Updated In Brief: Qualcomm v. Broadcom

2007-1545, 2008-1162 Qualcomm v. BroadcomSD/CA 05-CV-1958Judge Rudi Brewster This is the appeal from case relating to the H.264 video compression standard resulting from the Joint Video Team, aka the case in which Qualcomm and its counsel were sanctioned.  We previously posted the Summary of the Arguments here, but now can provide copies of Qualcomm’s opening [...]

Fitness Quest Works Out Of Infringement And Contract Claims

2008-1433 Fitness Quest v. MontiND/OH 06-CV-2691Judge Sara Lioi Defendant Jonathan Monti has appealed Judge Sara Lioi’s opinion and order granting Fitness Quest’s motion for summary judgment of noninfringement.  Fitness Quest sells a host of home exercise products, including the Ab Lounge line of abdominal machines that it introduced in 2003.  A year earlier, Monti approached [...]

In Brief: Qualcomm v. Broadcom

2007-1545, 2008-1162 Qualcomm v. BroadcomSD/CA 05-CV-1958Judge Rudi Brewster Qualcomm sued Broadcom for infringing 5,576,767 and 5,452,104 related to products compliant with the H.264 video compression standard, the result of a standard setting organization ("SSO"), the Joint Video Team (“JVT”).  Broadcom claimed that Qualcomm had waived its rights to enforce the patents by participating in the [...]

2008-1162 Qualcomm v. Broadcom

SD/CA 05-CV-1958 Qualcomm sued Broadcom on ‘104 and ‘767 patents.  Jury found that Broadcom did not infringe and, in advisory capacity, found the patents unenforceable due to inequitable conduct and waiver based on Qualcomm’s conduct before the Joint Video Team (JVT), a standard setting body that created the H.264 standard.  After the verdict, Qualcomm produced [...]