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by Alex Dobie
May 14, 2013
Apple says Samsung's new flagship smartphone "is an infringing device"
Apple will move to have the Galaxy S4 added to its patent infringement case against Samsung, court documents ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 23, 2013
Existing phones using the components face no sales ban
The full details have emerged about yesterday's actions in the Netherlands, where a court was said to have handed down a preliminary in...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 22, 2013
ST Microelectronics allegedly provided parts designed by, and for Nokia's sole use to the Taiwanese manufacturer
An Amsterdam district court has granted Nokia an preliminary injunction based...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 02, 2013
ASUS settles class action suit, settlement class members get a GPS dongle and $17 for their troubles
The ASUS Transformer Prime looks beautiful with it's thick spun aluminum back. It also ha...
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by Richard Devine
Feb 13, 2013
It's a slightly bizarre feeling, but in Brazil, this Android smartphone is the iPhone. And, thanks to a ruling by Brazilian regulators, it can continue to be called the iPhone, as Apple has been...
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 18, 2012
Seemingly out of nowhere, Samsung has said today that it will stop pursuing injunction requests against Apple products in the U.K., Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands. Coming on the heels of...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 18, 2012
Judge Koh (the presiding judge in the Apple v. Samsung mess) tonight entered two orders pertaining to the case this evening. The first one, and arguably the most important one, says Apple is no...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 10, 2012
Agreement ends current lawsuits; license covers current and future patents for 10 years
Apple and HTC this evening in a joint statement announced they've settled their patent dispute and hav...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 09, 2012
It seems at this point that the patent wars will continue. After quite the trial concerning patents and trade dress between Apple and Samsung, appeals thereafter and plenty of arguing outside of cou...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 05, 2012
The patent battle between Apple and Google (by way of Motorola) just keeps on going. Apple and Google were set to square off in the courtroom today in Wisconsin over allegations that Motorola's ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 31, 2012
Apple has amended a lawsuit they filed back in February against Samsung, and is now including four new devices to the original 17 they say violate their patented technology. The additions are the Ga...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 28, 2012
We're just gonna let this sit here. Draw your own conclusion. (The hostess seems to be a little excited about all this, too.)
That said, you'll also find this line 9:22 in: "The Androi...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 24, 2012
According to Alyssa Milano on Twitter, it's almost over. The jury has reached some sort of verdict in Apple's federal patent infringement suit against Samsung, and presumably in Samsung'...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 17, 2012
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Motorola has filed with the International Trade Commission (that's the same one that blocked the HTC One X and EVO 4G LTE for a spell) to sue Apple over...
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by Alex Dobie
Jul 30, 2012
Following months of legal wrangling, injunctions and appeals, Samsung and Apple will face off in a federal court in San Jose today. The two companies accuse each other of patent and design infringem...
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by Richard Devine
Jul 28, 2012
Admit it, Android fan. When you first heard that Apple would have to publicly admit Samsung didn't copy the iPad's design, you let out a little cheer. The UK courts seemed to have taken a st...
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by Simon Sage
Jul 23, 2012
Uniloc, a patent protection company specializing in anti-piracy technologies, is suing Mojang, developer of Minecraft, for infringing on an Android-related patent called "System and Method for ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 07, 2012
You probably heard that a partial decision was made in the Oracle versus Google lawsuit this afternoon. Nobody won, nobody lost (except us end-users, who will have to pay for all this somehow), and ...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 16, 2012
Samsung has launched yet another 7-inch tablet, and this time it's a redesigned version of the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus for the German market. Similar to the Galaxy Tab 10.1 N, the Tab 7.0 Plus N is ...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 03, 2012
278 claims covering 22 patents across 10 devices
The latest round of legal wrangling between Apple and Samsung has seen the former significantly expand its patent claims against the latter in Au...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 25, 2012
The Korea Herald today is reporting that the unlocking mechanism on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is not the subject of a new legal complaint filed by Apple.
The Galaxy Nexus was first named as a target...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 13, 2012
The ALJ (Administrative Law Judge) appointed by the International Trade Commission in the case of Apple v. Motorola has determined that Motorola Mobility does not violate three Apple-held patents.&n...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 12, 2012
Microsoft says 70 percent of all Android phones sold in the U.S. are covered by its portfolio
Microsoft today announced that Korean smartphone (and everything else) manufacturer LG has signed a ...
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by Richard Devine
Dec 20, 2011
The Android world is no stranger to lawsuits, but the latest one coming from British Telecom goes right to the top. It's suing Google in the U.S. over claims that six of its patents have b...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 19, 2011
The International Trade Commission has found that HTC products violate Apple patents, and the importation of devices will be banned starting in April of next year. We don't yet know which ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 23, 2011
Well, that was quick. Carrier IQ just sent out a press statement saying it's withdrawn its cease-and desist letter to Trevor Eckhart, who recently detailed how the company's action worked. S...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 23, 2011
The push and pull between security (and privacy) advocates and a company that supplies several Android manufacturers with application metrics has reached a new level -- and lawyers are now involved....
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 24, 2011
Microsoft on Sunday -- you know, day press releases are typically sent out -- announced it had reached a patent licensing agreement with Compal over its tablets, phones, e-readers and any other devi...
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by Anndrew Vacca
Oct 21, 2011
Though we all knew it, now we have it in writing: Steve Jobs really hated Android, according to his biography, which will hit store shelves on October 24. Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson is said to de...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 17, 2011
Seriously, Samsung, you're really not doing yourselves any favors here. We ignored the story about the lawyer not able to tell the difference between a Galaxy Tab 10.1 and iPad 2 from 10 feet aw...
