Tag Archive | "patents"
Appalling Linkbait: CBS Seattle says Microsoft GPS patent has “avoid Ghetto” feature
Business on the web is, for the most part, dominated by pageviews. More eyeballs translate into more ad revenue. To that end, crafting a snazzy and eye-catching headline is an important part of getting traffic. But often times, a website’s thirst for pageviews can translate into what people affectionately refer to as “link bait.” I [...]
Continue reading...HTC responds to ITC import ban
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
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The ITC yesterday ruled that HTC’s Android based smartphones infringe upon one of the claims in Apple #5,946,647 patent which centers on analyzing and linking data structures. Put simply, the patent embodies scenarios when one application parses a string and can then communicate that information over to another application. One example we cited yesterday was [...]
Continue reading...Apple wins ITC import ban against HTC’s Android smartphones
Monday, December 19, 2011
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After a few legal setbacks over the past couple weeks, the most glaring being Judge Lucy Koh’s rejection of Apple’s motion for a preliminary injunction against Samsuing, Apple today was finally on the receiving end of a significant legal decision. The International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled today that HTC’s Android-based smartphones infringe upon two claims in [...]
Continue reading...German Court rules Apple iOS devices infringe Motorola FRAND patents
Monday, December 12, 2011
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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...Court denies Apple’s motion for preliminary injunction against Samsung products
Saturday, December 3, 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 granted iOS “slide to unlock” patent
Tuesday, November 1, 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...Via technologies sues Apple for patent infringement related to microprocessors
Thursday, September 22, 2011
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The number of lawsuits filed against Apple, some from patent trolls and some not, is staggering and continues to increase with no end in sight. Most recently, Via Technologies, based out of Taiwan, filed suit against Apple in federal court in Wilmington, Delaware alleging that Apple’s iPhone and iPad infringe three of their patents. The [...]
Continue reading...Apple accuses Samsung of violating RAND obligations; Samsung doesn’t quite deny it
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Samsung last Tuesday filed a motion seeking to dismiss Apple’s counterclaims. Since this case involves so many different motions, here’s a super quick recap to get you up to speed. Apple first sued Samsung in April for copying the look and feel of iOS. Samsung fired back with its own lawsuit claiming that Apple’s iOS [...]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs’ involvement on 313 Apple patents underscores his passion and attention to detail
Friday, August 26, 2011
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As anyone out there’s who’s looked at an Apple patent knows, the name Steve P. Jobs often appears as a listed inventor on some of Apple’s most important patents. Famously, Jobs is a college drop out who even without any formal training in computer science, engineering, architecture, and UI design was able to lend his [...]
Continue reading...Samsung plans software workaround for recent Galaxy injunction
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
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While a Dutch Court today issued an injunction preventing Samsung from selling its Ace, Galaxy S and Galaxy S II smartphones in Europe, it wasn’t a thorough victory for Apple. First of all, the injunction only applies to Samsung smartphones running Android 2.3. Android 3.x devices aren’t in play in the Netherlands court which is [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft was also contemplating Motorola acquisition before Google swooped in
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
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As the reverberations from Google’s acquisition of Motorola have started to simmer down, Om Malik of Gigaom writes that Motorola was keen on selling and that Google wasn’t the only interested suitor. Microsoft was also interested in purchasing Motorola and acquisition discussions between the two companies had reportedly been ongoing for some time. Driving Microsoft’s [...]
Continue reading...The drama continues as HTC sues Apple over 3 patents
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
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Can you remember a more litigious period in tech history? We sure can’t, and things sure got a lot more interesting when Google announced yesterday its plans to acquire Motorola Mobility, no doubt fueled by its desire to shore up its anemic patent portfolio and to better defend its Android OS. On another Android related [...]
Continue reading...Apple patent describes driverless printing
Monday, August 15, 2011
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Printer drivers – the bane of most people’s computing experience. Hooking up an old printer to a new computer, or any permutations thereof, can sometimes result in a frustrating scavenger hunt for elusive drivers that may be located on an install disc you may or may not be able to find, or perhaps on a [...]
Continue reading...The Patent Exchange
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Software patents have been a hot topic in the Apple community over the past few months. Not only are there a seemingly endless stream of trolls coming out of the woodwork in attempts to extract non-deserving riches from folks who actually produce something, but Apple is currently embroiled in a number of high profile lawsuits [...]
Continue reading...New Apple patent application describes schematic maps
Thursday, August 11, 2011
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In 2009, Apple acquired a little known mapping company called PlaceBase. The ostensible motivation behind the acquisition was to decrease Apple’s reliance on Google and their own Maps app that rests ever so prominently on the iOS homescreen. Now PlaceBae actually existed before Google Maps, but found it increasingly hard, if not downright impossible, to [...]
Continue reading...Apple sued over fast booting patent originally owned by LG
Monday, August 8, 2011
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Apple’s legal team are undoubtedly a gainfully employed and busy group of folks. Indeed, it seems that not a week goes by that Apple isn’t either on the receiving or offensive end of a new lawsuit. Most recently, a Florida-based company that goes by Operating Systems Solutions, LLC sued Apple claiming that OS X violates [...]
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Sunday, January 15, 2012
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