as general counsel of an unusual transportation company.

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Law 360

AUGUST 8, 2022

A wireless technology expert testifying for Apple Inc. told a California jury on Monday that the company's AirPods do not infringe Pinn Inc.'s s wireless earbud design patents for a number of reasons, including that Apple's so-called charging case does not technically charge the earbuds despite its "catchy name."

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Law 360

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Cybersecurity company VirnetX Inc. Supreme Court that the invalidation of network security patents Apple was ordered to pay $576.5 million for infringing cannot stand, because a decision letting Apple challenge the patents "gutted" the time limit on inter partes reviews. has told the U.S.

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JURIST

JANUARY 6, 2022

The German competition regulator Bundeskartellamt Wednesday published a decision determining that Google fulfills the criteria for companies having paramount significance for competition across markets. At the same time, we are vigorously conducting other proceedings against Amazon, Apple and Meta, formerly Facebook.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Apple forced its employees to sign unlawful contracts in order to stifle competition and punish employees from leaving the company, startup Rivos Inc. told a California federal court, marking the latest chapter in the trade secrets fight between the two companies

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Law 360

JANUARY 12, 2023

Apple Inc.'s million last year, a slight increase from her 2021 compensation, according to a company financial statement filed Thursday. s general counsel, Katherine Adams, saw a total compensation package of about $27.1

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NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Department of Justice announced Thursday that it reached a $25 million settlement with Apple Inc. over allegations the company discriminated against U.S. citizens and some non-U.S. citizens by preferring workers holding temporary employment visas from the permanent labor certification program.

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APRIL 7, 2022

Snapchat's parent company is again accused of downplaying the impact of new privacy features Apple released last year, with an investor claiming Snap Inc. officials breached their fiduciary duties by concealing how those changes had cut into advertising revenue.

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APRIL 21, 2022

The only IP centric case that has been granted certiorari is Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. I have divided the pending cases into three general categories: Patentability: Eligibility under Section 101 : American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. Apple Inc., and Ameranth, Inc. Olo, Inc. ,

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The IP Law Blog

MAY 4, 2023

On April 24, 2023, the Ninth Circuit issued its opinion in Epic Games, Inc. Apple, Inc. , and affirmed the trial court’s ruling in Apple’s favor as to Epic’s Sherman Act claim for restraint of trade relating to Apple’s distribution of apps in its App Store. Apple rejected this attempt to modify the DPLA.

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Law 360

APRIL 13, 2023

The vice president of Apple's hardware technologies group took the stand Thursday in Masimo Corp. and Cercacor Laboratories Inc.'s

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AUGUST 29, 2021

Apple and Visa ( Fed. Universal Wilde, Inc., Solutran, Inc. Elavon, Inc., That code is then set the credit card company servers for authorization, including any restrictions on transactions with the merchant. The company then either approves or denies the transaction. Apple decisions. 3d 905 (Fed.

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Intelligize Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Judge Kathaleen McCormick ruled that the purportedly independent directors on Tesla Inc.’s Apple’s Tim Cook received a more favorable decision a week later when a federal judge tossed a lawsuit claiming the tech company miscalculated performance-based awards for its CEO and other executives.

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Patently O

AUGUST 4, 2021

In re Apple , 21-147 (Fed. Even though Apple has a $1 billion Austin Texas Campus and 8,000+ employees within the district, the company argued that litigating a patent case within the district would be truly inconvenient. In re Apple Inc. , August 4, 2021); In re Google , 21-144 (Fed. Aug 4, 2021). 3d 1332 (Fed.

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MAY 11, 2021

A top Apple executive told company CEO Tim Cook in 2013 that getting customers to use Apple virtual stores like iTunes is "one of the best things we can do to get people hooked to the ecosystem," according to an email revealed Tuesday during Epic Games Inc.'s s high-stakes antitrust bench trial.

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OCTOBER 27, 2021

Two leading petitions before the court are: American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. Patreon, Inc. , Two petitions will be considered by the court in upcoming days: ENCO Systems, Inc. Ultratec, Inc. The Supreme Court has requested responsive briefing in three additional cases: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. Qualcomm Inc.,

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Law 360

AUGUST 9, 2022

A wireless technology expert testifying for Apple told a California jury Tuesday that the company's 2007 iPhone Bluetooth headset and some patents filed years ago served as a precursor to its modern-day AirPods, thus rendering "everything" in Pinn Inc.'s s wireless earbud design patents "obvious."

