District Court Judge offers specific amounts that fit the terms criteria for “fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory”
Standard-setting organizations establish rules that govern the ownership of IP rights that apply to the standards they adopt. Companies that help establish the criteria gain an advantage in having their technology included in standards; therefore, one rule commonly adopted is that any patent that applies to a standard can only be licensed on “fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory [...]
White paper analyzes virtual reality space
Virtual reality is an esoteric realm not too many valuation analysts will enter, at least professionally. (As oxymoronic as it sounds, virtual reality is gaining substance. Now it has its own, increasingly popular, currency. See Bitcoin.) IPValueWire located a white paper that might prove to be instructional for analyzing the virtual reality space, laying out the [...]
Funai to buy Lexmark technology
Lexmark International, Inc. has agreed to sell over 1,500 inkjet printing patents to Funai Electric for $100M. The purchase includes all outstanding shares of Lexmark and is expected to close mid-2013. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this post
Court says lone settlement agreement cannot support plaintiff’s damages theory
After AVM sued Intel for infringing on one of its patents, its expert established reasonable royalty damages between $150 million and $300 million “or more.” Intel filed a Daubert motion to exclude the testimony. Earlier, a federal court stated that it was inclined to rule in Intel’s favor but wanted to hear from the expert in person [...]
Details of the lawsuit-settling Dupont and Monsanto cross-license agreement released
On March 26, DuPont and Monsanto announced financial terms of the technology cross-licensing agreements that also settled their patent and antitrust lawsuits relating to Monsanto’s Round-Up® resistant soybean seeds. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this post
Judge reduces damages in Apple v. Samsung, setting the floor at $598M, and offers some guidance to expert witnesses
On March 1, US District Court Judge Lucy Koh ruled that Samsung Electronics should pay Apple adjusted damages of $598 million, down from the jury’s award of just over $1 billion. (A jury found that 14 Samsung products had violated Apple patents.) The restating of the damages was due to two factors: 1) the jury [...]
Scotiabank rethinks value of Blackberry patents
Scotiabank, the third largest bank in Canada, has revised its opinion of the value of Blackberry’s patent portfolio after reviewing IAM Magazine’s US Patent 100. A report issued by Gus Papageorgiou states the case: Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this post
MIPS sale of patents to Bridge Crossing is worthy of analysis
Michael D. Friedman, Ocean Tomo’s Head of Investment Banking, is touting the sale for $350 million by MIPS to Bridge Crossing, LLC all of its rights, title and interest in 498 U.S. and foreign patents and patent applications as a transaction analysts should study as a free-market IP play, as unlike other headline-grabbing deals, MIPS [...]
Judge Posner again takes aim at experts’ patent damages calculations
In his crusade to “fix” the U.S. patent system, Judge Richard Posner (7th Circuit) wants federal courts to use the two most ready tools at their disposal: the appointment of neutral damages experts and the application of a more precise calculus of damages. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about [...]
Amazon granted patent for secondary marketplace for used digital rights
Amazon has been granted a patent for an “electronic marketplace” where owners who purchased IP rights to digital content can resell those rights. The company originally filed for the patent in 2009. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this post
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