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Samsung illegally wielding its RAND patents against Apple in attempt to confuse courts – Report
Apple’s patent litigation with Samsung grows more complex by the week as new lawsuits are continually being filed in countries all over the world. Without missing a beat, any time Apple files suit against Samsung in a specific court, Samsung fires back with its own counter-suit. In doing so, however, Samsung may be trying to […]
Continue reading...Samsung seeks to ban iPhone and iPad in the Netherlands
23. September 2011
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The Dutch language Nu.nl publication writes that Samsung filed a recent suit in the Netherlands seeking a ban on all of Apple’s 3G products, specifically targeting the iPhone and the iPad. What’s more, Samsung’s suit targets five private companies involved in the selling and distribution of the aforementioned products.
Continue reading...Via technologies sues Apple for patent infringement related to microprocessors
22. September 2011
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The number of lawsuits filed against Apple, some from patent trolls and some not, is staggering and continues to increase with no end in sight. Most recently, Via Technologies, based out of Taiwan, filed suit against Apple in federal court in Wilmington, Delaware alleging that Apple’s iPhone and iPad infringe three of their patents. The […]
Continue reading...Samsung sues Apple in France over UMTS patent infringement
14. September 2011
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We might soon need a treatise to keep track of the cross-continent litigation between Apple and Samsung. In the latest lawsuit piled onto an already complex series of legal actions that span the globe, Samsung this week filed a complaint against Apple in France alleging that the iPhone and iPad infringe upon three of its […]
Continue reading...HTC paid for the patents it acquired from Google and why they’re hypocrites
14. September 2011
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This past week, HTC filed a lawsuit against Apple for patent infringement using a number of patents HTC acquired from Google, some of which, not surprisingly, were previously assigned to Motorola.
Continue reading...German court upholds injunction of Samsung Galaxy tablets
9. September 2011
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In early August, a German court issued an injunction precluding the sale and marketing of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 on account of its design which Apple claims too closely resembles the iPad. While the initial injunction was effective throughout the EU, a subsequent ruling scaled it back to apply only to Germany as it was […]
Continue reading...Apple sues Samsung in Japan to prevent sales of Galaxy S smartphones and tablets
8. September 2011
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Apple’s international patent war against Samsung has extended to yet another front – Japan. Apple recently filed a lawsuit in the Tokyo District Court looking to block the sale of Samsung’s line of Galaxy S smartphones and tablets.
Continue reading...HTC files lawsuit against Apple with patents they recently acquired from Google
7. September 2011
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Apple’s ongoing legal disputes with a bevy of Android manufacturers took an interesting turn recently. Bloomberg is reporting that HTC on September 1 filed a lawsuit against Apple asserting patents that it recently acquired from, you guessed it, Google. The report notes that the patents in question were originally acquired by Google less than a […]
Continue reading...Apple may have to release iPad sales figures to keep Australian injunction against the Galaxy Tab active
6. September 2011
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Apple thus far has had success in preventing Samsung from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in Australia, but if Apple wants to keep the current injunction in place, it may have to dispense some of its iPad 2 sales figures in the US and the UK.
Continue reading...Apple obtains another German injunction against the Samsung 7.7
5. September 2011
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This past Friday, Samsung suddenly pulled all of its marketing materials pertaining to its upcoming Galaxy Tab 7.7 from the IFA trade show in Berlin. Simultaneously, all demo units of the Galaxy Tab 7.7 were suddenly removed as well. As a result, it was believed that the current injunction against the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in […]
Continue reading...Samsung pulls Galaxy Tab 7.7 from IFA trade show; Apple legal pressure to blame
3. September 2011
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An interesting development at the IFA trade show in Berlin – apparently Samsung, at the behest of Apple, has pulled its Galaxy Tab 7.7 from its tradeshow booth and from its German-language website. Florian Mueller has a great recap on the events over at FOSS Patents where he notes that the aforementioned tablet was adorned […]
Continue reading...US seeks to block AT&T’s T-Mobile acquisition; claims it will stifle competition and innovation
31. August 2011
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AT&T this past May decided to use some of their iPhone profits and acquire T-Mobile from Deutsche Telekom for $39 billion. Should the deal approve regulative scrutiny, AT&T would leapfrog Verizon and become the nation’s largest wireless carrier. But that regulatory approval hit a roadblock today as the U.S government filed suit today to block […]
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23. September 2011
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