WoW.
Imagination Technologies (IMG) dropped about 70% over the last day or so as Apple says that they will no use IMG's graphics processing (GPU) technology much longer. The stock dropped from a high of about $300 US to a low of $76. It dropped $180 in today's trading, stabilizing at about $90. You might have an issue when the largest company in the world says they don't intent to buy your products much longer, especially if they are your largest customer.
Read about it here.
Apple says that they will take other approached to get their graphics. IMG says that will be hard to do with their intellectual property protection.
IMG is very similar to ARM Holding who makes the technology, not the products. But last year ARM got gobbled up by SoftBank (which owns Sprint), so Great Britain is becoming even less great the day or so after BrExit (wondering if any relation there). IPZine blogged about ARM holdings not holding out here.
Yes, intellectual property will be an interesting problem for the UK as they work out the divorce agreement(s) with the EU.
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Tuesday, November 8, 2016
China’s Patent-Lawsuit Profile Grows - Troll Tolls Too - WSJ
China’s Patent-Lawsuit Profile Grows - WSJ:
China as a focal point of Intellectual Property, in the patent office and in the courts.
This law suit by WiLAN is interesting to see how the "assertion" of patents can move and shift.
Here's a little background on WiLAN from Wikipedia.
As you can see the company originally developed stuff so it would not be categorized as a Non-Practicing Entity (NPE), or Patent Troll in the ungracious term that is sometimes more appropriate for NPEs. WiLAN seems to be moving more steadily into the troll category.
Now with a war chest of some 3,000 patents+pendings, WiLAN is a strong international force.
In 2013 Daniel Fisher describes the Texas case where WiLAN had its core patents to the suit invalidated in "how to bag a patent troll". The stock (on the Toronto exchange) fell 33% to $3.25. In 2014, Apple won again in California.
Apple has won several law suits against WiLAN including a 2016 verdict. Look at the 6mo & 10yr stock chart on Yahoo, where it dropped from $3.40 to $2.30 in a few days at the end of July 2016. It now trades at $1.80.
The Investor profile is not so good, even with the Samsung licensing deal last year.
WiLAN continues to build its patent portfolio.
One of the things that a Patent Troll never wants to do, is actually go to court. Patents can be invalidated, remedies can be diminished, and the golden goose can give up the ghost.
Gotta love the trading symbol that starts with WIN (WIN.to).
There are several things that WiLAN could do to make it a much more legitimate player, and less of a troll. But those involve capital investments in R&D to invent, manufacturing to produce, sales and marketing to sell. That's a different business model. As long as investors are happy with investing in trolls, the trolls will rein supreme within their little serfdom of bridges.
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China as a focal point of Intellectual Property, in the patent office and in the courts.
This law suit by WiLAN is interesting to see how the "assertion" of patents can move and shift.
Here's a little background on WiLAN from Wikipedia.
As you can see the company originally developed stuff so it would not be categorized as a Non-Practicing Entity (NPE), or Patent Troll in the ungracious term that is sometimes more appropriate for NPEs. WiLAN seems to be moving more steadily into the troll category.
Now with a war chest of some 3,000 patents+pendings, WiLAN is a strong international force.
In 2013 Daniel Fisher describes the Texas case where WiLAN had its core patents to the suit invalidated in "how to bag a patent troll". The stock (on the Toronto exchange) fell 33% to $3.25. In 2014, Apple won again in California.
Apple has won several law suits against WiLAN including a 2016 verdict. Look at the 6mo & 10yr stock chart on Yahoo, where it dropped from $3.40 to $2.30 in a few days at the end of July 2016. It now trades at $1.80.
The Investor profile is not so good, even with the Samsung licensing deal last year.
WiLAN continues to build its patent portfolio.
One of the things that a Patent Troll never wants to do, is actually go to court. Patents can be invalidated, remedies can be diminished, and the golden goose can give up the ghost.
Gotta love the trading symbol that starts with WIN (WIN.to).
There are several things that WiLAN could do to make it a much more legitimate player, and less of a troll. But those involve capital investments in R&D to invent, manufacturing to produce, sales and marketing to sell. That's a different business model. As long as investors are happy with investing in trolls, the trolls will rein supreme within their little serfdom of bridges.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Apple Loses Patent Infringement Suit, Ordered to Pay $533 Million | Rolling Stone
Apple Loses Patent Infringement Suit, Ordered to Pay $533 Million | Rolling Stone:
It seems apropos that Rolling Stone would have a great report on the iTunes (Apple) law suit loss to the tune of 1/2 billion dollar$. The loss rules that Apple did infringe on the 6 patents related to the storing and accessing of songs, videos and games.
