March 26, 2021
Apple wants a redo after getting hit with a $506 million jury verdict that the tech giant says is "tainted" with uncertainty because the verdict form rolled too many patent claims into a single question, while the winning patent-holding company is asking U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap to add $25.7 million to the total.
February 26, 2021
A Texas federal judge entered a final judgment Friday backing a jury's finding last summer that Apple owes patent management firm PanOptis and related companies $506 million for willfully infringing patents covering 4G LTE technology.
February 09, 2021
U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap shot down Apple's argument that five PanOptis 4G LTE standard essential patents, which a jury said the iPhone maker owes $506 million for infringing, are unenforceable because they weren't disclosed in a timely fashion to a European standard-setting body.
August 14, 2020
In this round of intellectual property updates tied to the ongoing pandemic, patent trials across Texas continued to get pushed back, except in Marshall, where an in-person jury hit Apple with a half-billion-dollar verdict Tuesday.
August 12, 2020
Attorneys who won a $506 million jury verdict against Apple this week over 4G LTE patents said Wednesday that experiencing an in-person trial during a global pandemic was surprisingly normal, so long as you overlook the face shields, plexiglass and temperature checks outside the Eastern District of Texas courthouse.
August 11, 2020
In the country's first in-person jury trial over patents since the COVID-19 pandemic led to nationwide court closures, a Texas federal jury on Tuesday said Apple should pay PanOptis and related companies more than $506 million for willfully infringing patents covering 4G LTE technology.
July 21, 2020
Eastern District of Texas Judge Rodney Gilstrap on Tuesday shot down Apple's request to postpone an in-person jury trial in a patent lawsuit over 4G LTE technology, quoting poet Robert Frost in his reasoning why the trial should begin in two weeks despite the pandemic.
July 20, 2020
PanOptis told U.S District Judge Rodney Gilstrap Friday that despite the ongoing pandemic, the Eastern District of Texas is a safe place for its patent suit against Apple to proceed to an in-person jury trial next month, but the tech giant shot back Monday and blasted claims that it is enacting delay tactics as "smears."
July 17, 2020
Even as a remote patent trial finishes up in New York, judges in Delaware are pushing dates back and Apple is asking for further delays in Texas. On the trademark end, 3M has reported back on its litigation campaign over N95 masks. Here are some recent intellectual property updates tied to the coronavirus outbreak that you may have missed.
July 15, 2020
Apple wants to postpone its trial against PanOptis over 4G LTE technology patents from the current August date, asking Texas federal Judge Rodney Gilstrap on Tuesday to grant a two-month delay for "one of the most serious threats to public health and safety that the nation has ever experienced."