Apple to pay Elan US$5 million in patent lawsuit settlement

Stockwatch - Jan 6, 14:59

IC design house Elan Microelectronics has issued a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) disclosing it has settled a patent infringement dispute with Apple.

China market: Handset makers form alliance to counter possible patent infringement lawsuits

Dec 30, 01:15

A number of handset makers in China, including Lenovo, ZTE, TCL, Coolpad and Konka, has formed an alliance in preparation to counter possible patent infringement lawsuits to bring...

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation files red phosphor patent infringement lawsuit in Korea

Dec 21, 14:08

On December 20, 2011, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC) filed an infringement lawsuit in Seoul Central District Court against a US company, Intematix Corporation, and a Korean...

Asustek not afraid of patent lawsuits, says chairman

Dec 21, 01:25

Taiwan-based vendor Asustek Computer holds many patents concerning 3G communications and therefore does not worry about patent infringement charges, according to company chairman...

Impact of ITC ruling on HTC less than expected

Dec 20, 16:03

The final decision of the US International Trade Commission (ITC) in favor of Apple in a patent dispute with HTC will have limited impact on HTC as the scope of patent violation and...

LED maker Everlight to sue Nichia

Dec 2, 11:18

Taiwan-based Everlight Electronics has decided to file a complaint with the Tokyo District Court against Japan-based LED maker Nichia, accusing the company of lodging untruthful allegations...

Nanya, Intellectual Ventures strike deal

Dec 1, 16:08

Nanya Technology and Intellectual Ventures (IV) have entered into an intellectual property license agreement, according to the companies.

Commentary: HTC faced with more pressure on product competition than patent litigation

Nov 29, 17:08

While HTC has been facing a double whammy in patent infringement lawsuits and a dwindling of its product competitiveness, sources in the handset industry believe that the pressure...

HTC considers to appeal S3 Graphics patent lawsuit against Apple

Nov 22, 14:31

Judging High Tech Computer's (HTC's) lawsuit against Apple over infringement of S3 Graphics patents, the International Trade Commission (ITC) of the US, on November 21, ruled that...

Elpida lodges patent infringement complaint against Nanya

Nov 17, 01:40

Elpida Memory has announced two filings of a complaint in two countries against Nanya Technology for patent infringement.

Integrated licensing of LTE patents not available until 2013, say Taiwan makers

Nov 14, 10:49

While there are LTE-enabled terminal devices available for sale, integrated licensing of LTE patents will not be available at least until the end of 2012, according to Taiwan-based...

Google to maintain a well-functioning Android ecosystem

Nov 10, 01:00

Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt, commenting on concerns about the company's acquisition of Motorola during his visit to Taiwan on November 9, pointed out that the company will...

Commentary: LED lighting moving towards patent-dominated market

Oct 24, 12:05

The big LED lighting pie has been attracting many firms to enter the market, heating up competition between traditional and new firms. Fierce competition can lead to patent wars as...

Everlight wins patent infringement lawsuit filed by Nichia in Taiwan

Oct 21, 01:15

Taiwan's Supreme Administrative Court, regarding Japan-based Nichia's accusations that Taiwan-based LED packaging company Everlight Electronics infringed upon its Patent Nos.089 and...

Market watchers optimistic about VIA winning lawsuit against Apple

Sep 26, 16:25

Market watchers believe that VIA Technologies has a good chance of winning its recently filed patent lawsuit against Apple.

VIA sues Apple for patent infringement

Sep 23, 14:02

VIA Technologies has announced it has taken legal action against Apple, filing a complaint with the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) and the US District Court of...

Wistron signs license agreement with Intellectual Ventures for patent protection

Sep 22, 14:05

Wistron and Intellectual Ventures (IV) have announced that they entered into a license agreement. The deal provides Wistron with access to IV's patent portfolio of more than 35,000...

HTC files new patent complains against Apple, using patents transferred from Google

Sep 9, 01:25

HTC will take further legal action against Apple, adding new patent complaints to its previous filing lodged with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) on August 16, and will...

