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)