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Qualcomm, Broadcom to settle patent disputes

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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May 1 2009

Wireless chip rivals Qualcomm and Broadcom ended a long series of legal battles this week with an agreement under which Qualcomm would pay Broadcom $891 million over the next four years to settle patent claims

Appellate panel questions verizon on data roaming requirement

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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September 28 2012

During oral arguments on an appeal brought by Verizon Wireless, members of the D.C. Circuit Court appeared to sympathize with the FCC’s claim that the Commission acted within its authority in adopting data roaming rules, as they voiced doubts about Verizon’s contention that the FCC’s order improperly subjects mobile operators to common carrier regulation

Appeals court upholds contempt ruling in DISH Network-TiVo case

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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March 5 2010

DISH Network suffered yet another defeat in its quest to fend off patent infringement charges levied by TiVo, Inc

Comcast settles class action suit on P2P file blocking

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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December 31 2009

Comcast has agreed to pay $16 million to settle class action litigation that accused the nation’s largest cable system operator of delaying, blocking, or otherwise discriminating against web-based transmissions emanating from BitTorrent and other peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing sites

Texas cable franchise law overturned by appeals court

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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January 20 2012

Time Warner Cable (TWC) and other cable incumbents in the State of Texas were handed a victory last Friday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Samsung ordered to pay $1 billion for violations of Apple patents

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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August 31 2012

Apple won a sweeping legal victory last Friday as a California jury held Samsung, Inc. liable for a hefty $1 billion in damages for willfully infringing six mobile device patents held by Apple

Public policy groups urge Supreme Court to overturn Pacifica decision

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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November 18 2011

Filing a “friend of the court” brief on behalf of the Fox and ABC television networks, a coalition consisting of various public policy groups called on the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn its landmark ruling in FCC v. Pacifica, arguing that technological innovation and the emergence of alternative forms of media have rendered obsolete the high court’s original justification for upholding limits on broadcast indecency

Lawyers debate applicability of Cablevision decision to Aereo case

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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June 8 2012

During oral arguments on the broadcast networks’ request for a preliminary injunction to shut down the Aereo web streaming service, a Manhattan federal district court judge questioned the networks on the extent to which the Second Circuit’s 2008 decision in Cartoon Network v. CSC Holdings applies to the case at hand

Court dismisses Hulu challenge against VPAA class action suit

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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August 18 2012

Hulu was dealt a legal defeat last week by a U.S. district court, which rejected the online video streaming provider’s motion for dismissal of a class action lawsuit that accuses Hulu of violations of the 1988 Video Privacy Protection Act (VPAA

Court imposes additional sanctions in TiVo-Echostar case

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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September 11 2009

In the latest development in TiVo’s long-running patent battle against EchoStar, a Texas district court ordered EchoStar to pay TiVo $200 million in contempt sanctions that stem from EchoStar’s alleged failure to devise digital video recorder (DVR) technology workarounds that comply with previous rulings prohibiting the unauthorized use of TiVo "time warp" patents in DVRs sold to DISH Network customers

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