EU regulator "concerned" over cellphone patents war

Release Date 22 Nov, 2011 in Reuters UK

 
   

Some IP Deals Look Patently Questionable

Wall Street Journal (blog) - 22 Nov, 2011
Back in July, the smartphone maker was looking for intellectual property to help defend itself in a patent battle with Apple. So after an initial determination by a US International Trade Commission judge that Apple infringed on two patents held by S3 ...

European antitrust regulators: Global patent battle could be 'used as tool for ...

ZDNet (blog) - 22 Nov, 2011
European regulators investigating both Apple and Samsung over their ongoing patent dispute are worried that intellectual property rights could be used as weaponry by companies, in order to subdue their ...

EU: Apple-Samsung row could be stifling competition

Register - 22 Nov, 2011
By Brid-Aine Parnell • Get more from this author The EU has said it is concerned about the Great Patent Wars being a cover for unfair competition practices by IT firms. Despite no complaints being filed, the European Commission decided to open an ...

HTC shares slump after US lawsuit loss

Taipei Times - 22 Nov, 2011
Shares of HTC Corp (宏"電), the world's No. 4 smartphone brand, tumbled 5.81 percent yesterday after a subsidiary lost a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple Inc in the US. HTC shares dropped to NT$600 on the Taiwan ...

EU Competition Commissioner voices concerns over Apple and Samsung dispute

Inquirer - 22 Nov, 2011
EU COMPETITION COMMISSIONER Joaquín Almunia has expressed concern over the potentially anti-competitive nature of the patents war between Apple and Samsung. The commissioner was speaking at the European Parliament, where he voiced ...

HTC Dealt a Setback in Apple Patent War

PCWorld - 22 Nov, 2011
The ITC has dismissed a patent infringement claim from S3 Graphics against Apple. The ruling is bad news for HTC, which is engaged in its own patent battles with Apple, and is in the midst of acquiring S3 Graphics--ostensibly ...

EU regulator "concerned" over cellphone patents war

Reuters UK - 22 Nov, 2011
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU regulators investigating Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics over their patents dispute are worried intellectual property rights may be unfairly used by some firms against their rivals, the EU antitrust chief said ...

EU regulator "concerned" over cellphone patents war

Reuters UK - 22 Nov, 2011
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU regulators investigating Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) over their patents dispute are worried intellectual property rights may be unfairly used by some firms against their rivals, ...

ITC dismisses graphics patent complaint by HTC against Apple

Inquirer - 22 Nov, 2011
By Kate O'Flaherty It is a reversal of an earlier ITC decision, which had ruled that Apple infringed some of the patents held by S3 Graphics, a unit of HTC. S3 had filed a complaint with the ITC in May 2010 accusing Apple of infringing four patents, ...

Apple cleared of violating HTC patents

Telegraph.co.uk - 22 Nov, 2011
Mobile-manufacturer HTC did not infringe Apple patents, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) has said in a new ruling. By Matt Warman, Consumer Technology Editor The move reverses an earlier decision by an American judge and relates to a part of ...

Smartphone wars: ITC clears Apple in HTC/S3 patent case

Computerworld (blog) - 22 Nov, 2011
Apple [AAPL] has won yet another significant battle against its litigious iOS copycats, with the International Trade Commission (ITC) declaring the company did not violate patents owned by S3 Graphics. That's a big deal. ...

US trade body rejects S3 'Apple nicked our IP' claim

Register - 22 Nov, 2011
Apple has not ridden roughshod over 3S Graphics' intellectual property rights, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) has decided. S3, a company owned by Taiwan's VIA that designs graphics chips, ...

Boot up: Facebook 'reduces degrees of separation', Spotify heads in new ...

The Guardian (blog) - 22 Nov, 2011
A quick burst of 7 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team Two studies on Facebook promoted by, er Facebook. Worth bookmarking, at the very least. ...And this is what it found: "Adding a new chapter to the research that cemented ...

Taiwan Smart phone HTC's S3 loses patent case against U.S. Apple Inc

eTaiwan News - 22 Nov, 2011
HTC Corp.'s loss in a patent infringement case against Apple Inc. casts doubt on its decision to spend $300 million buying S3 Graphics Co. to boost the chances of a licensing deal to end the dispute.The US International Trade Commission ...

Apple emerges victorious in S3 Graphics Co lawsuit

Moneycontrol.com - 22 Nov, 2011
Cupertino-based, Apple Inc. emerged successful in its battle against the S3 Graphics Co, after a decision by the International Trade Commission (ITC) tilted in its favour, confirms Reuters. S3 Graphics Co had approached the ITC in May 2010, ...

