Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

In 2005 HTC released the world’s first Windows 3G smartphone (the clamshell HTC Universal) and followed in 2008 with the first smartphone running Google’s Android operating system (branded as the T-Mobile G1). Ericsson and HTC entered into three such licensing agreements in 2003, 2008 and 2014. Apportionment. at *15).

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Traverse Legal Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Our attorneys have been at the forefront of open source project representation since 2008. Unlike traditional proprietary software, SaaS or PaaS business models where license terms can often be renegotiated or amended in subsequent contract cycles, open-source licensing is far less forgiving of afterthoughts.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 31, 2021

The decision also found that HTC’s proposed FRAND jury instructions were not a substantially correct statement of the law, because Ericsson’s ETSI FRAND commitment was governed by French contract law, but HTC’s instructions were based on U.S. law without reference or comparison to French contract law.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Our attorneys have been at the forefront of open source project representation since 2008. Unlike traditional proprietary software, SaaS or PaaS business models where license terms can often be renegotiated or amended in subsequent contract cycles, open-source licensing is far less forgiving of afterthoughts.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 3, 2023

Sara’s IP litigation experience includes both patent litigation and trade secret misappropriation litigation, which often also include various associated breach of contract and business torts. In 2008, she graduated summa cum laude from the University of Georgia with a B.A. Sara received her J.D. in English. in history.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

A primary motivation for Abbott's expedition application was to obtain a UK court decision on the validity of four European patents in order to influence a German court considering infringement of the German EP equivalents and to prevent the problems of the "injunction gap".

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