Huge sums at stake in Oracle-Google rematch
By Ross Todd, From The Recorder After six years of fighting over smartphone technology, Oracle Corp. and Google Inc. have never been further apart—nearly $9 billion to put a number on it. The two giants of Silicon Valley are also…
Supreme Court to Review Apple-Samsung Patent Damages
By Scott Graham, From The Recorder For the first time in 130 years, the U.S. Supreme Court is going to weigh in on design patent damages. The timing couldn’t be worse for Apple Inc. The high court agreed Monday to…
US Federal Circuit casts doubt on Apple-Samsung verdict
By Scott Graham, From The Recorder Apple Inc. may have collected $548 million from Samsung Electronics Co. last month from its first smartphone “trial of the century.” But the $119 million it recovered in a second trial appeared in serious…
Publicly traded NPEs take investors for a bumpy ride
By Scott Graham, from The Recorder SAN FRANCISCO — When the Federal Circuit affirms summary judgment of noninfringement, that’s usually considered bad news for the patent holder. But SmartMetric Inc., a tiny, publicly traded company that’s been litigating patent claims…
Apple set to buy Beats Electronics for $3.2 billion
By Joe Cox From What Hifi? Apple is reportedly set to buy Beats Electronics in a $3.2 billion deal, which would be the largest ever acquisition by Apple. The deal would see Apple take control of the Beats by Dre…
