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Optis Wireless Technology, LLC et al v. Apple Inc.

  1. July 20, 2020

    ​​​​​​​PanOptis Says IP Trial With Apple Should Proceed In EDTX

    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."

  2. July 17, 2020

    COVID-19 IP Catch-Up: Delays, Masks & Ducks

    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.

  3. July 15, 2020

    Apple Says August IP Trial Would Bring 'Extraordinary' Risk

    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."

  4. March 03, 2020

    Gilstrap Won't Judge Global FRAND Law, But US Is Fair Game

    U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap won't decide whether PanOptis met its foreign obligations to offer Apple a fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory license on patents that are essential to the 4G LTE wireless standard, but he will consider whether the company's licensing efforts for U.S. patents were sufficient.

  5. May 29, 2019

    Apple Aims To Nix FRAND Claim In Suit Over Wireless Patents

    Apple asked a Texas federal court Tuesday to toss one count of a complaint seeking a declaration that an offer by PanOptis Patent Management LLC to license its global patent portfolio to Apple complies with its obligation to license its essential patents on fair terms.

  6. February 28, 2019

    Apple Sued In EDTX Over Essential Ex-Samsung, LG Patents

    Following failed licensing talks, Apple has been hit with a suit in the Eastern District of Texas alleging infringement of seven patents previously owned by Samsung, LG and others that have been declared essential to the 4G LTE wireless standard.