In the suit that might well be called the the Apple vs. the Troll, the ruling was that Apple not only infringed, but willingly did so and consequently results in the terrible treble-damages penalty that makes patents such a powerful weapon.
The other company is Smartflash. This is a non-practicing entity (NPE), that might unkindly be called a patent troll.
Apple plans to appeal. Smartflash is aiming for the iPhone and iPad sales/profits because those devices actually play iTunes music that is subject to the infringing patents.
Imagine how many billion paid downloads from iTunes it takes to make up a $0.5B to pay the fine.? WoW.
This could get uglier and uglier.
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It seems apropos that Rolling Stone would have a great report on the iTunes (Apple) law suit loss to the tune of 1/2 billion dollar$. The loss rules that Apple did infringe on the 6 patents related to the storing and accessing of songs, videos and games.
In the suit that might well be called the the Apple vs. the Troll, the ruling was that Apple not only infringed, but willingly did so and consequently results in the terrible treble-damages penalty that makes patents such a powerful weapon.
The other company is Smartflash. This is a non-practicing entity (NPE), that might unkindly be called a patent troll.
Apple plans to appeal. Smartflash is aiming for the iPhone and iPad sales/profits because those devices actually play iTunes music that is subject to the infringing patents.
Imagine how many billion paid downloads from iTunes it takes to make up a $0.5B to pay the fine.? WoW.
This could get uglier and uglier.
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Thursday, January 30, 2014
Google to sell Motorola to Lenovo for $2.91B - FierceWireless
Google to sell Motorola to Lenovo for $2.91B - FierceWireless:
This is a pretty good take on the strategic transaction that Google has entered into with Lenovo.
The headlines will be very misleading related to the Motorola Wireless deal that Google just made for selling the handset division (hardware) to Lenovo. People will look at the almost $12.4B deal where Google bought some 17,000 and the Motorola wireless division that comes with it in May of 2012. and say that Google gooped up on this transaction. (Somewhat reminiscent of the Skype deals where Microsoft ended up with the technology at a small price compared to what eBay paid a few years earlier.)
This is a very smart deal by Google. Google is apparently keeping all of the software patents. The licensing (cross-licensing) agreements will probably give Google freedom to do whatever they want in the space. It takes them out of the hardware business, which made handset makers nervous (as an unfair competition with the bundle of handsets with Android OS).
When Google bought Motorola Mobility as a defensive maneuver. The problem is that Google's "free" operating system and products tromp on thousands and thousands of patents (and copyrights). So they needed the patent portfolio to fight the patent war in computing and mobility. (Just as Microsoft needed the AOL patents.) Steve Jobs and Apple have been very irritated with Google giving away (their) technology; but it is a little more complicated to sue and make money from a product being sold for $0.00 per unit.
Even though Google gives many of its products way for "free", it does make quite a lot of money, primarily from advertising. About 70% of Google's stock value is attributable to its advertising (about half PC and half mobile). Google now is at a market cap of $380B bringing it up quickly onto size of the two largest market cap companies in the world Apple ($450B) and ExxonMobil ($411B) as of Jan 30 2014.
So now Google has the patent protection they had to have, and they have sold it too. Beautiful. Now they can move into the offensive position in the patent wars. This is a game of Risk, but with multiple dimensions like 3-level chess. There is what you see above the board, but what is below the board -- where the patent portfolios live -- is where the armies are being amassed.
Make no doubt, small players will be crushed. Blackberry and maybe even Nokia will likely be completely isolated. Orphaned.
This will give Samsung a little competition. Samsung dominates the cell phone market, especially among android phones. See add to Samsung Worries. Google can not afford to allow Samsung to get too big and too strong.
From Googles perspective, this is a work of motion art. Beautiful.
Other players, say Apple, may not appreciate the beauty of it so much.
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This is a pretty good take on the strategic transaction that Google has entered into with Lenovo.
The headlines will be very misleading related to the Motorola Wireless deal that Google just made for selling the handset division (hardware) to Lenovo. People will look at the almost $12.4B deal where Google bought some 17,000 and the Motorola wireless division that comes with it in May of 2012. and say that Google gooped up on this transaction. (Somewhat reminiscent of the Skype deals where Microsoft ended up with the technology at a small price compared to what eBay paid a few years earlier.)
This is a very smart deal by Google. Google is apparently keeping all of the software patents. The licensing (cross-licensing) agreements will probably give Google freedom to do whatever they want in the space. It takes them out of the hardware business, which made handset makers nervous (as an unfair competition with the bundle of handsets with Android OS).
When Google bought Motorola Mobility as a defensive maneuver. The problem is that Google's "free" operating system and products tromp on thousands and thousands of patents (and copyrights). So they needed the patent portfolio to fight the patent war in computing and mobility. (Just as Microsoft needed the AOL patents.) Steve Jobs and Apple have been very irritated with Google giving away (their) technology; but it is a little more complicated to sue and make money from a product being sold for $0.00 per unit.
