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The Kudelski Group Files Patent Case Against Shaw

by Alan Spencer

The Kudelski Group has filed a patent infringement case against Shaw Communications in Canada. It is alleged that Shaw’s system infringes six Canadian patents owned by Nagravision, and OpenTV, both being subsidiaries of the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Litigation| North America| Patents| Security| Vol 24 - Issue 09

Samsung Heir Apparent Under Arrest

by Alan Spencer

Samsung’s heir apparent Lee Jae-yong, is under arrest in South Korea. He has been accused of bribery and other charges after first being questioned last month by prosecutors. Prosecutors accused Mr Lee of giving …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Police Raid Illegal IPTV Operation

by Bob Raikes

Police in Spain have raided a store in Málaga that is believed to have been running an IPTV service that was supplying up to 100 international channels (including Premiership football) and was supplying content …

Tags:IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Litigation| Spain| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Technicolor Sues Samsung Over Patents

by Bob Raikes

Technicolor has file patent infringement suits against Samsung Electronics in Germany (Düsseldorf and Mannheim) and France (Paris) claiming that Samsung is in breach of ten of its patents relating to video compression. The suits …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Samsung| Technicolor| Vol 24 - Issue 06

MediaTek Comments on Patent Case Brought by AMD

by Alan Spencer

AMD has accused MediaTek, LG, Sigma Designs and Vizio of infringing its graphics processing patents. MediaTek has responded by issuing a company filing through the Taiwan Stock Exchange in response. MediaTek confirmed that the …

Tags:AMD| Large Display Monitor| Litigation| Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Vizio

Vizio Fined US$2.2 million by FTC

by Alan Spencer

LCD TV vendor Vizio was accused of installing software on its TVs to collect viewing data on eleven million consumer TVs without consumers’ knowledge or consent. In settlement, Vizio has agreed to pay US$2.2 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Litigation| Security| Vizio| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Facebook-Owned Company Oculus Loses Court Case

by Bob Raikes

Oculus has been ordered to pay half a billion dollars to the games company ZeniMax after a jury determined that the Oculus CEO, Palmer Luckey, failed to comply with a non-disclosure agreement. The case …

Tags:Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Vol 24 - Issue 04

Qualcomm

Good News and Bad News for Qualcomm

by Bob Raikes

In separate news stories, there was good news and bad news for Qualcomm over the holiday. on the bad news side the company got a fine of $865 million for ‘abuse of market dominance’ …

Tags:Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Monopolies (Anti Trust)| Qualcomm| Vol 24 - Issue 01

Nokia Sues Apple

by Bob Raikes

Nokia has taken action in three courts in Germany and one in Texas in the US in a dispute over patents. Patents include displays as well as video coding. Nokia said: “Since agreeing a …

Tags:iOS (Apple)| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Nokia| Vol 23 - Issue 50

Samsung Wins Apple Patent Fight

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has won its long running patent battle with Apple over the design of its smartphones. The US Supreme Court said that Samsung did not have to pay its “total profits” as the patent …

Tags:Apple| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Nichia Wins Injunction Against Everlight in Germany

by Bob Raikes

Nichia has been granted injunctions by the Düsseldorf District Court against Everlight over claims that the company’s white LED products infringe Nichia’s YAG patent EP 936 682 (DE 697 02 929). Analyst Comment The …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Vol 23 - Issue 46

Samsung Electronics Raided by Police

by Bob Raikes

Prosecutors in Korea have raided the offices of Samsung Electronics in connection with an enquiry to into corruption that involves the Korean president, Park Geun-hye, whose friend, Choi Soon-sil is reported to have influenced …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 44