Apple unlikely to win German ban on tweaked Samsung tablet
Apple is not likely to succeed in its efforts to ban Samsung’s revised flagship tablet in Germany, the judge presiding over the case said on …
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Apple takes patent attacks in a new direction
Apple’s aggressive patent strategy has hit a few speed bumps lately. The Cupertino, California-based company won an injunction on sales of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 …
HTC responds to ITC ruling, says it has a solution ready to address Apple patent violations
HTC on Monday responded to a ruling from the United States International Trade Commission that will ban the import of several HTC devices beginning April …
ITC to review decision in HTC vs. Apple patent spat
The United States International Trade Commission recently said that it would review a judge’s decision from earlier this year, which cleared Apple of violating four …
Samsung gives up on iPhone 4S patent suit in Germany
Samsung has reportedly dropped a lawsuit being tried by the Mannheim Regional Court in Germany that sought to ban sales of Apple’s iPhone 4S in …
Sales of Apple’s iPhone, iPad banned by German court [updated]
A ruling handed down on Friday by the Mannheim Regional Court in Germany could see sales of Apple’s iOS devices banned across Europe. The judgement …
Samsung scores another win as Australian tablet ban is overturned
A ban that prevented Samsung’s local subsidiaries from marketing and selling the Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in Australia was lifted on Friday, marking another victory …
Samsung loses bid to block iPhone 4S sales in France
A French court on Thursday decided against issuing an injunction that would have barred Apple from selling the iPhone 4S in France, Bloomberg reports. The …
Samsung puts $200 million aside for patent spats with Apple
Samsung CEO Choi Gee-sung on Monday said that his company is ramping up its defense against Apple in 2012. Speaking to The Korea Times, Samsung’s chief …
ITC ruling clears HTC in patent case with former Apple subsidiary
The International Trade Commission has ruled that camera technology used in HTC devices does not infringe on patents registered to former Apple subsidiary FlashPoint Technology. …
Galaxy Nexus was not designed to avoid Apple patent suits, Samsung exec says
Speaking during the AsiaD conference in Hong Kong recently, Samsung’s head of global mobile product strategy Won-Pyo Hong denied reports that the Galaxy Nexus was …
Judge says Samsung tablet infringes Apple patents, taunts Samsung attorney
United States District Judge Lucy Koh on Thursday ruled that Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet does infringe on multiple Apple patents. Judge Koh failed to …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Nokia exec: In patent wars, Google-Motorola deal won’t help Android at all
Another patent expert weighed in on Google’s proposed $12.5 billion Motorola Mobility acquisition on Friday, and once again the deal is not seen as having …
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 …
Verizon wants Obama to curtail potential patent war damages
Verizon Communications’ chief counsel Randal Milch wants United States President Barack Obama to limit potential damages relating to the ongoing patent wars sweeping technology companies in the …
Sales of Samsung Galaxy S, S II banned by Netherlands judge in Apple patent case
A Netherlands judge has banned the sale of three Samsung smartphones deemed to be infringing on Apple patents. The Samsung Galaxy S II, Galaxy S …
HTC sues Apple for patent infringement… again [updated]
HTC filed a lawsuit with the U.S. District Court of Delaware alleging that Cupertino-based Apple Inc. is infringing on three of its patents. The patents …
Apple sues Motorola, claims XOOM tablet is an iPad rip-off
Apple’s claims that Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet is a copycat device that infringes on Apple-owned patents have been widely reported. The Cupertino-based company has …
ITC to investigate Apple's second patent suit against HTC
The U.S. International Trade Commission on Monday said it would investigate a second patent complaint Apple filed recently against HTC. The complaint seeks to ban …
Samsung comments on Apple's patent suit that blocked Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales down under
As a result of a recent patent complaint filed in Australia by Apple, Samsung has agreed not to sell its Galaxy Tab 10.1 Honeycomb tablet …
Judge blocks patent holding firm from suing Apple
A U.S. District Judge in Texas has ruled that patent holding firm Personal Audio cannot seek additional damages from Apple relating to a patent that …
Hulu sued for patent infringement
A firm named Rovi Corp has filed a complaint with the U.S. District court of Delaware alleging that Hulu infringes on one of its patents. …
Google hates smartphone patent wars, but buys 1,000 new patents to go to war
Google’s general counsel Kent Walker apparently doesn’t see eye to eye with the rest of his company. “The tech industry has a significant problem,” Walker …
Personal Audio goes for round 2 after winning patent decision against Apple
Patent holding firm Personal Audio LLC is suing Apple for patent infringement surrounding IP covering playlist implementation on multiple Apple devices. The firm was recently …
HTC shares tumble after company infringes on Apple’s patents
Shares of HTC’s stock closed down 3.9% at T$871 on Monday, just three days after the the U.S. International Trade Commission announced that the Taiwanese …
