VirnetX Holding Corp. (VHC), the software and technology licensing company run by CEO Kendall Larsen, said a district court approved $93.35 million in agreed to bill of costs and prejudgement interest in its patent infringement dispute with Apple. The approved costs are in addition to the $502.6 million in damages previously awarded to VirnetX against [...]
ParkerVision Inc. (PRKR), the patent licensing company that is cutting costs to enable it to continue to enforce its patents against Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM), said it has reduced the size of its board from eight to five members. The Jacksonville, Florida-based company said in connection with a board restructuring, four directors William Hightower, John Metcalf, [...]
A growing number of patent owners believe that the high percentage of duplicative filings of inter partes reviews (IPR) by large companies including Apple, Microsoft, Google, Samsung and LG Electronics reveals how imbalanced the patent system is in the U.S. and that significant changes such as a limit of one IPR per patent are necessary [...]
The Court off Appeals for the Federal Circuit handed Finjan Holdings Inc. (FNJN), the cybersecurity and patent licensing company run by CEO Phil Hartstein, a victory in its long running infringement dispute with Palo Alto Networks, affirming a ruling that a Finjan patent was valid. The appellate court decision came in an appeal of two [...]
Former patent investor and interim CEO of Spherix Inc. (SPEX) Harvey Kesner allegedly led an effort at the law firm of Sichenzia Ross Ference LLP to conceal alleged conflicts of interest of himself and two partners in order secure $1.6 million in legal fees as well as allegedly made illegal trading profits from MabVax Therapeutics [...]
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has adopted a much too permissive approach to allowing petitioners to file serial inter partes review challenges of the same patent with some of the biggest abusers such as Apple and Microsoft filing duplicative IPRs 56% and 59% of the time. That's according to a new study by the [...]
RPX Corp., the patent risk aggregator and provider of NPE litigation loss control services, has petitioned for an en banc ruling by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit after a three judge panel ruled that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board erred in finding that RPX was the real party in interest in [...]
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in three IPR rulings that most of the claims of a patent enforced by ParkerVision Inc. (PRKR) against Qualcomm Inc. were invalid due to obviousness. Qualcomm filed three petitions for IPR challenging the patentability of claims of [...]
Quarterhill Inc. (QTRH), the diversified holding company run by CEO Douglas Parker, said its International Road Dynamics Inc. unit has been awarded an $8.1 million five year contract by the State of Hawaii Department of Transportation for Continuous Traffic Monitoring Data Collection Goods and Services Statewide. Ottawa, Ontario based Quarterhill said IRD's CTM systems will [...]
Robert Petrelli, a patent licensing executive with experience from IPValue, AT&T, Lucent and Nokia Bell Labs, has launched a new custom IP advisory business called Providentia IP. "I am very excited about starting my own company, Providentia IP (www.providentiaip.com)," Petrelli said in an email. "Along with my partner, Dr. Anthony Gopal, we are leveraging our [...]
