Sales up to £26.7bn but profits fall at Top 100 companies Michael Neill, head of the Belfast office of A&L Goodbody, sponsor of the Top 100, with Ulster Business editor John Mulgrew 03 August, 2021 01:00
THE north s biggest businesses have seen a small bump in sales - but profits have largely stalled.
The NI Top 100 companies 2021 list compiled by Ulster Business magazine, supported by A&L Goodbody, shows that top-line sales increased by 4.3 per cent year-on-year to £26.7 billion.
But profits fell marginally among those businesses by 0.3 per cent to £930.2 million according to the list, which has showcased the performance of the north s biggest firms for more than 30 years.
Google v Oracle SCOTUS ruling
Managing IP spoke to four in-house counsel about the impact of the US Supreme Court’s ruling in
Google v Oracle, from Monday, April 5.
The court ruled that Google’s use of Oracle’s code was fair – in a decision that concluded a decade-long battle between the two businesses.
Sources said that the ruling was good for the software industry, but they disagreed on whether the court got the details right.
Some attorneys, for example, thought that the court made the right move in declining to rule on the copyrightability of application programming interfaces (APIs).
Nokia, Lenovo end global SEP dispute with licensing deal
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Nokia and Lenovo have settled a global patent dispute over video compression technology, ending litigation that spanned across multiple continents since 2019.
Lenovo has agreed to pay a balancing sum to the Finnish technology developer, although financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The parties have also reached a cross-licensing agreement as part of the settlement.
Nokia first sued Lenovo for patent infringement in 2019, citing 20 video compression patents that it said were essential to the H.264 standard used in smartphones and computers. The dispute saw lawsuits filed in the US, Brazil, India, and Germany, which have now all been resolved as part of the settlement.
Nokia and Lenovo conclude patent cross-licensing agreement Thursday, 08 April 2021 21:38 Nokia and Lenovo conclude patent cross-licensing agreement
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Nokia has announced it has concluded a “multi-year, multi-technology patent cross-license agreement with Lenovo”, and while Lenovo will “make a net balancing payment to Nokia”, the terms of the agreement remain confidential.
Importantly, we’re told the agreement “resolves all pending patent litigation and other proceedings between the two parties, in all jurisdictions.”
Jenni Lukander, President of Nokia Technologies, said: “We are delighted to have reached an agreement with Lenovo. The agreement reflects Nokia’s decades-long investments in R&D and contributions to cellular and multimedia standards.
Nokia settles with Lenovo in its patent legal battle
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Nokia finally settled with Lenovo after two years of legal battle over patents. It was reported that Finland’s smartphone maker decided to resolve all pending litigation across all jurisdictions.
As per Reuters, Nokia and Lenovo ended their court battle by negotiating and coming up with a cross-license agreement. However, the exact terms that the two companies signed in the deal were not released and will remain confidential according to sources.
Nokia’s lawsuit against China’s Lenovo
Media outlets attempted to obtain details about the financial aspect of the cross license agreement but Nokia’s spokesman refused to divulge the details. In any case, the legal battle with Lenovo began in 2019 after the Finnish tech company filed an infringement case over its 20 v