Archive | February 20th, 2012
Apple wins injunction against Motorola over “slide to unlock” patent
Foss Patents reported late last week: I just returned from the Munich I Regional Court, where Presiding Judge Dr. Peter Guntz publicly announced a decision in Apple’s favor: most of Motorola Mobility’s products were found to infringe on Apple’s slide-to-unlock image patent, EP1964022 on “unlocking a device by performing gestures on an unlock image”. Today’s […]
Continue reading...Lower Chinese Court rules that stores should pull iPads
20. February 2012
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The drama in China over Apple’s iPad trademark rages on as a lower Chinese Court ruled recently that local iPad distributors should stop selling Apple’s tablet. Xie Xianghui, a lawyer for Shenzhen Proview Technology, said the Intermediate People’s Court in Huizhou, a city in southern China’s Guangdong province, had ruled on Friday that distributors should […]
Continue reading...Apple invites ABC’s Nightline to take a look at Foxconn’s iPad production
20. February 2012
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It’s gonna air on Tuesday Night. Check out a sneak peak here.
Continue reading...Amazon takes swipe at iPad in new ad
20. February 2012
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Amazon last week released a new ad taking a clever swipe at Apple’s iPad. Whereas previous Kindle ads centered exclusively on the Kindle’s readability in sunlight (yawn), Amazon’s latest effort is more balanced and not too shabby. Of course, things kick off with a guy toting around what is clearly an iPad and lamenting his […]
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20. February 2012
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