Oracle Corp. has reached a settlement with patent-holding company Round Rock Research in a Texas patent infringement suit. The company also negotiated a licensing agreement as part of the settlement.
AT&T has agreed to pay TiVo $215 million to settle two patent infringement suits over digital video recording technology after the companies entered into a patent licensing arrangement. A trial over TiVo’s infringement claims was scheduled to begin in the Eastern District of Texas on Jan. 9.
The International Trade Commission is poised to issue a final decision in the first fully litigated patent infringement case in the U.S. between Apple and an Android phone maker, HTC. The decision could reshape the market for smartphones and the rollout of high-speed 4G networks.
The Federal Circuit granted a writ of mandamus Friday ordering the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware to transfer a patent infringement suit to the Northern District of California.
A federal judge has ordered the losing plaintiff in a patent infringement case to pay the two defendants a total of $6.5 million in attorney fees and costs.