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Apple’s 3G based products in Germany not subject to injunction until appeal is heard
Apple was on the receiving end of an extremely important legal ruling in Germany this week. If you recall, Motorola had secured a favorable decision with respect to its 3G patents, but now the Karlsruhe Higher Regional Court has ruled that Motorola can’t enforce the injunction against Apple’s 3G-based products until an appeal on the [...]
Continue reading...iPhone user awarded $850 in throttling case against AT&T
28. February 2012
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In July of 2011, AT&T announced plans to begin throttling the data speeds of the top 5% of smartphone users who could often consume as much as 12 times as much data as an average consumer. The throttling went into effect in early October and based on one individual who received a throttling warning, the [...]
Continue reading...Apple turns off iCloud-based push email for iPhone users in Germany on account of Motorola patent
28. February 2012
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Apple and Motorola are engaged in quite the back and forth legal battle over in Germany these days. Not too long after a German Court ruled that Motorola’s smartphones infringed upon Apple’s “slide to unlock” patent, Apple has been forced to make some changes to its iCloud offering in Germany as a result of potentially [...]
Continue reading...Chinese Police seize Apple iPhone branded gas stoves
27. February 2012
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China is notorious as a haven for knockoff products that blatantly, and sometimes comically, infringe the intellectual property of others in an effort to make a quick buck. Just this past Summer, knockoff artists in China took things to an entirely new level when unauthorized and counterfeit Apple retail stores began popping up. And just [...]
Continue reading...Apple scores initial legal victory in ongoing legal battle with Proview
23. February 2012
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Apple yesterday scored a victory in its ongoing legal dispute with the Chinese-based Proview who is trying to preclude Apple from selling the iPad in China, alleging that Apple’s tablet infringes upon Proview’s iPad trademark. Apple, for its part, claims that it bought the rights to the iPad trademark from Proview in 2009. In any [...]
Continue reading...Apple cites impact on Chinese economy in iPad trademark spat
22. February 2012
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Reuters reports: A Chinese technology firm sought to halt the sale of Apple Inc’s iPads across the affluent city of Shanghai, arguing at a local court hearing on Wednesday that the U.S. firm had infringed on its trademark. Previous court rulings in favor of Proview Technology (Shenzhen) have covered specific retailers in smaller cities, but [...]
Continue reading...Apple wins injunction against Motorola over “slide to unlock” patent
20. February 2012
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Foss Patents reported late last week: I just returned from the Munich I Regional Court, where Presiding Judge Dr. Peter Guntz publicly announced a decision in Apple’s favor: most of Motorola Mobility’s products were found to infringe on Apple’s slide-to-unlock image patent, EP1964022 on “unlocking a device by performing gestures on an unlock image”. Today’s [...]
Continue reading...Lower Chinese Court rules that stores should pull iPads
20. February 2012
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The drama in China over Apple’s iPad trademark rages on as a lower Chinese Court ruled recently that local iPad distributors should stop selling Apple’s tablet. Xie Xianghui, a lawyer for Shenzhen Proview Technology, said the Intermediate People’s Court in Huizhou, a city in southern China’s Guangdong province, had ruled on Friday that distributors should [...]
Continue reading...Proview seeks to ban iPad exports from China
14. February 2012
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Apple might be forced into a settlement with Proview sooner than later given the latter’s recent efforts to ban all imports and exports of the iPad from China, a dispute that stems from Proview’s assertion that it owns the iPad trademark. “We are applying to customs to stop any trademark- infringing products from imports to [...]
Continue reading...Apple pens letter to European Standards board, seeks consistency in FRAND licensing
14. February 2012
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As you all know, Apple has for many months now been involved in ongoing legal disputes with both Motorola and Samsung regarding various smartphone technologies. While both sides are wielding patents against one another, there’s an important difference between the patents being asserted by Apple and those being asserted by Samsung and Motorola. The patents [...]
Continue reading...Motorola asked Apple for a 2.25% royalty rate for each iPhone and iPad
8. February 2012
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As part of the ongoing legal battle between Motorola and Apple, the Wall St. Journal reported recently that Motorola asked Apple to pay 2.25% in royalties for each iPhone and iPad sold – an exorbitant royalty rate that would easily reach into the billions of dollars. What makes the request particularly sickening is that the [...]
Continue reading...Apple may face $38 million fine in Chinese iPad trademark dispute
7. February 2012
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Electronista reports: A lawyer for Proview Shenzhen, Xie Xianghui, is claiming that a court in the Xicheng district of Beijing is prepared to “slap Apple with a 240 million yuan ($38 million) fine,” according to the Global Times. The Xicheng district administration, though, is refusing to comment. “It is still under investigation, so no official [...]
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1. March 2012
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