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NOVEMBER 17, 2021

has asked the Ninth Circuit to pause a court order requiring the company to let app developers steer users to outside payment methods until the court resolves the Silicon Valley giant's appeal in the App Store case lodged by Epic Games Inc.

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The IP Law Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Apple is facing a new class-action lawsuit in the Western District of New York alleging that its use of the “buy” button is “false and misleading.” The suit claims that when Apple offers consumers the right to “buy” content, it doesn’t always mean what it says. The class-action suit filed against Apple alleges that this isn’t the case.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 27, 2022

The targeted firms include Meta Platforms Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s s Google, Snap Inc., Twitter Inc. and Discord Inc. Law enforcement and the technology companies are still trying to assess the scope of the problem, which has become more prevalent in recent months.

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Mondaq

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

In Apple, Inc. Iancu, Judge Edward Davila dismissed a lawsuit brought by tech companies who had asked to set aside the "NHK-Fintiv rule."

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Law 360

MARCH 25, 2022

District Judge Rodney Gilstrap ruled that a jury trial will take place this December to determine whether Swedish telecom company Ericsson is fairly licensing standard-essential 5G technology to Apple Inc. and scuttled the iPhone maker's bid to push that issue to a more complex jury trial over the patents next year.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Eligibility under Section 101 : American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. Patreon, Inc., Daktronics, Inc., Daktronics, Inc., Appellate Standing for IPR Challenger : Apple Inc. Standing : The most recent CVSG is in Apple v. This question ties the case directly to MedImmune, Inc. Genentech, Inc. ,

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Apple Inc. Zipit Wireless, Inc., Apple filed a declaratory judgment action in N.D. Metabolite Laboratories, Inc. , Hockerson-Halberstadt, Inc. , Hockerson-Halberstadt, Inc. , ” Apple Inc. ” Apple Inc. Zipit Wireless, Inc., 4th 1368 (Fed. 3d 1355 (Fed.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Eligibility : The Supreme Court has shown the most interest in hearing American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. There are Am.Axle follow-on cases asking the same questions: iLife Technologies, Inc., Nintendo of America, Inc.; VoIP-Pal.com, Inc. Apple, Inc. Patreon, Inc. EMD Serono, Inc. ,

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InHouseBlog

APRIL 8, 2022

Senior Counsel , The Act-1 Group, Inc., Director of Legal – Corporate – Investment Advisory Firm , McCormack Schreiber Legal Search Inc. Associate GC – Multi-Faceted Real Estate Development and Services Company , Garrison & Sisson (Reston, VA). Compliance Counsel , Deerfield Management Company, L.P.

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OCTOBER 12, 2021

Apple Inc. In August, the Federal Circuit sided with Apple and affirmed the district court determination that USR’s asserted claims were all directed to abstract ideas — and thus ineligible under 35 U.S.C. § USR Apple Petition. The company then either approves or denies the transaction. Apple Inc. ,

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APRIL 14, 2022

Lack of Standing : With respect to use of the mark on sanitizing products, the appellate court dismissed Brewery’s appeal because the company did not show any concrete injury since Brewery does not compete in the sanitizing product market. Static Components, Inc., Apple Inc. Petition ]. Qualcomm Incorporated , No.

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JULY 1, 2021

The underlying actions were filed by a patent holding company known as Ikorongo Texas LLC against Samsung and LG Electronics. As explained below, the owners of Ikorongo Texas formed the company as an attempt to solidify venue in W.D.Texas and avoid the case being transferred for inconvenient forum. Miller & Lux, Inc.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Apple joined the petition long after it would have been barred from filing its own. Petitioners VirnetX and Leidos argue that the Federal Circuit erred in allowing Apple to join Mangrove’s IPR proceedings after Apple’s one-year time limit for filing an IPR petition had expired. Reduxio Systems, Inc.,

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The Fashion Law

MAY 20, 2021

The anti-competition crackdown in the European Union is not limited to tech monopolists like Apple, and in fact, has seen a growing number of consumer goods brands – from sportswear titans to skincare companies – come in its crosshairs. Among the fines doled out in 2018? The €40 million penalty that the European Commission hit GUESS?

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