Since the turn of the century, myriad patent disputes have involved the assertion of standard-essential patents. On this page, we hope to provide you with a list of the many past and present SEP-related disputes that have reached litigation, along with some details on the cases and links to interesting documents. It’s a work in progress, so please check back often!
Microsoft v. Motorola Dispute
- ITC Inv. No. (337-TA-752) (ALJ David P. Shaw)
- Standards: IEEE 802.11, ITU-T H.264
- Accused Products: Microsoft Xbox Video Gaming Entertainment System
- Microsoft Corp. v. Motorola, Inc., W.D. Wash. (2:10-cv-01823) (Judge James L. Robart)
- Standards: IEEE 802.11, ITU-T H.264
- Accused Products: Microsoft Windows and Software Programs
- Motorola v. Microsoft German action
- Standards: ITU-T H.264
- Accused Products: Microsoft Windows and Software Programs
Motorola v. Apple Dispute
- Apple, Inc. v. Motorola Mobility, Inc., W.D. Wis. (3:11-cv-00178) (Crabb)
- Standards: IEEE 802.11 standard, ETSI UMTS standard
- Accused Products: N/A (Breach of Contract/Antitrust)
- Apple, Inc. v. Motorola, Inc., N.D. Ill. (1:11-cv-08540) (Posner) and Fed. Cir. Appeal (12-1548, 1549)
- Standards: IEEE 802.11 standard, ETSI UMTS standard
- Accused Products: Apple iPhones, iPads
- ITC (337-TA-745) (Pender)
- IEEE 802.11 standard, ETSI UMTS standard
- Accused Products: Apple iPhones, iPads
Samsung v. Apple Dispute
- ITC (337-TA-794) (Gildea)
- Standards: ETSI UMTS standard
- Accused Products: Apple iPhones, iPads
- N.D. Cal. (5:11-cv-01846-LHK) (Ko)
- Standards: ETSI UMTS standard
Samsung/Ericsson Dispute
- Multiple infringement suits filed in November/December 2012 in the ITC and E.D. Tex.
- ITC Inv. Nos. 337-TA-862 and 337-TA-866
- Various telecommunications and wireless networking standards involved
Qualcomm v. Nokia Dispute (2005-2008)
- Standards: ETSI GSM standard
- Worldwide dispute
Nokia v. Apple Dispute (2009-2011) (D. Del, Stark)
- Standards: IEEE 802.11, ETSI GSM, ETSI UMTS standards
- Note: Nokia did NOT seek injunction, just FRAND royalties
Motorola v. RIM Dispute (2008-2010)
- IEEE 802.11, ETSI
- Cases in N.D. Tex. (included antitrust claims) and ITC
Other SEP Litigations:
- Federal District Court Cases:
- Multimedia Patent Trust v. Apple Inc., et. al., 3-10-cv-02618 (S.D. Cal.) (ITU H.264)
- Fujitsu Ltd. v. NETGEAR Inc., 07-CV-0710 (W.D. Wis.) (IEEE 802.11)
- Realtek Semiconductor Corp. v. LSI Corp., C-12-03451 (N.D. Cal.) (IEEE 802.11)
- Qualcomm Inc. v. Broadcom Corp., 05-CV-1958 (S.D. Cal.) (ITU H.264)
- Hynix v. Rambus
- CSIRO v. Buffalo Techs. (IEEE 802.11) (*injunction issued*)
- MPEG LA v. Alcatel-Lucent (MPEG-2)
- Innovatio cases (MDL in N.D. Ill.) (IEEE 802.11)
- Wi-LAN cases (various standards)
- Steelhead Licensing assertions (3G/4G) (Cellular, Tablets)
- Innovative Wireless Solutions cases (IEEE 802.11)
- U.S. International Trade Commission Cases
- Inv. No. 337-TA-474 (Philips) (CD-R/RW Orange Book standard)
- Inv. No. 337-TA-577 (Samsung v. Ericsson) (cellular standards)
- Inv. No. 337-TA-578 (Qualcomm v. Nokia) (cellular standards)
- Inv. No. 337-TA-601 (InterDigital v. Samsung) (cellular standards)
- Inv. No. 337-TA-613 (InterDigital v. Nokia) (cellular standards)
- Inv. No. 337-TA-617 (Funai) (ATSC digital TV standard)
- Inv. No. 337-TA-744 (Microsoft v. Motorola) (SD card standard)
- Inv. No. 337-TA-745 (Motorola v. Apple) (cellular/802.11 standards)
- Inv. No. 337-TA-752 (Motorola v. Microsoft) (802.11/H.264 standards)
- Inv. No. 337-TA-753 (Rambus) (PCI Express, SAS, SATA, DisplayPort standards)
- Inv. No. 337-TA-764 (LG v. Sony) (Digital TV/Blu-Ray standards)
- Inv. No. 337-TA-794 (Samsung v. Apple) (cellular standards)
- Inv. No. 337-TA-800 (InterDigital) (3G cellular standards)
- Inv. No. 337-TA-837 (LSI) (various standards, including IEEE 802.11 wireless networking and ITU-T AVC/H.264 video coding standards)
- Inv. No. 337-TA-862 (Ericsson v. Samsung) (cellular standards)
- Inv. No. 337-TA-866 (Samsung v. Ericsson) (cellular standards)
- Inv. No. 337-TA-868 (InterDigital) (3G/4G cellular standards)
- Inv. No. 337-TA-871 (Adaptix-Ericsson) (4G LTE cellular standard)
- Federal Trade Commission Cases
- Google/Motorola Mobility (various standards) (2013)
- Robert Bosch GmbH (A/C, Recycling, Recovery, and Recharge standards) (2012)
- N-Data (IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard) (2008)
- Rambus (JEDEC SDRAM standard) (2006-07)
- Dell (VESA VL-bus chip standard) (1995)