Nanya responds to Elpida patent infringement lawsuit

Sep 7, 14:56

Elpida Memory announced on September 7 that it has filed a lawsuit against Nanya Technology in the US, claiming that Nanya and its US subsidiary Nanya USA has infringed on its DRAM...

Nichia files patent infringement lawsuit against Everlight

Sep 2, 10:32

Japan-based LED firm Nichia Corporation has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in Tokyo District Court to enjoin Chip One Stop from infringing Nichia's patent (No. 4530094, or "patent...

Taiwan, US to begin Patent Prosecution Highway pilot project

Aug 23, 16:59

The Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) and United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will start a Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot project on September 1, 2011...

HTC sues Apple over patents

Aug 17, 09:41

HTC has announced that it took legal action against Apple on August 16, filing a complaint with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) and the US District Court of Delaware for...

Foxconn withdraws patent lawsuit against Suyin

Aug 9, 11:26

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has withdrawn a patent lawsuit filed last year against Taiwan-based connector maker Suyin, the defendant said on August 8. Suyin added...

SiS to phase out its PC chipset business

Aug 2, 01:10

Taiwan-based chipset maker Silicon Integrated System (SiS) is set to phase out its PC business by the end of 2011 and will turn its business focus fully to chipsets for consumer electronics...

Innofidei, Siano reconcile on CMMB patent infringement litigation

Aug 2, 01:00

China-based chip vendor Innofidei and Israel-based fellow company Siano Mobile Silicon on August jointly announced the resolution of their disputes regarding CMMB (China Mobile Multimedia...

Acer ready to face patent infringement challenges

Jul 22, 12:14

Acer is ready to face any possible complaints over alleged patent infringement, which has become almost a daily event in the highly competitive PC industry, according to company chairman...

HTC to appeal Apple patent infringement complaint

Jul 18, 16:14

HTC has said that it would appeal a ruling by the US International Trade Commission (ITC) which found that HTC had infringed two patents held by Apple

Commentary: HTC acquisition of graphics and 3D patents has limited effect to counter Apple patent lawsuits

Jul 7, 17:04

HTC has stated that its decision to acquire S3 Graphics from its associate company VIA Technologies is aimed at strengthening its patent profiles related to graphics and 3D technology,...

VIA sells S3 Graphics to HTC

Jul 7, 01:00

Taiwan-based chipset maker VIA Technologies has announced it will sell its shareholdings in S3 Graphics to its affiliate company High Tech Computer (HTC) for US$300 million. The action...

AUO files countersuit against Samsung

Jun 29, 11:37

AU Optronics (AUO) on June 27 filed a lawsuit in the US accusing Samsung Electronics and the Korean company's clients AT&T, Best Buy, and BrandsMart of infringing 10 of its LCD...

AUO evaluating measures to counter Samsung alleged patent infringement complaints

Jun 3, 01:55

AU Optronics (AUO) said on June 2 that it is evaluating the alleged patent infringement complaints filed by Samsung Electronics with the US International Trade Commission and will...

Mosaid, Hynix enter into patent license and acquisition agreements

May 17, 16:33

Mosaid Technologies has concluded a patent portfolio license agreement with Hynix Semiconductor of Korea, according to the Canada-based patent licensing and IP development company.

AUO and Sharp sign patent cross-license agreement

Apr 15, 14:24

AU Optronics (AUO) and Japan's Sharp signed a patent cross-license agreement today. Both parties have agreed to license to the other specified patents owned by each party, according...

HTC acquires wireless communication patents from ADC Telecommunications

Apr 6, 10:52

HTC will acquire 82 patents and 14 patent appliactions concerning wireless communication technologies from ADC Telecommunications for US$75 million, according to the smartphone ven...

Foxconn looking into Microsoft patent lawsuit

Mar 23, 16:48

Microsoft, on March 21, filed a lawsuit against US-based Barnes & Noble for violating its patents with the Android operating system that the company adopted for its e-book reader...