Judge finds HTC guilty of infringing two Apple patents; could mean trouble for Android [updated]
A judge with the U.S. International Trade Commission on Friday ruled that HTC’s Android phones infringe on two of ten Apple patents covered in a …
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Apple dumps Samsung; next-gen A6 chip to be manufactured by TSMC, report claims
Apple may have just hit Samsung where it hurts as the two companies continue their ongoing legal battles over patents. Apple, said to be the …
Judge denies Apple’s request for expedited patent trial with Samsung
A federal judge on Tuesday denied Apple’s request for an expedited trial in the company’s patent case against Samsung, FOSS Patents reports. “The Court agrees …
Apple’s top patent lawyer quits as legal battles heat up
Apple’s chief patent lawyer will soon leave the company amid ongoing legal battles with Samsung and HTC, among others. Attorney Richard “Chip” Lutton Junior currently manages Apple’s …
HTC says Apple should compete fairly in the mobile market, not sue every vendor in its way
HTC on Tuesday responded to Apple’s new round of patent infringement claims by dismissing them publicly and suggesting that Apple should focus on competing in …
Apple looks to block sale of HTC devices with new patent complaint
Apple on Monday filed a new patent complaint with the International Trade Commission looking to block the sale of several HTC devices it claims infringe …
Apple seeks preliminary injunction to halt sale of four Samsung devices
Apple on Friday asked the U.S District Court in San Jose to issue a preliminary injunction that would halt the sale of four Samsung devices …
Apple, RIM win big as ITC reverses earlier decision in Kodak patent case
The International Trade Commission on Thursday reversed an earlier decision in a patent case that could cost camera maker Kodak hundreds of millions of dollars …
Samsung denies meeting with Apple to discuss patent dispute
Samsung on Monday denied Apple attorney Harold McElhinny’s claim that the two companies are currently holding high-level talks in an attempt to settle ongoing patent …
Apple and Samsung attempting to reconcile patent dispute
Executives at Apple and Samsung are attempting to reconcile their differences and settle the numerous patent disputes each company has filed recently, FierceWireless reports. Despite …
Dolby sues RIM for patent infringement, looks to halt BlackBerry sales
Dolby announced on Wednesday that it has filed patent infringement lawsuits against Waterloo, Canada-based Research In Motion in the U.S. and in Germany. The suit …
Apple could pay Nokia $600M up front, $550M each year in patent settlement
Deutsche Bank analyst Kai Korschelt on Tuesday estimated that Nokia stands to make a pretty penny off of royalty payments from Apple moving forward. Nokia announced early …
Microsoft ordered to pay $290M patent fine
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against Microsoft in an appeal tied to a major patent dispute, ordering the Redmond-based company to pay a …
Samsung’s lawyers demand access to iPhone 5, iPad 3
After a federal judge ordered Samsung to grant Apple access to several unreleased devices last week, the Korean electronics giant responded by demanding the same …
U.S. ITC to investigate Nokia’s patent case against Apple
The United States International Trade Commission said Thursday that it will re-investigate patent infringement claims that Nokia filed against Apple in May 2010. In March, …
Lodsys targeting Android developers, too
Earlier this week we reported that a firm named Lodsys had started to send out letters to Apple developers claiming that they were infringing on …
Android makes Microsoft more money than Windows Phone
According to a report by Citi analyst Walter Pritchard, Microsoft may be making more money off Google’s Android operating system than it makes off its own Windows …
Samsung ordered by court to give Apple access to unreleased products
Samsung has been ordered by a federal judge to grant Apple access to a number of unreleased tablets and smartphones as part of an ongoing …
Wozniak: Paul Allen should be investing, not patent trolling
During his Embedded System Conference Silicon Valley keynote recently, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak took some time to rag on Paul Allen’s decision to sue Apple, …
Samsung responds to Apple with multiple patent suits
It didn’t take a crystal ball to see this move coming — Samsung on Friday filed multiple patent infringement suits against Apple. Just four days …
ITC staff: Siding with HTC and Nokia in Apple lawsuit is best for public
According to Bloomberg, a staff lawyer with the United States International Trade Commission (U.S. ITC) named Erin Joffre has recommended, on behalf of the public, …
Apple did not infringe on Nokia patents, ITC panel rules
An International Trade Commission panel on Friday ruled on a patent infringement suit filed by Nokia against Apple in May 2010. In the suit, Nokia …
ITC may reopen Kodak’s $1 billion patent suit against Apple, RIM
The International Trade Commission is set to determine at 5:00 p.m. EDT today whether or not it will review the decision in a patent infringement …
Nokia files 13 new patent infringement complaints against Apple
The evolution of Nokia’s business over the years has been nothing short of remarkable; from rubber boots and tires to cell phones, and now to …
Nokia vs. Apple court date set for mid-2012
For those that are not up to speed, here is the Reader’s Digest® version of the Apple and Nokia legal saga. Nokia sued Apple, Apple …
RIM sued over visual voicemail patent, could seek indemnification from App World vendor?
Over the past several years Klausner Technologies, Inc. has been making headlines by suing large mobile companies, notably Apple and RIM, over alleged visual voicemail …
Nokia continues legal assault on Apple, files suit with ITC to ban Apple imports
Back in October we told you about Nokia filing suit against Apple over the iPhone, claiming that Apple’s mobile offering violated Nokia patents pertaining to …
