All the stories tagged with: patent
Apple sues Samsung in Germany again
02/10/2012, The long running saga of lawsuits being thrown at one another between Samsung and Apple continues, where Apple has just sued Samsung in Mannheim over a patent where a Munich court denied preliminary injunction sometime last week. Apple apparently introduced [...]
Apple patents new 3D interface
02/10/2012, Apple does seem to be a company that is always on the cutting edge, and you can tell as much by the kind of patents that they file. Here we are with a recent patent application that points towards an [...]
Apple wants uniform patent licensing in Europe
02/08/2012, After suffering a setback from Motorola’s injunction in Germany recently, we have discovered that Apple sought to avoid such a pitfall in the past by requesting the telecom standards body in Europe to lay down the law for uniform patent [...]
Sony patent reveals Wii U-like controller
02/06/2012, Sony and Nintendo have long been rivals, what with both companies challenging each other on the console gaming front with the Sony PlayStation and Nintendo Wii, and let’s not forget Sony’s PlayStation Vita versus Nintendo’s 3DS handheld console. Well it [...]
Apple patent hints at touchscreen iMac
02/03/2012, Could the next iMac feature a touchscreen? Well, it looks like it might be a possibility – according to a recently discovered patent that has been filed by Apple. The patent describes a computer desktop that computer that has a [...]
German court grants Motorola injunction against Apple’s iCloud and MobileMe push email service and client devices (Update: Apple to appeal)
02/03/2012, The battle is fierce, and Steve Jobs who vowed to go “thermonuclear war” with Google’s Android, might actually go through with his threats if he were alive today – after putting into consideration the latest developments at a German court [...]
Apple looks into social fitness technology
02/02/2012, Apple’s iPod shuffle and iPod nano has certainly changed the way we worked out at the gym, simply because carrying music while we sweat it out had never looked cooler, never mind that old school Sony Walkmans heralded such an [...]
Apple fails in bid to ban Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1N, Nexus phone
02/01/2012, Apple did not manage to obtain a preliminary ban on sales of Samsung’s Galaxy 10.1N and Galaxy Nexus smartphone from a court in Germany, which means that both devices from the South Korean giant will still be able to sit [...]
German court upholds Samsung tablet ban
01/31/2012, It seems that things are not going too well for Samsung – in Germany, at least, where the European Union just announced whether it would look further into Samsung’s tablet devices, and investigate as to whether the South Korean conglomerate [...]
Reprogrammable magnetic fluids lets you feel virtual keyboard physically
01/27/2012, A virtual keyboard is just that – technically speaking, you are not supposed to be able to feel the keys when your fingers glide all over them as you type in the necessary characters to form that long Word document, [...]
German court rejects Samsung’s patent infringement claims
01/27/2012, The legal battle between Apple and Samsung is far from over, and the Mannheim Regional Court rejected the second of Samsung’s patent infringement claims against Apple earlier this morning. Similar in nature to last week’s ruling, today’s decision will put [...]
Apple patent reveals plans for MagSafe data and headphone cables
01/27/2012, A while back we reported on a patent by Apple that seemed to suggest that the Cupertino company had an idea of using MagSafe chargers for iOS devices. While it is a good idea, it should be noted that the [...]
Apple loses appeal for Dutch ban
01/24/2012, The two 800 lbs gorillas, Apple and Samsung, are slugging it out in the courtroom where intellectual property is concerned – with both companies “trading blows” so to speak where lawsuits are concerned. Cupertino as seen an Australian court lift [...]