Even though Google gives many of its products way for "free", it does make quite a lot of money, primarily from advertising. About 70% of Google's stock value is attributable to its advertising (about half PC and half mobile). Google now is at a market cap of $380B bringing it up quickly onto size of the two largest market cap companies in the world Apple ($450B) and ExxonMobil ($411B) as of Jan 30 2014.
So now Google has the patent protection they had to have, and they have sold it too. Beautiful. Now they can move into the offensive position in the patent wars. This is a game of Risk, but with multiple dimensions like 3-level chess. There is what you see above the board, but what is below the board -- where the patent portfolios live -- is where the armies are being amassed.
Make no doubt, small players will be crushed. Blackberry and maybe even Nokia will likely be completely isolated. Orphaned.
This will give Samsung a little competition. Samsung dominates the cell phone market, especially among android phones. See add to Samsung Worries. Google can not afford to allow Samsung to get too big and too strong.
From Googles perspective, this is a work of motion art. Beautiful.
Other players, say Apple, may not appreciate the beauty of it so much.
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Saturday, September 14, 2013
Apple, Samsung, Google and the smartphone patent wars - everything you need to know | Technology | theguardian.com
Apple, Samsung, Google and the smartphone patent wars - everything you need to know | Technology | theguardian.com:
This is an interesting overview of the many concepts associated with patents and patent strategies.
Very nice overview.
Of course you will also want to get the Patent Primer 2.0 at one of these fine book store locations near you:
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This is an interesting overview of the many concepts associated with patents and patent strategies.
Very nice overview.
Of course you will also want to get the Patent Primer 2.0 at one of these fine book store locations near you:
- Print version of the Patent Primer 2.0 here: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/SBPlan
- Kindle eBook here: www.TinyURL.com/IPPrimer2e
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Sunday, August 26, 2012
Apple-Samsung Case Muddies Future of Innovation - NYTimes.com
Apple-Samsung Case Muddies Future of Innovation - NYTimes.com:
Oh boy, this is gonna get ugly. Especially if you are in the habit of ripping off other companies technology.
Samsung, just got smacked down hard. A $1B verdict is just the beginning. Apple will of course, try to get treble damages for "willful" infringement of Apple's technology. But the $1B is only the beginning. On September 20, the hearing (resumes) related to an injunction of the sales of Samsung's offending products.
One would assume that the new Samsung line (Galaxy) does not infringe, but that too may soon become subject to tighter scrutiny.
Faced with injunctions or licensing Apples technology, that is the issue that will be confronting players in the market, including Google.
The war chests of patents are: Apple; Samsung (kinda); Google (now with Motorola wireless that they seem to have bought primarily for the patent portfolio); and Microsoft (now with a boat load -- $1B worth actually -- of patents from AOL).
Who else is there. RIMM? Palm's technology that went to HP is dwindling fast.
Of course, Samsung is appealing. But it's outlook is not, well, appealing. And this loss in the US, is going to seriously shape the face of the screen in there rest of the world.
Samsung is down 7% in Asian trading on Monday Aug. 27, 2012. Expect Apple to open up big on Hurricane Isaac Monday.
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Oh boy, this is gonna get ugly. Especially if you are in the habit of ripping off other companies technology.
Samsung, just got smacked down hard. A $1B verdict is just the beginning. Apple will of course, try to get treble damages for "willful" infringement of Apple's technology. But the $1B is only the beginning. On September 20, the hearing (resumes) related to an injunction of the sales of Samsung's offending products.
One would assume that the new Samsung line (Galaxy) does not infringe, but that too may soon become subject to tighter scrutiny.
Faced with injunctions or licensing Apples technology, that is the issue that will be confronting players in the market, including Google.
The war chests of patents are: Apple; Samsung (kinda); Google (now with Motorola wireless that they seem to have bought primarily for the patent portfolio); and Microsoft (now with a boat load -- $1B worth actually -- of patents from AOL).
Who else is there. RIMM? Palm's technology that went to HP is dwindling fast.
Of course, Samsung is appealing. But it's outlook is not, well, appealing. And this loss in the US, is going to seriously shape the face of the screen in there rest of the world.
Samsung is down 7% in Asian trading on Monday Aug. 27, 2012. Expect Apple to open up big on Hurricane Isaac Monday.
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Friday, July 27, 2012
Apple, Samsung, Kodak, imitation... a little more... on the patent war.
Apple, Samsung, Kodak, Imation: Intellectual Property - Businessweek:
Here you go with a huge patent war. Smartphones, iPads and more.
Apple has been trying to injoin Samsung from sales of Galaxy product line. No injunction yet, but Apple is winning so far in the USA. Kinda.
