Samsung strength in LTE patents may well shape future skirmishes with Apple
According to current reports, Samsung is brandishing the LTE sabre with respect to Apple and future patent battles, suggesting any move by Apple to incorporate LTE communications technology into its new smartphones will be met by aggressive IP infringement defenses. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe to the [...]
Design patents in Apple v. Samsung determined the extent of compensatory damages
Brian J. Love, assistant professor of law at Santa Clara University School of Law, in an Op-Ed in the LA Times suggests that the appropriate compensatory damages in Apple v. Samsung should have been apportioned according to the number of patents infringed divided by the total number of patents the make up a smartphone, a [...]
With B2B companies, valuing customer relationships in business combinations takes center stage
BVR recently published a valuable study for analysts who do fair value work, performing purchase price allocations. Benchmarking Identifiable Intangibles and Their Useful Lives in Business Combinations (email for more information), in an analysis of 360 PPAs, found that, in B2B companies, customer relationships represented the largest intangible asset (aside from goodwill) identified. It stands [...]
Apple wants injunctive relief from 8 Samsung products
Apple has asked Judge Lucy Koh to ban sales of Samsung’s Galaxy S 4G, Galaxy S2 (AT&T), Galaxy S2 Skyrocket, Galaxy S2 (T-Mobile), Galaxy S2 Epic 4G, Galaxy S Showcase, Droid Charge and Galaxy Prevail. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this post
Apple wins big
Here is a look at the 20-page Apple v Samsung verdict sheet jurors had to complete as they found Samsung guilty of infringing Apple utility and design patents with their Android-based smartphones. For some jurors, it simply came down to holding the Samsung and Apple phones up in the dark and comparing … if it looks [...]
Startups should consider the need for international protection of their patents
Sometimes it’s difficult for a start-up company to imagine an international presence, especially when just getting a foothold domestically is such a challenge. If long range planning calls for international options, IP owners should consider filing an application under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet [...]
Investors should know intangibles’ value
Ben McClure, director of Bay of Thermi Limited, as a frequent writer on investment topics, feels that the difficulty in measuring intangibles and the volatility inherent in the simplistic mark-to-market approach forces investors to ignore what might be sizeable value. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe to the [...]
Tobacco fails in loss of trademark value appeal in Australia
Intellectual Asset Management reports that big tobacco has lost its first round in trying to prevent (or get compensated for) neutral or plain packaging using a loss of trademark value argument. Last week the Australian High Court distinguished between the right to prevent others from using your trademark and the right to use it yourself. [...]
Valuators of nonprofits get a new tool
Jeff Glassie, Eileen Johnson and Dana Lynch of Whiteford, Taylor, and Preston, in Washington, DC. have co-written a mini-treatise on intellectual property law for nonprofit institutions. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this post
Closing arguments are scheduled for tomorrow in Apple v Samsung
This is the week a jury takes on the burden of deciding the fate Apple and Samsung in their closely watched patent infringement case. Is this the culmination of the smartphone patent wars, at least as we know them? Is this the line of demarcation from which reasonable licensing takes precedence over litigation? Probably not. [...]
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