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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 23, 2012
The jury in the Oracle v. Google case has found that Android does not infringe on the eight claims concerning two patents (RE38,104 and 6,061,520) Oracle owns. Judge Alsup has dismissed the jury, an...
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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 13, 2012
The European Commission has cleared Google's proposed buy-out of Motorola Mobility, the company has announced on its official blog. Google has hailed the EC's decision as an "important ...
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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 Simon Sage
Jan 24, 2012
Samsung is having a rough go against Apple in Germany, but that’s apparently not setting a precedent for the rest of Europe. The Court of the Hague, in the Netherlands, has denied an appeal fr...
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by Simon Sage
Jan 17, 2012
Apple is looking to expand its current German ban on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 to a variety of Samsung smartphones on similar grounds of design patent infringement. The Galaxy S II and Galaxy S Plus are b...
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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 Chris Parsons
Dec 08, 2011
In the great battle of Apple v. Samsung, Apple has now lost the battle in Australia. The High Court of Australia has ruled that Apples case lacks merit, meaning Samsung is now in the clear to sell t...
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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 Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 22, 2011
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The FCC chariman today recommended the $39 billion merger of AT&T and T-Mobile be sent for an official review by an administrative law judge. Federal Communica...
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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 Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 27, 2011
Tech Armageddon continues, and now the ITC (International Trade Commission) will be launching an investigation against Apple Computer Corp. over disputes brought by HTC earlier this year. Tech...
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by Chris Parsons
Sep 06, 2011
The battle of over the AT&T and T-Mobile continues today. Sprint has now filed a lawsuit against AT&T, hot on the heels of the U.S. Justice Department's own suit opposing the merger. AT...
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by Android Central
Aug 15, 2011
Like the rest of the blogosphere, we were rubbing our eyes and drinking our morning coffee when Google announced their planned acquisition of Motorola Mobility. Now that the furor has died down...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 08, 2011
Google's director of Android global partnerships, John Lagerling, addressed the issue of patent lawsuits against Google's partners while speaking at a Pacific Crest investor conference. At a tim...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 02, 2011
When we last read about the fate of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia, things looked pretty bleak. Apple had succeeded in it's plan to innovate in the courtroom instead of the engineering...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 15, 2011
The International Trade Commission has ruled that HTC is infringing on two of the ten patents involved in the original Apple v HTC suit. Grace Lei, general counsel for HTC has already sta...
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by Chris Parsons
Mar 21, 2011
Microsoft just fired another shot at Android, this time aiming at Barnes & Noble and various other companies associated in the manufacturing of the Nook Color such as Foxconn and Inventec. The la...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 07, 2010
Google responded this week to Oracle's lawsuit that states the big G has infringed on a handful of Java related patents while developing Android. It's pretty much exactly what you would expect, ...
