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The heat looks set to intensify in the telecoms industry as it was announced last week that a consortium of six telecoms companies including Apple, Microsoft, Sony, Research In Motion, Ericsson, and EMC successfully bid against Google and Intel to acquire a portfolio of more than 6,000 patents and patent applications relating to wireless and networking technology, including 4G, from bankrupt Canadian telecoms giant Nortel Networks. The final sale price was at least twice that anticipated.
Google began the bidding, expressing an interest in the portfolio as valuable protection for disputes, particularly relating to Smartphone technology and also Google’s android technology, already the subject of a $6.1bn damages claim from Oracle.
The deal still requires approval from the US and Canadian courts but with the consortium members having a reputation for an aggressive approach to patent litigation no doubt this portfolio will quickly find its way to court with hefty damages claims being asserted.
The UK government is considering extending this power to depart from retained EU case law to additional lower courts and tribunals, namely the Court of Appeal in England and Wales and the High Court of Justice in England and Wales and their equivalents.
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Lord Justice Arnold has applied the guidance of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) to the evidence before him, in the long standing trade mark dispute between Sky and Skykick.
The Hiscox Cyber Readiness report, a review of 3300 organisations, will be a stark warning for CEO’s of SME’s in the UK and in Europe.
How secure is your fitness tracker? (Not to mention your smartwatch, sleep tracker, smart shoe insoles and wearable Bluetooth keyboard). It’s something that many of us give little thought to, but perhaps we should be more concerned.
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