US Trade Body Clears Apple in Patent Case

Wall Street Journal - 22 Nov, 2011
Apple wins a key patent-infringement ruling against an HTC unit, while Focus Media ADRs plunge on Muddy Waters allegations. WSJ's Isabella Steger discusses with Yun-Hee Kim on Asia Today. The US International Trade ...

Panel rules Apple does not infringe S3 patents

IBNLive.com - 22 Nov, 2011
Washington: Apple Inc does not violate patents owned by S3 Graphics Co, the International Trade Commission said on Monday in the latest ruling in the smartphone patent wars. S3 had filed a complaint with the ITC in May 2010, accusing Apple of ...

Apple wins patent ruling against HTC

Times of India - 22 Nov, 2011
HTC Corp's loss in a patent infringement case against Apple Inc casts doubt on its decision to spend $300 million buying S3 Graphics Co. WASHINGTON: HTC Corp's loss in a patent infringement case against Apple Inc casts doubt on its decision to spend ...

HTC's S3 loses patent case against Apple

San Francisco Chronicle - 22 Nov, 2011
HTC of Taiwan, which recently bought S3 Graphics of Fremont, saw S3 lose its Apple patent case. Apple won a US trade case brought by HTC's S3 Graphics over a method of compressing images to appear three-dimensional on an electronic display. ...

US agency says Apple did not violate HTC patents

BBC News - 22 Nov, 2011
A US agency has ruled that Apple did not violate graphic patents owned by S3 Graphics, a unit of Taiwan's HTC. S3, which makes image compression technology, filed a complaint with trade agency, ITC, in May 2010. The company accused Apple of infringing ...

Shares of HTC plunge on patent battle setback against Apple

eTaiwan News - 22 Nov, 2011
Taipei, Nov. 22 (CNA) Shares of Taiwan's based smartphone maker HTC Corp. plunged in Tuesday morning trading after suffering a setback in its ongoing patent battle against Apple Inc., dealers said. The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) ...

Apple Scores Big Win Against HTC in Patent War

PC Magazine - 22 Nov, 2011
HTC has been dealt another blow in its ongoing patent battle with Apple. The US International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled Monday that Apple's products don't infringe on patents held by S3 Graphics, a company in the process of being ...

S3 Graphics' case against Apple collapses at ITC

ZDNet Asia - 22 Nov, 2011
The US International Trade Commission says Apple is not infringing on patents held by S3 Graphics, a move that closes out a year and a half investigation. The US International Trade ...

S3 Graphics Loses a Patent Fight With Apple

PCWorld - 22 Nov, 2011
The US International Trade Commission has determined that Apple did not infringe technology patents owned by S3 Graphics and ended its investigation of the matter, the ITC announced Monday. The decision is a setback for ...

HTC's S3 loses to Apple over patent infringement

eTaiwan News - 22 Nov, 2011
Taipei, Nov. 22 (CNA) Graphics chipset designer S3 Graphics Co., a subsidiary of Taiwan smartphone maker HTC Corp., failed in a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple Inc. in the United States Monday. In a notice posted on its website, ...

Apple Wins Patent Fight With S3 Graphics at Trade Agency

Bloomberg - 22 Nov, 2011
The HTC Thunderbolt. HTC, which sold the most smartphones in the US in the third quarter, said it would buy Fremont, California-based S3 Graphics. The HTC Thunderbolt. HTC, which sold the most smartphones ...

Apple Doesn't Violate HTC Unit S3's Patents, ITC Rules

Forbes - 22 Nov, 2011
The US International Trade Commission today ruled that Apple does not violate graphics patents held by S3, a company recently acquired by handset maker HTC. The ruling reverses an administrative law judge's ruling which had found a violation of S3 ...

HTC's S3 loses to Apple over patent infringement

eTaiwan News - 22 Nov, 2011
Taipei, Nov. 22 (CNA) Graphics chipset designer S3 Graphics Co., a subsidiary of Taiwan smartphone maker HTC Corp., failed Tuesday in a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple Inc. in the United States. The US International Trade Commission (ITC) ...

US Agency Sides Against HTC In Patent Case Vs Apple

Wall Street Journal - 22 Nov, 2011
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--The US International Trade Commission ruled Apple Inc. (AAPL) products don't infringe on patents held by HTC Corp. (2498.TW, HTCXF) acquisition target S3 Graphics, a setback for the Android ...

S3 graphics

CNET (blog) - 22 Nov, 2011
The US International Trade Commission today said that Apple is not violating patents held by S3 Graphics in its products and is terminating its investigation on the matter. The decision follows a mixed ruling in July , where an ITC judge found Apple to ...

 

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