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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

Mexican Supreme Court says Telcel must cut interconnection fees pending appeal

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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Mexico
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May 6 2011

Telcel, Mexico's dominant wireless carrier with a 70 share of the national market, was dealt a blow on Tuesday by Mexico's Supreme Court, which voted 6-4 to prohibit federal judges from suspending the effects of rulings by the nation's telecom regulator while they are being appealed by Telcel and other carriers in court

Tokyo court rules in Samsung's favor in Apple patent dispute

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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Japan
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September 7 2012

One week after a California jury found Samsung liable for $1 billion in damages for alleged infringement of smart phone patents held by Apple, Inc., the Korean handset manufacturer scored a legal victory as a Japanese court rejected various patent claims that Apple had made against Samsung in that country

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

Vodafone not liable for taxes on Essar purchase, says India Supreme Court

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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India
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January 27 2012

A long-running battle between British wireless giant Vodafone and India’s tax authority ended in victory for Vodafone, as India’s Supreme Court decreed that Vodafone does not owe US$4.4 billion in taxes and penalties accruing from its $10.9 billion acquisition of Hutchison Essar in 2007

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

Supreme Court questions AT&T on privacy claims

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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January 21 2011

High court justices listening to arguments Wednesday in the Obama Administration's appeal of a lower court privacy ruling concerning AT&T appeared less than sympathetic to AT&T's claim that corporate entities may invoke the personal privacy provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in blocking disclosure of sensitive information provided to the FCC and other federal agencies

Globalstar loses appeal of L-band sharing order

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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May 8 2009

Efforts by Globalstar to overturn a 2007 FCC order requiring the company to share a swath of Big LEO mobile satellite service (MSS) spectrum that was once reserved exclusively for Globalstar’s use came up empty last Friday, as the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the FCC’s ruling as “a product of reasoned decision-making that survives the narrow scope of review under the arbitrary and capricious standard.”

Injunction upheld in Nebraska VoIP case

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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May 8 2009

To the applause of Vonage Holdings, a three-judge panel of the Eighth Circuit Court upheld a federal district court injunction that prohibits the Nebraska Public Service Commission (NPSC) from requiring the collection of universal service fund (USF) customer surcharges by interconnected voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP) operators

Court allows amended suit over Sprint-Clearwire venture to move forward

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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May 8 2009

IPCS, Inc.an affiliate of Sprint-Nextel that succeeded in blocking Nextel iDEN network operations in certain Midwestern territorieswon another key legal victory, as a circuit court in Cook County, Illinois turned down Sprint-Nextel’s motion for dismissal of an amended iPCS lawsuit that seeks to bar Sprint from receiving benefits accruing from the Clearwire WiMax venture

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