All the stories tagged with legal
Google’s Eric Schmidt is curious why Apple has gone after their partners and not them
12/05/2012, Ever wondered why Apple seems to have gone against all of Google’s Android partners, but not Google themselves? After all heading straight to the source makes the most sense, right? Perhaps Google might be too big for Apple to take [...]
Judge rules that the patents in the Apple/HTC agreement can be released to the public
12/04/2012, Ever wondered what exactly it was that Apple and HTC agreed upon that led to both companies ending the dispute against each other? It wasn’t too long ago that a judge ordered Apple to hand over to Samsung the details [...]
Ericsson seeks a US import ban on Samsung products
12/04/2012, A week ago we reported that Ericsson was suing Samsung in the US over alleged patent infringement, and now unsurprisingly the Swedish company has reached out to the US ITC and are seeking a US import ban on Samsung’s products. [...]
Patent troll Arendi sues Apple over alleged patent infringement
12/03/2012, Patent trolls are nothing new and they often make the headlines by going after high profile companies over a vague patent that said company may or may not have infringed upon. Now it looks like Apple is being targeted by [...]
ITC staff upholds initial ITC ruling in Samsung versus Apple case
11/30/2012, Awhile back it was ruled by Administrative Judge Thomas Pender that Samsung was indeed in violation of four of Apple’s patents, while not infringing upon two. Both Apple and Samsung requested that the ITC review the ruling, albeit for different [...]
Samsung Galaxy Devices Banned In Netherlands
11/28/2012, Apple is winning big in Netherlands. According to IDG News Service, the Dutch court has ordered the sales ban of a few Samsung Galaxy devices, because they are infringing a patent owned by Apple that can scroll through a photo [...]
Apple and LG sued by Alcatel-Lucent’s Multimedia Patent Trust over alleged patent infringement
11/28/2012, Uh-oh, it looks like both Apple and LG could be in trouble after Alcatel-Lucent’s Multimedia Patent Trust filed a lawsuit against both companies alleging that they infringed upon patents with regards to video compression technology. According to the patent trust’s [...]
Nokia attempting to block Blackberry phones in the US
11/28/2012, While Google and Apple battle it out for the number one spot for the largest smartphone platform market share, we’re sure that their competition such as Windows Phone and Blackberry (and the upcoming Blackberry 10) wouldn’t mind a larger slice [...]
Ericsson files lawsuit against Samsung in the US citing alleged patent infringement
11/27/2012, When it comes to lawsuits against Samsung, it looks like Apple isn’t the only one after the Korean company for alleged patent infringements. Ericsson has recently filed a lawsuit against Samsung in the US for alleged patent infringement, which seemingly [...]
Apple Ordered To Disclose HTC Settlement Details To Samsung
11/26/2012, Following the reports that Samsung is investigating the controversial 10-year licensing agreement between Apple and HTC, U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal is now ordering Apple to disclose the financial terms of the licensing agreement, asking the company to produce a [...]
Samsung Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note 2 targeted by Apple lawsuit
11/25/2012, In a move that won’t surprise many observers, Apple has updated its ongoing infringement lawsuits with Samsung to add six products: the Galaxy S3 (Android 4.1+), Galaxy Note 2, Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, Galaxy Tab 8.9, Rugby Pro and Galaxy [...]
Court orders Apple to hand over agreement with HTC to Samsung’s attorneys
11/22/2012, Last week we reported that after Apple and HTC managed to arrive at a settlement agreement, effectively ending the patent war between both companies, Samsung stepped in and requested that they be allowed to look at the settlement. Apparently some [...]
HTC denies they are paying Apple $6-$8 per Android phone
11/20/2012, Back when Apple and HTC reached their settlement agreement, naturally the details of their agreement was kept confidential although we’re sure many were curious as to how much HTC could be paying Apple. Rumors surfaced that suggested that HTC could [...]
