Motorola has won the patent lawsuit which is related to the use of text messaging in mobile phones.
The ‘112 patent claims a method for communicating text over telephones using vocabularies of “syllabic elements.” The University of Texas System had asserted the ‘112 patent infringement claim against Motorola and over 30 additional handset manufacturers that incorporated text messaging software into their handsets. The University of Texas System claimed that nearly all mobile handsets in the industry infringed the ‘112 patent and it sought several hundreds of millions of dollars in damages.
In affirming summary judgment in Motorola’s favor, the Federal Circuit held that the District Court correctly construed the phrase “syllabic element,” as set forth in the infringement claim, to be limited to character strings of a single syllable in length. The Federal Circuit further held, based on the plain language of the patent, as well as declarations and disclaimers made during the prosecution history, that the ‘112 patent was limited to a vocabulary of only syllabic elements. Because it was undisputed that neither Motorola nor any of its customers used text messaging software with a vocabulary of only syllabic elements, the Federal Circuit held that there was “no substantive dispute regarding the relevant issues of fact” and affirmed the District Court’s ruling of non-infringement.
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Nokia and Qualcomm after a long-running dispute over patent has finally reached a settlement where Nokia has been granted a 15-year license to various Qualcomm mobile technology for use in it’s handsets. The agreement includes standards like GSM, EDGE, CDMA, WCDMA, HSDPA, OFDM, WiMAX, LTE and others.
As a partr of the deal, both parties will have to withdraw all litigations and Nokia has to withdraw its complaints to the European Commission over Qualcomm. Nokia agrees not to useany patents against Qualcomm which in turn will enable Qualcomm to integrate Nokia’s technology into Qualcomm’s chipsets.
The financial structure of the settlement includes an up-front payment and on-going royalties payable to Qualcomm. Nokia has also agreed to assign ownership of a number of patents to Qualcomm, including patents declared as essential to WCDMA, GSM and OFDMA. The specific terms of the settlement were not disclosed. Nokia said the “positive financial impact” was within its previous expectations and it expects the deal will be positive for the entire industry.
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Nokia says the German Federal Patent Court has ruled that a Qualcomm GSM patent asserted in a case against Nokia as invalid.
This is the third court to conclude that Qualcomm’s patent claims against Nokia are without merit.
Qualcomm had filed 11 lawsuits on three continents against Nokia claiming the Finnish firm has infringed its patents in mobile phones based on the widely used GSM technology.
So far the U.S. International Trade Commission and Britain’s High Court have decided the patents have been either invalid or not infringed.
A hearing on the second Qualcomm patent in the German court case is scheduled for October.
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Motorola wins the patent lawsuit appeal (US)
