What makes parties settle before trial? When do they normally settle? What is the driver for settlement? There are loads of statistics when it comes to settlement. For example data shows that 95-97% of all cases settle before trial ! Threat of injunction is by far the main driver for settlement. An injunction is a […]
Everyone is talking about this so called “treble damages”. What is it? And how do you get it? It’s all related to so called willfull infringement.Willful patent infringement occurs when an infringing party is aware of the existence of a patent and intentionally infringes upon it despite this knowledge. The intent to infringe may be […]
So now I (and many others) have put a value on what can be expected per device. And I understand many of you don’t agree or understand my position. That’s fine, we can all have our own analysis and reason for landing on a particular number. Though remember that all this is hypothetical, we don’t […]
Having previously looked at the infringement contentions, (the true) Million dollar question is now what is all this worth? How much can Neonode get? How much is Apple and Samsung willing to pay? To answer this, I believe you need to start looking from the bottom; how much value per device can Neonode get from […]
There is currently a lot of speculations whether the Texas case will move on, or get stayed, pending the IPR appeal. There is no regulation that mandates a halt in patent litigation before a district court due to either the filing or institution of an IPR. If a stay is allowed, the proceedings in the […]
Samsung case Lets repeat; the so called 879-patent (full number is US 8,095,879) has the following first claim; 1. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program with computer program code, which, when read by a mobile handheld computer unit, allows the computer to present a user interface for the mobile handheld computer unit, […]
Here I will give my view on the potential infringement by Apple. Before we talk any value or damages, we need to establish infringement, because it sets the scene for how you can calculate value. And you need to start answering the following questions; So lets look at the infringement contention(s) stipulated in the filed […]
There seems to be a growing interest in this case, so I will give my opinions about the case, (for what it’s worth) Though I will not go into potential of this case (stock-wise), so no charts on volumes, success changes, and looming $$$ in the horizon. That I leave to others. I will rather […]
Iwerback Patent Report (IPR) 