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German Court rules Apple iOS devices infringe Motorola FRAND patents
After getting off to a promising start, Apple’s recent efforts to legally dismantle and throttle the momentum of Android are proving unsuccessful. Hot on the heels of a US Judge denying Apple’s motion for a preliminary injunction against Samsung, Apple suffered a setback in Germany where a Court ruled there that Apple’s 3G capable iOS [...]
Continue reading...Apple not worried about Samsung poaching existing iPhone users according to redacted court order
7. December 2011
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In what was supposed to be a redacted portion of Judge Lucy Koh’s decision denying Apple’s motion for a preliminary injunction, it was revealed that Apple licensed its ’381 patent covering intertial scrolling to Nokia and IBM. What’s more, Apple offered a similar licence to Samsung in November of 2010 as part of a negotiation [...]
Continue reading...Apple offered Samsung license for ’381 intertial scrolling patent
5. December 2011
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Before Apple’s legal entanglements with Samsung took center stage this past April, the more prominent Apple lawsuit involved their complex patent dispute with Nokia that involved a broad range of patents and culminated in an extensive number of suits and countersuits. This past June, Apple announced that it had settled its dispute with Nokia, with [...]
Continue reading...Samsung issues bogus statement in wake of favorable court ruling
4. December 2011
Yesterday we reported that Judge Lucy Koh denied Apple’s motion for a preliminary injunction against a slew of Android-based Samsung products. This shouldn’t be taken to mean that Apple’s lawsuit has no merit, but rather that the specific criteria involved in granting a preliminary injunction weren’t wholly satisfied by Apple in the eyes of the [...]
Continue reading...Court denies Apple’s motion for preliminary injunction against Samsung products
3. December 2011
By John Hiesler: In April of 2011, Apple kicked off what would soon become a global and complex series of litigation disputes when it sued Samsung in the US claiming that its line of Galaxy smartphones and tablets infringed upon Apple’s intellectual property and were nothing more than “slavish” copies. As part of its suit, [...]
Continue reading...Apple asks to see Samsung’s call center records
17. November 2011
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By David Goldman: Samsung and Apple are currently in the pre-trial phase of litigation known as Discovery. During the discovery process, each side asks the other for documents and other materials it feels will help its case. Now one of Apple’s recent discovery requests was rather interesting. It asked Samsung to pore over its call [...]
Continue reading...Vivid, purveyor of adult films, claims the HTC Vivid violates their trademark
16. November 2011
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By David Goldman: HTC will soon release its latest handset in a long string of products meant to take on the iPhone and compete with the best of whatever other Android manufacturers have to offer. Dubbed the HTC Vivid, the latest smartphone from HTC is 4G compatible, sports a 4.3-inch screen, and includes some high-end specs [...]
Continue reading...Samsung not seeking to ban iPhone 4S sales in South Korea
14. November 2011
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By Luis Estrada: Perhaps in an effort to avoid negative publicity on its home turf, Samsung pulled an about-face when it announced that it will not seek to ban sales of the iPhone 4S in South Korea. “We concluded that we should engage in legal battles with Apple only in the global market, but not [...]
Continue reading...Australian Judge says Apple must hand over carrier agreements to Samsung
9. November 2011
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By David Goldman: Apple’s legal spat with Samsung continues to take on interesting twists down in Australia. As it stands now, Australia is one of the countries where Apple has seen tangible success in its efforts to prevent the sale of Android devices. A few weeks ago, a Judge there granted Apple’s request for an [...]
Continue reading...Man sues Apple over faulty iPhone signal meter in yet another frivolous lawsuit
9. November 2011
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By Luis Estrada: Apple is no stranger to frivolous lawsuits as it seems that not a week goes by where we don’t hear of a new patent troll trying to get rich quick with some second-hand patent portfolio. What’s more, folks in today’s litigious society are quick to pull the legal trigger at a second’s [...]
Continue reading...Samsung Galaxy 4.0 MP3 player is blatant rip off of the iPod Touch
6. November 2011
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And to think that Apple has the audacity to accuse Samsung of ripping off its products, all the way down to the way it advertises. I mean, what would ever give Apple the idea that Samsung would ever do such a thing. Oh right, it’s unabated intellectual property theft like this. via Obamapacman
Continue reading...Samsung’s questionable patent suits against Apple opens door to EU anti-trust investigation
4. November 2011
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By Josh Rosenthall: Apple and Samsung are in the midst of suing each other into oblivion over patent infringement. But as we’ve stated before, not all patents are created equal. There is a fundamental and extremely important difference between the patents Apple is asserting and those that Samsung are wielding against Apple. Apple’s patents are [...]
Continue reading...Samsung asks to see iPhone 4S source code and subsidy agreements in Australia
2. November 2011
By David Goldman: Oh Samsung, you so crazy! Apple and Samsung’s legal battles are often great fodder for tech bloggers and make a great popcorn viewing experience for outsiders who get a kick out of high-tech litigation. But the ongoing lawsuits between the two companies is starting to have some very real-world implications for Samsung. [...]
Continue reading...Samsung to depose Jony Ive and other Apple designers by December 1, 2011
2. November 2011
By Josh Rosenthall: Apple and Samsung’s US-based litigation on track for trial in July 2012. That being the case, depositions of some of Apple’s key iPhone inventors will be taking place relatively soon. The inventors on Samsung’s radar include Jonathan Ive, Douglas Satzger, Shin Nishibori, and Christopher Stringer. Originally, these depositions were supposed to be [...]
Continue reading...Apple granted iOS “slide to unlock” patent
1. November 2011
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By Sarah Petit: Apple and Samsung are currently in the throes of a patent dispute that spans 4 continents. At the heart of Apple’s complaint is the allegation that the Android OS Samsung uses on its line of smartphones infringe upon a number of Apple-owned patents. In Apple’s original lawsuit, filed in April of this [...]
Continue reading...Australian Judge agrees to fast track Samsung’s appeal of Galaxy Tab injunction
31. October 2011
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By John Hiesler: Earlier this month, Apple won an injunction against Samsung in Australia preventing the Korean-based manufacturer from marketing and selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the country. The ruling, handed down by Justice Annabelle Bennet, follows Apple’s rejection of a Samsung settlement offer that would have allowed Samsung to sell its tablet in [...]
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12. December 2011
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