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Microsoft must pay $1.8 million for Motorola's patents, well short of $4 billion request
- Microsoft scored a victory against Google-owned Motorola Mobility on Thursday after a federal judge shot down the latter’s request of $4 billion yearly payments for the use of a number of its patents on Windows and the Xbox console. Instead,…
Apple must share HTC settlement details with Samsung
- A few days ago Apple and HTC settled a longstanding patent dispute that resolved all current lawsuits between them and resulted in a 10-year licensing deal to share existing and future patents. Financial details were kept under wraps, and though…
Apple and HTC settle patent dispute, sign cross-licensing deal
- Apple settled its first patent battle against an Android smartphone maker over the weekend. In a joint announcement with HTC, the company said it had reached a global settlement with the Taiwanese firm that includes the dismissal of all current…
UK Court not amused with Apple's 'copy' notice, ordered to replace it
- Last week Apple was ordered to make good on a July ruling to post a public notice on their UK website stating Samsung didn’t infringe on the design of the iPad with their own Galaxy-branded tablets. Cupertino complied, albeit with…
Apple posts 'Samsung didn't copy' notice on U.K. website
- Last week Apple lost its appeal in the UK regarding the High Court of Justice’s ruling that Samsung’s tablets did not infringe the iPad. The company was ordered in July to run a public notice on its UK website stating…
Apple seeks US Samsung sales ban plus $707m in damages
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Apple filed a motion in the San Jose District Court late Friday requesting an additional $707 million in damages and a wider US sales ban covering all of Samsung's infringing devices. The South Korean electronics giant has also filed its own motion requesting a retrial...
Samsung, Apple fiasco continues with South Korean FTC probe
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Samsung's run of misery continues today after South Korea's Fair Trade Commission announced its intention to launch an investigation into allegations by Apple that the electronics firm is abusing its leading position in the smartphone market to disadvantage its rival...
Apple amends US lawsuit, seeks ban of Galaxy S3 and 21 more
- Apple looks set to deal Samsung a further blow after amending a lawsuit filed earlier in the year to include several of the South Korean firm’s latest smartphones, bringing the total number of devices that Apple seeks to ban to…
Samsung, Apple face small fines in South Korea, but ruling could have major implications
- A South Korean court has delivered a split decision in its piece of the patent infringement battle between Apple and Samsung. According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, the three-judge panel declared Apple infringed two Samsung technology patents,…
Motorola files new ITC complaint against Apple over 7 patents
- Apple has found itself at the center of another patent dispute after Motorola Mobility filed a new patent-infringement complaint with the US International Trade Commission (ITC). Motorola claims several of Apple’s product features infringe on patents they own, which includes…
Court filings reveal Sony-inspired iPhone ahead of next week's trial
- The widely-discussed patent infringement trial between Apple and Samsung starts next week, with the former seeking $2.525 billion in damages and the latter demanding 2.4% of the sale price on every device misusing its patents.
Apple ordered to post "Samsung didn't copy iPad" notice on its UK website
- Apple’s legal campaign against Samsung backfired spectacularly yesterday, according to a report by Bloomberg, after being ordered to place a public a notice on its UK site and in several national newspapers alerting people to the High Court ruling on…
Samsung wins UK High Court battle for being less "cool" than the iPad
- Apple has been dealt yet another blow in its worldwide courtroom saga with Samsung, after the High Court in London ruled Samsung was not infringing Apple's iPad design because the Galaxy Tab 10 tablet wasn't as "cool" looking as the…
Galaxy Nexus yanked from Google Play store, ban-beating patch almost ready
- Samsung has been forced to stop selling its Galaxy Nexus smartphone after Apple paid the bond to bring a court-ordered ban into effect and cover damages should the final judgement favor the South Korean phone maker. Subsequently, Google had to…
Samsung fails to lift U.S. sales ban on Galaxy Tab 10.1
- Samsung’s attempt to lift a ban on the sale of their Galaxy Tab 10.1 in America fell short on Monday as US District Judge Lucy Koh declined the South Korean giant’s request. The rejection comes ahead of a planned patent…
Judge bans Samsung's iPad rival from sale in the US
- A US court has banned the sales of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet until a decision is reached regarding the South Korean electronics giant's patent dispute with Apple. The two companies have been locked in multiple legal battles across the…
Microsoft victorious in Motorola patent dispute, wins US import ban
- Microsoft has prevailed over Motorola in one of their ongoing patent disputes after the US International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled (PDF) that the phone maker has violated one of the Redmond-based software giant's patents, and ordered an immediate import ban…
HTC One X, EVO 4G LTE held by US customs following Apple patent ban
- Consumers eager to get their hands on HTC's One X and EVO 4G LTE smartphones will have to wait a bit longer after shipments of the new handsets were held by US customs, pending a review to confirm changes have…
Nokia launches patent offensive, sues HTC, RIM and ViewSonic
- Struggling Finnish phone maker Nokia propelled itself in the ongoing mobile patent wars after it filed multiple lawsuits in two different continents during a single day against HTC, Research in Motion and Viewsonic, alleging they infringe on a total of 45…
Motorola wins injunction: Xbox 360 and Windows 7 sales banned in Germany
- Microsoft was dealt a huge blow by Motorola Mobility after the latter was granted an injunction by the Mannheim Courts in Germany, preventing the Redmond-based software giant from selling online or in German stores its Xbox 360 games console and Windows…
Twitter calls on industry not to abuse patent system, announces Innovator's Patent Agreement
- Twitter has taken a stand against the industry's escalating patent abuse by outlining new policies for their patents and promising to only use them for defensive purposes -- asserting infringement claims only if it is sued first. On their official blog,…
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