GPNE Corp. v. Apple Inc.

  1. June 10, 2015

    Apple Survives Last-Ditch Efforts By GPNE In IPhone IP Row

    Months after Apple Inc. emerged victorious in a $94 million patent infringement trial, a California federal judge on Tuesday shot down a bid to nix the jury verdict filed by losing party GPNE Corp., ruling that the patent holding company's arguments did not warrant a retrial.

  2. October 22, 2014

    Jury Clears Apple In $94M Patent Suit Over IPhones, IPads

    Apple Inc. triumphed in GPNE Corp.'s $94 million patent trial Wednesday when a California federal jury unanimously found that the tech titan's iPhones and iPads didn't infringe two data-communications patents, though Apple failed to convince jurors that those patents are invalid.

  3. October 21, 2014

    Apple Slams GPNE's 'Extreme' $94M Patent Bid

    Apple Inc. bashed GPNE Corp.'s $94 million damages demand as "extreme" and "unreasonable" Tuesday during closing arguments in GPNE's trial accusing Apple of selling millions of iPhones and iPads that infringe two data-communications patents, telling a California federal jury that Apple should pay nothing.

  4. October 14, 2014

    $94M Apple Damages Bid Based On Samsung IP Deal: Expert

    Apple Inc. should pay GPNE Corp. $1 per device for selling nearly 94 million iPhones and iPads that infringed two standard-essential patents, a rate similar to the royalty that Samsung Electronics Co. and HTC Corp. negotiated, GPNE's damages expert testified Tuesday in the patent holder's trial against Apple.

  5. October 06, 2014

    Apple Infringed Data Patents To Tune Of $94M, Jury Hears

    Apple Inc. should pay $94 million for selling iPhones and iPads that infringed two GPNE Corp. patents on efficient ways for mobile devices to communicate across cell networks, GPNE told a California federal jury Monday at the opening of the nonpracticing entity's trial against the Silicon Valley giant.

  6. October 03, 2014

    GPNE Says VirnetX Does Not Affect Damages In Apple IP Suit

    Patent-assertion entity GNPE Corp. on Thursday argued that Apple's recent Federal Circuit victory overturning VirnetX Inc.'s $368 million infringement verdict over flawed damages theories doesn't affect GNPE's damages expert in a case concerning iPad and iPhone technology, telling a California federal judge that Apple is misconstruing the VirnetX ruling.

  7. October 02, 2014

    Apple Says VirnetX Ruling Bars Damages Expert In IP Trial

    Apple Inc.'s recent Federal Circuit victory overturning VirnetX Inc.'s $368 million infringement verdict over a flawed damages theory means a California federal judge should tell jurors to ignore similar testimony from patent-assertion entity GNPE Corp.'s damages expert in a case concerning iPad and iPhone technology, the tech giant argued.

  8. June 26, 2014

    Judge Koh Bars Apple From Calling Rival 'Patent Troll' At Trial

    A California federal judge has ruled that Apple Inc. may not refer to GPNE Corp. as a "patent troll," "pirate" or "bounty hunter" when it heads to an infringement trial in October against the patent-assertion entity over three GPNE patents covering data transmission.

  9. April 10, 2014

    Apple Can't Shake Data Patent Direct Infringement Claims

    A California federal judge refused Wednesday to rule that Apple Inc.'s iPhones and iPads don't directly infringe three GPNE Corp. patents covering data transmission, citing a genuine issue of material fact as to whether the accused devices qualify as "pagers."

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