MPEG LA, LLC, world leader in alternative one-stop patent licenses, today announced that several patent holders in MPEG LA’s MPEG-2 Patent Portfolio License have filed separate patent enforcement actions in District Court Dusseldorf, Germany against Medion AG (“Medion”) for infringing patents essential to the MPEG-2 digital video compression standard used worldwide in digital television broadcasting [...]

Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) , a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies, products and services, today stated that it is disappointed with the U.S. International Trade Commission’s (ITC) final determination that Qualcomm’s accused chip packages infringe two patents asserted by Tessera (patents ‘326 and ‘419), which it also found valid. The ITC also [...]

$70 Million Cash Settlement
Spansion Inc. (NASDAQ: SPSN) , the world’s largest pure-play provider of Flash memory solutions, today announced that it has settled its patent litigation lawsuits with Samsung Electronics. As part of the settlement, Samsung will pay Spansion $70 million and Spansion and Samsung Electronics Company have exchanged rights in their patent portfolios in [...]

Softscape, the global leader in integrated people management software, today announced that the law firm of Taylor & Company Law Offices, LLP will defend Softscape in the lawsuit brought by competitor SuccessFactors (NASDAQ:SFSF) that was announced March 12, 2008.
Taylor & Company provides legal services and the highest quality representation possible to an elite clientele [...]

ZapMedia Services, Inc. (ZapMedia Services) today announced that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) for unspecified damages related to the company’s iTunes internet site and related media players such as the iPod. The lawsuit comes after multiple attempts by ZapMedia Services to resolve its concerns with Apple over infringement [...]

AT&T’s motion for summary judgment of invalidity of the Ring Plus patent (U.S. No. 7,006,608) was denied by the federal court on the 13th of February 2008.
The Court found that AT&T has not proven by clear and convincing evidence that all elements of asserted claims of the Ring Plus patent are disclosed in a [...]

Guidewire Software®, a leading provider of solutions to property and casualty insurers, issued its initial response to Accenture’s announcement earlier today of the filing of an alleged patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation against Guidewire Software in United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
Guidewire first learned of the allegations this afternoon via [...]

The law firm of Girard Gibbs LLP (http://www.girardgibbs.com) filed a class action lawsuit on December 4, 2007, on behalf of persons who purchased or otherwise acquired securities of VeriFone Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:PAY) between March 1, 2007 and November 30, 2007, inclusive (the “Class Period”). The class action alleges that VeriFone and certain of its present [...]