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Thursday 25 April 2013
HTC wins patent lawsuit over Nokia in Germany; production not affected by Netherlands injunction ruling
The District Court of Mannheim, Germany, has dismissed a complaint filed by Nokia accusing HTC of infringing patent EP 1581016, covering a communications network terminal for accessing...
Tuesday 19 February 2013
Chilisin Signs Patent License Agreement with Vishay
Chilisin Electronics Corp. and Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. have entered into a worldwide, non-exclusive licensing agreement that grants Chilisin patent coverage of high-current,...
Tuesday 19 February 2013
Chilisin signs patent license agreement with Vishay
Chilisin Electronics has announced that the company and Vishay Intertechnology have entered into a worldwide, non-exclusive licensing agreement.
Monday 18 February 2013
Lextar leads Taiwan-based LED makers in 2012 patent applications
Lextar Electronics applied with the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) under the Ministry of Economic Affairs for 174 patents of which 125 ones were invention patents (the...
Tuesday 29 January 2013
STATS ChipPAC enters into license and settlement agreement with Tessera
STATS ChipPAC announced on January 29 that it has signed a patent license and settlement agreement with Tessera. The agreement results in the dismissal of all claims and counterclaims...
Friday 25 January 2013
Taiwan FTC consents to formation of DVD patent alliance
Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) on January 24 approved an application to form a DVD patent licensing alliance filed by Pioneer, Sony, Royal Philips Electronics and LG Electronics,...
Wednesday 9 January 2013
TPK files lawsuits against Nokia and Huawei over touch panel patent infringements
Taiwan-based touch panel maker TPK has filed lawsuits against Nokia and China-based Huawei technologies for patent infringements on the conductor pattern structure of the company's...
Wednesday 12 December 2012
Japan 3-busbar solar cell patent affects OEM orders to Taiwan
Japan-based Kyocera obtained a 3-busbar solar cell patent in Japan in September 2012. Some other Japan-based solar firms have been asking Taiwan-based solar cell OEM firms to change...
Tuesday 4 December 2012
Everlight Electronics wins patent appeal against Nichia
LED packaging company Everlight Electronics on December 4 announced that the Japan Patent Office (JPO) has made a judgment to uphold its claim on the invalidity of Japan-based LED...
Friday 23 November 2012
Samsung, Apple patent disputes may escalate
Samsung Electronics seems to be determined to continue to its patent disputes with Apple after the US smartphone vendors reached a settlement with Taiwan-based HTC, according to industry...
Thursday 22 November 2012
Patent disputes hike royalty fees for Android handset makers
Hardware vendors who use the Android platform for mobile devices are now finding their costs mounting up because of royalty payments, mainly to Microsoft and recently to Apple, according...
Wednesday 14 November 2012
ASMedia to be listed at the end of December
ASMedia Technology, an Asustek Computer subsidiary that focuses on producing USB 3.0 controller chips, is set to be listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) at the end of December,...
Monday 12 November 2012
HTC, Apple settle patent dispute
HTC and Apple have jointly announced that they have reached a global settlement that includes the dismissal of all current lawsuits and a 10-year license agreement.
Thursday 8 November 2012
E Ink sues Trekstor over patent usage
E Ink's US-based subsidiary, E Ink Corporation, has announced that it is suing German-based Trekstor for use of E Ink technology patents.
Tuesday 16 October 2012
Solar cell makers have yet to see impact from Kyocera 3-busbar patent
Japan-based solar firm Kyocera obtained a patent for 3-busbar solar cell structure in Japan on September 4, 2012. According to foreign media reports, the firm may use the patent to...