Patents

The laws of trading technology: Patents define the field

By Murray A. Ruggiero Jr. | April 1, 2015

The trading tools available today are largely shaped by patent law. Here, we assess the current legal landscape for technology and glance toward the future.

Rules to trade by: Playing the patent game

By Murray A. Ruggiero Jr. | February 15, 2015

When you use patented tools to build your trading strategies, do you really own them? What is the extent of your intellectual risk? We’ll begin this discussion with a primer on trading patents.

Apple recoups most Samsung damages cut from 2012 verdict

By Joel Rosenblatt, Bloomberg | November 21, 2013

Apple Inc. won more than $290 million in damages from Samsung Electronics Co. for patent infringement in a do-over trial that restored most of the amount cut from the iPhone maker’s jury victory in 2012.

CBOE-ISE trial over automated trading patent is canceled

By Andrew Harris, Bloomberg | March 14, 2013

A patent trial pitting International Securities Exchange LLC against Chicago Board Options Exchange Inc. was canceled on its scheduled opening day in federal court in Chicago.

ISE and CBOE go to trial in automated-markets patent fight

By Andrew Harris, Bloomberg | March 11, 2013

International Securities Exchange is set to renew legal hostilities with Chicago Board Options Exchange Inc. in a fight over an automated trading patent.

Apple, Google in group buying Kodak patents for $525 million

By Beth Jinks, Bloomberg | December 19, 2012

A group including Apple Inc., Google Inc. and Research In Motion Ltd. agreed to buy patents from bankrupt Eastman Kodak Co. for about $525 million, gaining digital-imaging technology to capture and share pictures.

Samsung ends push to block Apple in Europe after U.S. ruling

By Aoife White, Bloomberg | December 18, 2012

Samsung Electronics Co. will withdraw patent lawsuits seeking to block sales of Apple Inc. products as part of litigation in Europe, hours after a U.S. court ruled it wouldn’t halt sales of some Samsung smartphones.

Apple and LG Electronics face Alcatel-Lucent in patent trial

By Peter Blumberg, Bloomberg | November 27, 2012

Apple Inc. and LG Electronics Inc. infringed an Alcatel-Lucent SA unit’s patents for electronic devices including phones and computers, a lawyer said at the start of a trial.

Apple settles HTC patent suits in shift from Jobs’ war plan

By Tim Culpan and Adam Satariano, Bloomberg | November 12, 2012

Apple Inc. settled all global lawsuits with HTC Corp., signaling a new willingness to resolve patent disputes without resorting to the “thermonuclear war” stance favored by co-founder Steve Jobs.

Apple wins patent suit, awarded $1.05 billion

By Canaccord Genuity Morning Coffee | August 27, 2012

Late Friday, a federal court jury ruled in favor of Apple, finding Samsung had been guilty of infringing on six AAPL patents on more than a dozen devices and awarded AAPL $1.05 billion in damages.

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