All the stories tagged with: legal
RIM granted patent for automatic volume adjustment based on ear seal
03/27/2012, A patent that was filed by Research In Motion (RIM) in 2007 was granted today after 5 years. The patent would give RIM the technology to make smartphones have the ability to adjust earpiece volumes based on the “estimated degree [...]
ASUS beats Hasbro’s Transformer Prime lawsuit
03/27/2012, Late last year we reported that Hasbro was suing ASUS over using the name “Transformer Prime” (btw our giveaway ends tomorrow, be sure to enter if you haven’t already!) for its Android tablet. Well, it looks like Hasbro’s case against [...]
83-year-old lady runs into Apple store, sues them for $1 million
03/26/2012, What happens when you cross an 83-year-old lady with an iPhone? Well, I am quire sure that regardless of the answers that you receive when you ask someone that question, no one would think of the elderly lady actually suing [...]
Apple claims Samsung “willfully infringed” upon their patents
03/23/2012, A while back there were some rumblings that Steve Jobs had apparently initiated talks with Samsung over an alleged patent infringement lawsuit, possibly in the hopes that they would be able to settle it quickly and quietly without the need [...]
Samsung, RIM, sued over emoticons
03/19/2012, While patents are said to be the newest form of corporate ammunition between companies, what you are about to read might just take things a little bit too far. It seems that RIM and Samsung’s decision to throw in a [...]
ITC clears Motorola in patent infringement case against Apple
03/19/2012, Both Motorola and Apple have been duking it out for quite a while now regarding patent infringements, with each side claiming that the other allegedly infringed upon their patents. After one and a half years of battling each other, it [...]
German court rules in favor of Motorola in case against Apple
03/16/2012, Apple’s stock might have passed the $600 mark for the first time in the company’s corporate history, making them the third most valuable company to date, and we do know that their new iPad (which has already been jailbroken) is [...]
Apple claims Proview “tricked” them into signing the trademark agreement
03/14/2012, Both Apple and Chinese company Proview have been butting heads for quite a while now regarding the iPad trademark, and in the latest update, it seems that Apple is claiming that Proview and its subsidiaries “tricked” Apple into signing the [...]
Yahoo sues Facebook over patent infringements
03/13/2012, Back in February, we reported that Yahoo was attempting to get Facebook to pay them licensing fees for allegedly using their technology. It looks like whatever talks that was held between both the tech giants did not reach a mutual [...]
Samsung’s emergency hearing in Australia was non-iPad related
03/09/2012, It’s been a couple of days since Apple’s latest iPad was launched, and it looks like Samsung might be looking to get it banned ASAP, at least that’s what earlier reports had suggested. While it was not specified that those [...]
Samsung says “No compromise!” to Apple’s offer
03/08/2012, Just yesterday we reported that Apple was supposedly offering licensing deals to their Android competitors, namely Motorola and Samsung, in an act that could finally bring the patent war to a close. Unfortunately according to the reports, the offer that [...]
Samsung launches new lawsuit against Apple in South Korea
03/07/2012, Earlier on we reported that Apple supposedly was attempting to offer licensing deals to their Android competitors, namely Samsung and Motorola, both of whom are currently embroiled in a fierce legal battle over patent infringements, but it looks like either [...]
Apple reportedly offering licensing deals to their Android competitors
03/07/2012, Apple has been embroiled in several legal disputes against their Android competitors, and most notably would be their legal battles with both Samsung and Motorola, where injunctions again each other’s products have been granted on an alarmingly frequent basis. However [...]