This law suit will be telling.
In the meanwhile the Apple-Samsung war is being fought across the globe. In Germany this week, Apple lost miserably and was ordered to make a public apology. That was belayed yesterday until appeals have been processed. See more about the apology and appeal here.
The smartphone war chests are Apple, Samsung, Microsoft and Google. All those players in the market that don't have to stand back and see the last gladiator(s) standing. It's gonna be ugly for most/all of the other players?
And whatever happened to all the great technology from Palm (HP)? I'm surprised the HP doesn't sell or license it. Blackberry (RIMM)?
Forget about the Olympics, the real contest is in the smartphone arena.
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Here you go with a huge patent war. Smartphones, iPads and more.
Apple has been trying to injoin Samsung from sales of Galaxy product line. No injunction yet, but Apple is winning so far in the USA. Kinda.
This law suit will be telling.
In the meanwhile the Apple-Samsung war is being fought across the globe. In Germany this week, Apple lost miserably and was ordered to make a public apology. That was belayed yesterday until appeals have been processed. See more about the apology and appeal here.
The smartphone war chests are Apple, Samsung, Microsoft and Google. All those players in the market that don't have to stand back and see the last gladiator(s) standing. It's gonna be ugly for most/all of the other players?
And whatever happened to all the great technology from Palm (HP)? I'm surprised the HP doesn't sell or license it. Blackberry (RIMM)?
Forget about the Olympics, the real contest is in the smartphone arena.
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Thursday, June 28, 2012
Patent wars: Apple wins injunction against sales of Samsung Galaxy Tab in US | Digital Trends
Patent wars: Apple wins injunction against sales of Samsung Galaxy Tab in US | Digital Trends:
Apple wins the injunction (USA) to stop Samsung from selling the old Galaxy. Picture is perfect, serious arm wrestling going on here in the USA and globally.
This is a Design Patent infringement. It really looks like the iPad. The other ongoing lawsuits are about design patents.
As Google and Microsoft build their arsenal of patents, there will only be room for a few players in this market. Those without big pockets, that are full of money and patents, will never be able to compete.
Buy popcorn and sit back to watch the battles rage and the positioning of the armies.:-)
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Apple wins the injunction (USA) to stop Samsung from selling the old Galaxy. Picture is perfect, serious arm wrestling going on here in the USA and globally.
This is a Design Patent infringement. It really looks like the iPad. The other ongoing lawsuits are about design patents.
As Google and Microsoft build their arsenal of patents, there will only be room for a few players in this market. Those without big pockets, that are full of money and patents, will never be able to compete.
Buy popcorn and sit back to watch the battles rage and the positioning of the armies.:-)
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Friday, June 15, 2012
Apple vs. Samsung Patent War Fails to Block U.S. Launch of Galaxy S3 - iTech Post
Apple vs. Samsung Patent War Fails to Block U.S. Launch of Galaxy S3 - iTech Post:
The Smart Phone war is just beginning.
With the consolidation from Google (Motorola wireless)...
Microsoft (AOL patents)...
It's gonna be tough for other payers to survive in the Smartphone and ?related? markets.
RIMM (Blackberry) and Nokia are really starting to struggle. I wonder how much of that is patent starvation.
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The Smart Phone war is just beginning.
With the consolidation from Google (Motorola wireless)...
Microsoft (AOL patents)...
It's gonna be tough for other payers to survive in the Smartphone and ?related? markets.
RIMM (Blackberry) and Nokia are really starting to struggle. I wonder how much of that is patent starvation.
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Court Refuses to Hear Case From Apple Mac Clone Maker Psystar - John Paczkowski - News - AllThingsD
Court Refuses to Hear Case From Apple Mac Clone Maker Psystar - John Paczkowski - News - AllThingsD:
This is an interesting what the case being presented is.
"Hackintoch" is a good and descriptive term for them. And, somehow they don't see a problem here with ripping off the Mac OS and more.?
It is a good for intellectual property that this company finally fades away.
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This is an interesting what the case being presented is.
"Hackintoch" is a good and descriptive term for them. And, somehow they don't see a problem here with ripping off the Mac OS and more.?
It is a good for intellectual property that this company finally fades away.
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Monday, March 26, 2012
Apple Offers ETSI Royalty-Free Licenses For Nano-SIM Patents - WSJ.com
Apple Offers ETSI Royalty-Free Licenses For Nano-SIM Patents - WSJ.com:
So, it would appear, as part of the patent wars in the wireless and MP3 market, Apple is going to try to move to a standard that lowers the litigation prospects.
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So, it would appear, as part of the patent wars in the wireless and MP3 market, Apple is going to try to move to a standard that lowers the litigation prospects.
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