Tag: Lawsuit
The ITC Hands Apple Another Patent Victory Over Samsung
When it seems as if Samsung couldn’t get in any more trouble with Apple, it did. A judge with the United State’s International Trade Commission...
Apple Appeals Japanese Court Ruling In Samsung Case
In August, a Japanese court ruled in favor of Samsung in a suit against Apple in which Apple claimed that Samsung was infringing on JP...
Apple Loses Bid To Keep Marketing Poll Secret
As you may know, Apple and Samsung are currently in the process of duking it out in court. With this comes a flow of cool...
Google’s Lawyer Says Certain Apple Inventions Are Commercially Essential
Google General Counsel, Kent Walker, wrote a letter to the US Senate Judiciary Committee this month stating certain Apple inventions should be “standards” simply because...
Poor iCloud Transition Is The Subject Of New Lawsuit Against Apple
Yet another lawsuit has been filed against Apple. However, this time around it has nothing to do with patent wars. The newest lawsuit takes issue...
Apple Stuck Defending Siri’s Performance In Court
Apple’s back in court (they should probably just set up a tent in the lobby), but this time it’s not to fight off Samsung’s copyist...
In Finland Open Wi-Fi Owners Not Responsible For Others’ Copyright Infringement
A Finnish court has decided that having an open Wi-Fi connection does not make the access point owners responsible for third party copyright infringement that...
Apple Sued: Smart Cover Lawsuits, Ribbed For Patent Troll Pleasure
Days after Apple walked away with a patent for the Smart Cover, the company finds itself in another lawsuit. Get this: a Colorodo man claims...
Out Of Court Settlement With Proview Over iPad Trademark Not Out Of The Question
Proview Technology is currently the “rightful” owner of the iPad trademark in China according to senior State officials in China, but that doesn’t mean that...
Sorry Germany, Still No Push Email To iCloud For You
Looks like you’re still out of luck if you live in Germany. Apple lost its bid to restore push email to iCloud users in a...
Apple Finally Given Permission To Intervene In Lodsys Lawsuit Against App Developers
Around this time last year, Lodsys, a giant patent troll, sued developers — both large and small — for patent infringment. In their lawsuit, Lodsys...
Apple turns off Push services in Germany due to Motorola injunction
Push services from Apple have been disabled in Germany, thanks to a lawsuit from Motorola that ultimately led to an injunction in the country. As it...
Proview wins in intermediate Chinese court, but Apple fires back with threat of defamation lawsuit
A lower court in China has sided with Proview, and ruled that sales of the iPad within China violates trademarks owned by Proview, despite the...
Honeywell sues Nest for making a thermostat people actually care about
Chalk one up for patents stifling innovation. Honeywell has filed a lawsuit again Nest and Best Buy for infringing on some of its thermostat technologies....
German appeals court upholds injunction against Samsung
Today, a German appeals court upheld a decision by a lower court to continue the ban of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Galaxy Tab 8.9...
Motorola gets in on the fun and sues Apple over six products
So it seems that the fight is no longer just Apple vs. Samsung. Rather, Motorola Mobility wants to snatch up a piece of legal leverage....
First of Samsung’s cases against Apple rejected by German court
The Regional Court in the city of Mannheim, Germany, just dismissed the first of Samsung’s seven copyright infringement claims in a lawsuit against Apple. The...
Samsung shamelessly steals the iPhone 3G design, again
Today Samsung has announced the iPhone 3G Galaxy Ace Plus. The phone looks exactly like the iPhone 3G, and clearly illustrates Samsung’s game plan moving...