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German court upholds injunction of Samsung Galaxy tablets
In early August, a German court issued an injunction precluding the sale and marketing of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 on account of its design which Apple claims too closely resembles the iPad. While the initial injunction was effective throughout the EU, a subsequent ruling scaled it back to apply only to Germany as it was […]
Continue reading...Apple sues Samsung in Japan to prevent sales of Galaxy S smartphones and tablets
Thursday, September 8, 2011
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Apple’s international patent war against Samsung has extended to yet another front – Japan. Apple recently filed a lawsuit in the Tokyo District Court looking to block the sale of Samsung’s line of Galaxy S smartphones and tablets.
Continue reading...Samsung only sold 20,000 units of its 7-inch Galaxy Tab – Report
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
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Apple is currently devoting an inordinate amount of legal resources in its effort to prevent Samsung from releasing a bevy of products it claims purposefully infringe upon Apple patents and slavishly copy the look and feel of iOS. Currently, Apple’s legal team is working tirelessly to prevent Samsung from releasing its Galaxy Tab 10.1. Earlier […]
Continue reading...Apple may have to release iPad sales figures to keep Australian injunction against the Galaxy Tab active
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
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Apple thus far has had success in preventing Samsung from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in Australia, but if Apple wants to keep the current injunction in place, it may have to dispense some of its iPad 2 sales figures in the US and the UK.
Continue reading...Apple obtains another German injunction against the Samsung 7.7
Monday, September 5, 2011
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This past Friday, Samsung suddenly pulled all of its marketing materials pertaining to its upcoming Galaxy Tab 7.7 from the IFA trade show in Berlin. Simultaneously, all demo units of the Galaxy Tab 7.7 were suddenly removed as well. As a result, it was believed that the current injunction against the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in […]
Continue reading...Samsung pulls Galaxy Tab 7.7 from IFA trade show; Apple legal pressure to blame
Saturday, September 3, 2011
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An interesting development at the IFA trade show in Berlin – apparently Samsung, at the behest of Apple, has pulled its Galaxy Tab 7.7 from its tradeshow booth and from its German-language website. Florian Mueller has a great recap on the events over at FOSS Patents where he notes that the aforementioned tablet was adorned […]
Continue reading...Samsung CEO Choi Gee Sun says WebOS acquisition ain’t happening
Friday, September 2, 2011
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Earlier this week, we reported that Samsung was perhaps interested in acquiring the WebOS originally developed at Palm and now in the hands of HP. With HP effectively out of the mobile market and Samsung fighting patent infringement claims from Apple across multiple continents, a shift to the relatively sleek WebOS arguably made a little […]
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...Samsung reportedly interested in HP’s WebOS
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
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With HP in the midst of what seems like an unprecedented scale of corporate suicide, Samsung’s mobile division is fending off an aggressive and multi-continent patent attack from Apple on the grounds that its implementation of Google’s Android OS infringes upon a number of Apple patents. Broadly speaking, Apple bluntly accuses Samsung’s mobile lineup of […]
Continue reading...Samsung agrees not to sell or market the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia for one more month
Monday, August 29, 2011
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Some interesting developments in the land down under concerning Apple’s patent infringement suit against Samsung there. Samsung today said that it would delay the launch of its Galaxy Tab 10.1 device until the end of September. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Samsung will not sell or even advertise its Android-based tablet in Australia before […]
Continue reading...Samsung Galaxy S II won’t be available on Verizon
Thursday, August 25, 2011
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The Samsung Galaxy S II is Samsung’s flagship smartphone and is at the heart of Apple’s patent attack on the Korean-based handset manufacturer. Indeed, just yesterday we reported that Samsung appears to have modified the design of the Galaxy S II to make it look less ‘iPhoney’. Now comes word via the Wall Street Journal […]
Continue reading...Did Samsung make last-minute design changes to the Galaxy S II to make it look less like the iPhone?
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
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With Samsung being put through the ringer in Europe regarding Apple’s claims of patent infringement, it appears that Samsung has modified the design of its upcoming Galaxy S II to look less like the iPhone and more like other Android devices. As you can tell from the promotional shot below, the Samsung Galaxy S II […]
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Friday, September 9, 2011
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