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."
March 03, 2020
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.
May 29, 2019
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.
February 28, 2019
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.