May 04, 2015
Smartflash LLC urged a Texas judge Friday to triple the patent judgment it won against Apple Inc. to nearly $1.6 billion to punish Apple for willful infringement, while Apple said the verdict should be thrown out on the ground that Smartflash's patents claim only abstract ideas.
April 03, 2015
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has agreed to review four patents that Smartflash LLC has asserted against Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., including ones that Apple has been ordered to pay $533 million for infringing, finding that the patents likely fail the U.S. Supreme Court's Alice test.
February 25, 2015
Apple Inc. must pay $532.9 million after a Texas federal jury on Tuesday found that the tech giant's iTunes software infringed three of Smartflash LLC's patents, following an eight-hour deliberation.
February 13, 2015
A Texas federal judge on Friday refused to invalidate a series of six anti-piracy patents Smartflash LLC accused Apple Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. and HTC Corp. of infringing, ruling the claims were patent-eligible under the U.S. Supreme Court's Alice standard.