There is also a "natural language installer setup for controller" (7634504) patent asserted.
"Although Endo believes the patents asserted by SmithKline Beecham are invalid and/or not infringed, no assurance can be given as to the outcome of the patent challenge process," Endo said in a statement.
Samsung, by contrast, has frequently tried to use its SEPs, which differ from the patents asserted by Apple in that they are only included in a standard such as 3G if the owner makes a formal commitment to license them to allcomers on a "fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory" basis.
Some 62% of patents asserted by trolls from 1990-2010 were software patents; 75% were in computer and communications technology.
Subject to retained rights by Nielsen, comScore will acquire ownership of the four Nielsen families of patents asserted in litigation, a portfolio with many U.S. and international patents.
The amended complaint alleges violations of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 in the importation into the United States and sale of certain electronic devices with communication capabilities, components thereof, and related software that infringe patents asserted by HTC.
The complaint alleges violations of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 in the importation into the United States and sale of certain wireless devices with 3G and/or 4G capabilities and components thereof that infringe patents asserted by the complainants.
The complaint alleges violations of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 in the importation into the United States and sale of certain wireless communication devices, portable music and data processing devices, computers, and components thereof that infringe patents asserted by the complainants.
For instance, infamous patent troll Intellectual Ventures has 1,000 companies asserting patent rights*.
