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Apple v. Nokia showdown won’t begin until 2012
It sure is a good time to to be on Apple’s legal team. Not only is there the much publicized lawsuit against HTC, but you might also remember that Apple and Nokia are also in the throes of a potentially significant lawsuit. Last October, Nokia sued Apple for patent infringement claiming that Apple’s iPhone infringed on [...]
Continue reading...Former Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz on Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and patent litigation
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
A great read from former Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz on his experiences dealing with the prospect of patent litigation with the likes of Apple and Microsoft. Here’s what he had to say about dealing with Steve Jobs. I feel for Google – Steve Jobs threatened to sue me, too. In 2003, after I unveiled a prototype Linux [...]
Continue reading...Apple’s HTC lawsuit makes developers think twice about Android
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Apple suing HTC for patent infringement seemingly came out of nowhere, but a new investor note from analyst Yair Reiner of Oppenheimer Research suggests that Apple has been in talks with a number of handset manufacturers over the past few months regarding their growing displeasure with what they consider to be the theft of their [...]
Continue reading...HTC’s lackluster patent portfolio may be behind Apple’s recent lawsuit
Monday, March 8, 2010
Apple’s lawsuit against HTC last week raised a lot of questions, chief among them being why Apple specifically chose to go after HTC as opposed to Google, whose Android OS is what many feel is at the heart of this case. One possible explanation is that HTC doesn’t have the bankroll Google has to pull out [...]
Continue reading...“Is Apple part of the Navy now?”
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Mac developer Wil Shipley is none too pleased with Apple’s lawsuit against HTC: Can you name a company you admire that spends its time enforcing patents, instead of innovating? Remember the pirate flag you flew over Apple’s headquarters when you were building the Mac? Is Apple part of the Navy now? … I always thought of you [Apple] as [...]
Continue reading...An in-depth look at the 20 patents involved in the Apple/HTC disputeNi
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Nilay Patel does a tremendous job breaking down the 20 patents at issue in Apple’s freshly filed lawsuit against HTC. Check it out over here, it’s well worth a read.
Continue reading...HTC caught by surprise by Apple lawsuit
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Earlier today, Apple announced that it was suing HTC for allegedly infringing on 20 of Apple’s patents. In typical patent suits, litigation is often used when previous negotiations have failed. As an example, the ongling dispute between Nokia and Apple manifested itself only after the 2 tech titans were unable to reach a satisfactory agreement [...]
Continue reading...Apple sues HTC for Patent Infringement
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
When Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone in 2007, he briefly mentioned that the final product was the result of hundreds of patents. “And boy have we patented it,” he famously remarked. Since then, Apple has primarily used its patent portfolio for defensive measures and hasn’t pro-actively initiated lawsuits against competitors. Remember that when the Palm Pre first [...]
Continue reading...Solid writeup on the Nokia Apple patent dispute
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
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As you may already be aware, Nokia and Apple are apparently trying to sue each other to oblivion, with each side looking to block the import of the others’ devices. At issue, naturally, are claims of patent infringement relating to a whole host of technologies. Chris Dannen of BNET penned an article a few days ago [...]
Continue reading...Apple fights back - seeks to ban all imports of Nokia phones
Saturday, January 16, 2010
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The ongoing patent dispute between Nokia and Apple has both companies pulling out their big guns. Nokia got things started in October when it sued Apple for allegedly infringing on a number of patents relating to wireless LAN standards and GSM/UMTS networks. In early December, Apple countersued claiming that Nokia phones infringe on 13 Apple’s [...]
Continue reading...Apple countersues Nokia for patent infringement
Friday, December 11, 2009
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Well this is certainly getting interesting. In late October you’ll recall that Nokia sued Apple for infringing on a number of patents pertaining to technologies that help make devices compatible with wireless LAN standards and GSM and UMTS networks. Nokia argues that Apple’s iPhone has been infringing on their patents since it was first released in [...]
Continue reading...Israeli high-tech firm drops perplexing patent lawsuit on Apple over live streaming technology
Thursday, December 3, 2009
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Just days after the upper echelon at Apple personally intervened to let the live streaming iPhone app Knocking Live Video into the app store, an Israeli high-tech firm called Emblaze Mobile has informed Apple that the app infringes on one of its media streaming patents in the US. As we reported this past Tuesday, Knocking [...]
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Friday, March 12, 2010
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