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Susan Decker

ARTICLES BY SUSAN DECKER

Pfizer and its partner BioNTech have said their vaccine will cost $19.50 a dose in the US

Covid vaccines: India’s proposed WTO patent waiver faces stiff opposition

4 min read . 16 Dec 2020

Google’s chief executive officer, Sundar Pichai, has described AI as ‘more profound than fire or electricity’. (Pradeep Gaur/Mint)

In the era of AI, who is really the inventor?

4 min read . 19 Feb 2020

Huawei is China’s biggest maker of phones and network gear, while Samsung is the world’s largest maker of smartphones and semiconductors. Photo: AFP

Huawei can’t block Samsung China manufacturing: US court

1 min read . 17 Apr 2018

Google’s use of Java shortcuts to develop Android went too far and was a violation of Oracle’s copyrights. Photo: Reuters

Google could owe oracle $8.8 billion in android fight

5 min read . 28 Mar 2018

The dispute first surfaced in January when Apple accused Qualcomm of overcharging it billions of dollars as part of illegal business practices. Photo: Reuters

Apple’s iPhone manufacturers join legal counter against Qualcomm

2 min read . 19 Jul 2017

Apple has cut off technology license payments to Qualcomm and filed an antitrust lawsuit that accuses the chipmaker of trying to monopolize the industry. Photo: AP

Qualcomm seeks limited ban on iPhone imports, sues Apple

3 min read . 07 Jul 2017

Qualcomm has said before that it’s Apple that’s been dealing unfairly. In an April filing, Qualcomm accused Apple of lying to regulators to spur investigations, breaching contractual pledges and misrepresenting facts. Photo: Reuters

Apple claims ‘mounting evidence’ against Qualcomm’s business

3 min read . 21 Jun 2017

Unlike other smartphone companies, Apple doesn’t have a direct license with Qualcomm and instead pays contractors to make its devices. Photo: Reuters

Qualcomm sues Apple’s contract manufacturers as fight escalates

2 min read . 17 May 2017

The iPhone is built in Asia by contract manufacturers. Photo: Reuters

Qualcomm said to seek US import ban for iPhones

4 min read . 04 May 2017

Qualcomm shares are down 12% since Apple sued it on 20 January, wiping more than $10 billion off the chipmaker’s market value. AP

Qualcomm accuses Apple of lying to regulators and making threats

3 min read . 11 Apr 2017

The court says Time Warner Cable, now owned by Charter Communications, willfully infringed the patents. Photo: Reuters

Sprint wins $139.8 million in Time Warner cable patent trial

1 min read . 04 Mar 2017

BlackBerry seeks to obtain recompense for Nokia’s unauthorized use of BlackBerry’s patented technology, the Waterloo, Canada-based company said in the complaint. Photo: Bloomberg

BlackBerry files patent infringement suit against Nokia

1 min read . 15 Feb 2017

Over the next two weeks officers and alumni of Cisco Systems will take the stand in a copyright trial in San Jose, California. Photo: AP

Cisco, Arista trial reveals bad blood in networking tech rivalry

4 min read . 05 Dec 2016

US president-elect Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters

Donald Trump says same-sex marriage is settled law, abortion isn’t

3 min read . 14 Nov 2016

Fitbit remains the lead fitness device maker, more than doubling sales last year even while losing market share.

Fitbit patents lodged against Jawbone invalid, says US judge

2 min read . 21 Jul 2016

Losing revenue from its top-selling drug would be the latest blow to AstraZeneca, which has already seen sales tumble as patents expire on some of its leading medicines. Photo: Bloomberg

Indian firms get approval for generics of AstraZeneca’s Crestor

1 min read . 20 Jul 2016

Huawei, one of the world’s largest makers of networking gear, said it’s offered to charge Samsung a fair and reasonable rate but Samsung refuses to pay. Photo: Reuters

Huawei sues Samsung, demands royalties on phone and tablet tech

2 min read . 25 May 2016

The court ruling ensures that Samsung can continue using the smartphone features and won’t have to make any changes to older models. Photo: Reuters

Apple loses appeal in $119.6 million Samsung smartphone case

1 min read . 27 Feb 2016

Samsung said it will pursue reimbursement for at least some of the money if the US Patent and Trademark Office invalidates the patents and if the US Supreme Court takes up its request for review. Photo: Bloomberg

Samsung’s $548 million Apple check is no sign of surrender

3 min read . 05 Dec 2015

Google’s former Motorola Mobility unit had been demanding royalties on the Xbox video-gaming system, and Microsoft had sought to block Motorola mobile phones from using certain features. Photo: Reuters

Google, Microsoft resolve global patent feud over smartphones, Xbox

2 min read . 01 Oct 2015