All the stories tagged with legal
Nintendo Sued Over 3D Technology In Its 3DS Handheld Console
02/27/2013, It looks like Nintendo could be in trouble over the creation of their handheld console, the 3DS. According to a report by Reuters, the 3D technology used in the console is a patent that was developed by Seijiro Tomita which [...]
President Obama Criticizes Patent Trolls
02/17/2013, President Obama lashed at the Patent Trolls during his Google+ Hangout and said that his administration’s attempts at patent reforms had only gone about half way of where they should have been. In response to an entrepreneur, who raised concerns [...]
Nokia Rumored To Drop Samsung As Component Supplier
02/15/2013, It has long been rumored that Apple is slowly trying to reduce its dependence on Samsung as a component supplier due to the high tensions between both companies over alleged patent infringements. However it looks like Apple isn’t the only [...]
Brazilian iPhone Goes Ahead With Release
02/13/2013, We reported earlier this month that Apple has lost its iPhone trademark in Brazil to a company known as Gradiente (aka IGB Eletrônica), as the latter had held the iPhone trademark in that part of the world all the way [...]
Facebook Sued Over Dead Man’s Patent
02/11/2013, Lawsuits happen all the time, especially where giant names and tons of money are involved. But this lawsuit is rather unusual: Facebook has been sued because it is accused of infringing on the patents of a Dutch programmer Joannes Jozef [...]
Samsung And LG Settles Patent Dispute Through Peace Talk, Not War
02/04/2013, In the book entitled “The Art of War,” Chinese military strategist, Sun Tzu, said that the supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting, and that supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting. South [...]
US Court Denies Sales Ban Of Samsung Galaxy Nexus
01/31/2013, Apple’s attempt to ban the sales of the highly regarded Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone in the US was thwarted by the US Appeals Court, and with the rejection of this sales ban attempt, we can all look forward to the [...]
Samsung Did Not Infringe On Apple’s Patents Willfully
01/29/2013, In the hotly contested Apple vs Samsung case, Judge Lucy Koh has finally handed down a number of the first rulings in the case’s post-trial proceedings. While Apple was granted its motion to invalidate several claims of a Samsung patent, [...]
Samsung Wants A Peek At iOS’ Source Code To Determine Patent Infringement
01/29/2013, Unsurprisingly both Apple and Samsung are still at war with each other over who infringed on whose patent, and in the latest series of patent wars, it seems that Samsung believes that Apple might have infringed upon a particular software [...]
German Court Rules That Internet Is An “Essential” Part Of Life
01/25/2013, Don’t you just hate it when your internet acts up, leaving you frustrated especially since there’s really nothing you can do about it and hope that your ISP gets it fixed ASAP. For the most part, not having internet is [...]
Apple Ends Relationship With Supplier Over Underage Labor Issues
01/25/2013, Apple has been receiving a fair bit of backlash over how some of their suppliers treat their workers, not to mention that some of their suppliers allegedly employ underaged workers as well. Tim Cook has made trips to Foxconn in [...]
Motorola Withdraws Part Of Its ITC Complaint Against Microsoft
01/09/2013, Some of you guys might recall that early last year, Motorola and Microsoft were still at war against each other with regards to alleged patent infringements. By all appearances Motorola appeared to be in the lead having won injunctions against [...]
Apple, RIM Along With Other Companies Hit With Patent Infringement Lawsuit
01/08/2013, Just when you thought the lawsuits were over, it looks like Apple, RIM, Motorola and a bunch of other companies including US telcos have been hit with a massive lawsuit, and surprise, surprise, it looks like they are being sued [...]
