ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. v. Apple, Inc.

  1. April 25, 2016

    ContentGuard To Appeal Verdict In Apple DRM Patent Fight

    ContentGuard Holdings Inc. said Friday it plans to appeal the result of patent infringement lawsuit it brought against Apple Inc., after a Texas federal jury said its digital rights management patents were valid but the electronics giant did not infringe.

  2. April 18, 2016

    Gilstrap Nixes New Trial Bids In Apple DRM Patent Row

    U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap on Friday shot down bids by Apple and ContentGuard for a new trial in their dispute over digital rights management patents, saying a jury didn't err when it found that ContentGuard's patents were not invalid but that Apple didn't infringe them.

  3. December 22, 2015

    Apple Seeks Another Shot At Validity Of DRM Patents

    Apple asked U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap on Tuesday to either grant it a new trial in its quest to invalidate the asserted claims of five ContentGuard digital rights management patents or to declare that a jury erred last month when it upheld their validity.

  4. November 20, 2015

    Texas Jury Finds Apple Didn't Rip Off ContentGuard IP

    A Texas federal jury concluded Friday that Apple did not infringe five digital rights management patents held by privacy technology company ContentGuard, months after another Texas jury cleared Google and Samsung of similar infringement claims.

  5. November 19, 2015

    Apple Wants ContentGuard Patents Invalidated Amid Trial

    Apple urged on Thursday the Texas federal judge overseeing the trial in its digital rights management patent infringement dispute with ContentGuard to declare the company's five asserted patents invalid, saying all the evidence presented at trial showed they covered ineligible subject matter.

  6. November 13, 2015

    Judge Gilstrap Scolds Apple In ContentGuard Patent Row

    A day after trial began in Apple's patent infringement dispute with ContentGuard, U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap admonished the tech giant for its recent request to make changes to its expert's report to account for Google's September victory against ContentGuard, saying Apple waited too long to make the request.

  7. October 05, 2015

    Google, Amazon Lose Bid To Invalidate ContentGuard Patents

    U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap on Monday rejected Google and Amazon.com's motion to invalidate several ContentGuard Holdings Inc. digital rights management patents they were accused of infringing, affirming an earlier order in the feud where Samsung and Google scored a trial victory last month.

  8. July 24, 2015

    Amazon Cuts Deal In ContentGuard's Digital Rights IP Suit

    Amazon.com Inc. has reached a settlement in ContentGuard Holdings Inc.'s case alleging the online retailer, Apple Inc., and other companies infringed digital rights management patents, according to filings in a Texas federal court Friday, weeks after the Patent Trial and Appeal Board mostly denied bids for America Invents Act reviews of three of its patents.

  9. April 28, 2015

    Apple Told 'Hypothetical' PTAB Reviews Don't Warrant Stay

    Apple Inc. was refused a stay of ContentGuard Holdings Inc.'s infringement suit while the tech giant challenges the asserted patents at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, when a Texas federal judge said Monday that Apple merely asked that the case be paused for "hypothetical future" reviews.

  10. April 01, 2015

    Judge Won't Move IP Case Against Amazon, Samsung

    A Texas federal judge on Tuesday denied a bid by several tech titans to move a patent infringement case filed by ContentGuard Holdings Inc. to California, ruling Amazon.com Inc., Samsung Electronics America Inc. and others failed to show that would be a more convenient venue.

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