Amazon Kindle Fire tablet already targeted by patent troll
Welcome to the tablet game, Amazon. Just two weeks after taking the wraps off its Kindle Fire tablet, Amazon has already been hit with a …
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San Francisco cell phone ordinance materials are ‘alarmist and false’ CTIA says
The CTIA recently filed a lawsuit in San Francisco, California in an effort to block the city’s “Cell Phone Right-to-Know” ordinance, which the CTIA says …
Intellectual Ventures sues Motorola Mobility for patent infringement
Intellectual Ventures has filed a lawsuit in Delaware against Motorola Mobility after failing to reach a licensing agreement with the phone maker, AllThingsD reported on …
Samsung seeks to block iPhone 4S sales with new patent complaints
Samsung filed two separate motions for preliminary injunctions in Paris, France and Milan, Italy on Wednesday seeking to block the sale of Apple’s upcoming iPhone 4S …
Apple rejects Samsung’s proposed patent settlement in Australia
Apple denied Samsung’s proposed deal in Australia that would allow the South Korea-based company to begin selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet there. Apple believes …
AT&T asks judge to toss Sprint lawsuit
AT&T has asked a federal judge to toss a lawsuit brought against it by Sprint, Reuters reported on Friday. Sprint filed its lawsuit on September …
Steve Jobs tried to end Apple’s patent war with Samsung in 2010
Steve Jobs made contact with Samsung in an effort to resolve a patent argument last year, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. However, Jobs did not participate …
Verizon: Apple injunction against Samsung will ‘harm U.S. consumers’
Verizon Wireless has decided to back Samsung in its ongoing legal battles with Apple, Reuters reported on Monday. “The requested injunction of certain Samsung products …
Verizon goes to bat for AT&T, defends T-Mobile merger
Verizon Communications chief executive Lowell McAdam has gone on record in suggesting that the company’s biggest rival, AT&T, should be allowed to complete its proposed $39 billion …
‘Patent trolls’ cost tech companies $500 billion, kill innovation
According to The Private and Social Costs of Patent Trolls, a new study published by the Boston University School of Law, patent trolls are responsible …
Samsung to target upcoming iPhone 5 in next wave of patent complaints
As Apple and Samsung continue to battle incessantly over patents, a new report claims South Korea-based Samsung Electronics is preparing a new offensive that will …
Google acquires another 1,023 patents from IBM
Back in July — less than a week after Google’s general counsel Kevin Walker took to the company’s blog to launch a war of words …
Apple to court: halt Motorola Mobility patent suits until Google acquisition is final
Apple recently asked a court to put two pending lawsuits with Motorola Mobility on hold, FOSSPatents reported on Monday. Apple believes that Google’s planned $12.5 …
Samsung files new complaint against Apple in France, says iPhone and iPad infringe patents
Samsung on Monday confirmed that it recently filed a new complaint against Apple in France, alleging that the Cupertino-based company’s iPad and iPhone devices infringe …
Dolby and RIM strike licensing deal, lawsuit dropped
Dolby dropped a patent infringement case against Research In Motion after the two sides reached a licensing agreement, Reuters reported on Monday. Dolby filed a …
Apple sings familiar tune, seeks to ban Samsung device sales in Japan
In a move that will undoubtedly shock no one, Apple has filed a new complaint against Samsung in Japan alleging that multiple Samsung devices infringe …
HTC files new suit against Apple using Motorola/Google patents
HTC on Wednesday filed a patent complaint against Apple with the U.S. International Trade Commission. The new filing is actually an amended complaint filed previously with the …
AT&T bites back at Sprint’s attempt to block merger
Sprint announced that it was suing AT&T in an effort to block its proposed acquisition of T-Mobile USA on Tuesday morning. Later in the day …
Sprint sues to block AT&T/T-Mobile merger
Sprint announced on Tuesday that it has filed a lawsuit with a federal court in the U.S. District of Columbia in an effort to block …
With or without AT&T/T-Mobile merger, analyst says Sprint already lost
Lead by chief executive Dan Hesse, Sprint has likely been the most vocal opponent of AT&T’s proposed $39 billion T-Mobile USA acquisition. The Department of …
AT&T could sell 25% of T-Mobile to sway feds in favor of acquisition
AT&T is prepared to make sacrifices in an effort to sway the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission in favor of its …
Microsoft sued in UK by exec dismissed for sexual misconduct and ‘outrageous’ behavior
Former Microsoft UK General Manager Simon Negus was let go last year, and now he is suing his former employer for wrongful termination. Negus was …
Google’s $12.5 billion Motorola buy is ‘an immense mistake’ according to patent expert
Google’s proposed $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility is an “immense mistake” that will do little to help Google defend Android against patent predators, one …
Apple, RIM sued by software maker Openwave over patents
Openwave Systems has filed patent infringement lawsuits against Apple and Research In Motion with a Delaware federal court and the U.S. International Trade Commission. Openwave …
FCC Chairman: ‘Serious concerns’ over impact of AT&T, T-Mobile merger
In response to the U.S. government’s lawsuit against AT&T’s planned $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile, Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski issued the following statement …
AT&T responds to U.S. government lawsuit seeking to block T-Mobile deal [updated]
AT&T has issued a formal response to the U.S. government’s lawsuit seeking to blocking the carrier’s $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA. “We are surprised …
U.S. government sues to block AT&T, T-Mobile merger [updated]
The United States government has filed a lawsuit in an attempt to block AT&T’s proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA, saying that such a …
Judge shoots down Verizon customer class action suit
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia has ruled that Verizon customers who take issue with “fraudulent” cell phone charges must arbitrate individually …
Microsoft moves to block sale of Motorola Android phones
Microsoft opened its case in front of the United States International Trade Commission on Monday in an attempt to block Motorola Mobility from selling its …
Apple again accused of tampering with evidence in case against Samsung
Dutch technology news site Webwereld on Friday uncovered new images that suggest Apple may again be tampering with photographic evidence used in its case against …
