May 17, 2022
Apple can't undo a Texas federal jury's retrial finding that it owes $300 million for infringing Optis Wireless Technology LLC's standard-essential 4G wireless patents, U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap ruled Tuesday, despite a recent Federal Circuit decision that wiped out a separate $85 million patent infringement verdict against it.
February 10, 2022
Apple is citing a recent Federal Circuit decision that wiped out an $85 million patent infringement verdict against it in an attempt to undo losses in a Texas federal court involving a $300 million verdict and a separate $576 million verdict.
November 01, 2021
Optis Wireless wants a Texas federal court to reject Apple's request for a new trial after being hit with a $300 million verdict for infringing the company's standard-essential 4G wireless patents, arguing Apple's claims that the parties' licensing negotiation talks shouldn't have been presented to the jury ignore that Apple pushed for jurors to initially hear this evidence.
October 08, 2021
Apple asked a Texas federal judge Friday to toss a $300 million judgment for infringing Optis Wireless Technology's patents and order a new trial on the amount of damages awarded by the jury, or to find no damages are owed, arguing erroneous jury instructions contributed to the inflated amount.
September 09, 2021
A Texas federal judge on Wednesday opted not to tack on enhanced damages to a $300 million patent verdict against Apple, holding that the tech giant's infringement of Optis Wireless Technology's standard-essential 4G wireless patents was not egregious.
August 13, 2021
A Texas federal jury said Friday after a damages retrial that Apple owes $300 million for infringing Optis Wireless Technology LLC's standard-essential 4G wireless patents, following U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap's April decision tossing an earlier $506 million damages verdict after expressing "serious doubt" about it.
August 05, 2021
A Texas jury will decide next week how much Apple owes for infringing standard-essential 4G wireless patents after the smartphone giant successfully wiped out a $506 million damages verdict that U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap said he had "serious doubt" about. Here's a look at that case — plus all the other major intellectual property matters on deck in the coming week.
June 03, 2021
Apple, which was found by a jury last year to have infringed PanOptis' standard-essential 4G wireless patents, will get its new damages trial in August, a Texas federal judge ruled Wednesday after undoing its previous $506 million loss earlier this year.
April 14, 2021
A Texas federal judge ruled Wednesday that Apple is entitled to a new damages trial after a jury found in August that it infringed PanOptis' standard-essential 4G wireless patents and must pay $506 million, saying there is "serious doubt" about the reliability of the verdict.
March 30, 2021
PanOptis asked a Texas federal judge on Tuesday to award it an ongoing royalty following a $506 million jury verdict that Apple infringed its standard-essential 4G LTE patents, arguing that it should receive a payment for every infringing unit sold in the future.