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Apple accepts TrapCall app after 201 day review
After what might very well be the longest delay between an app submission and its appearance on iTunes, Apple last week finally approved the TrapCall app by Tel Tech Systems after an astounding 201 days in review. TrapCall is a nifty little utility app for the iPhone that lets users unmask phone numbers that initially […]
Continue reading...Apple wins: Judge reverses $625.5 million patent judgement previously awarded to Mirror Worlds
4. April 2011
A federal judge today reversed a $625.5 million judgement against Apple in a patent infringement lawsuit pertaining to Apple’s Cover Flow feature. The lawsuit was filed by Mirror Worlds, a company founded by Yale professor Dave Gelertner. “Mirror Worlds may have painted an appealing picture for the jury, but it failed to lay a solid […]
Continue reading...Microsoft hires linguist Ronald Butters to attack Apple’s “app store” trademark claim
31. March 2011
Apple and Microsoft’s dispute over Apple’s efforts to trademark the term app store continues to get more absurd. Microsoft is of course challenging the trademark on the grounds that the phrase app store is merely a generic designation. In one of its filings with the US Patent and Trademark Office, Apple argued that generic terms can […]
Continue reading...Nokia takes on Apple’s entire product line in new ITC complaint
29. March 2011
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After losing an ITC decision to Apple last week with respect to 5 patents, Nokia regrouped and came back at Apple with a new ITC complaint, this time alleging that nearly every Apple product infringes on Nokia patents. From the iPhone to the iPod to the iPad and the Mac, Nokia alleges that these products […]
Continue reading...ITC agrees to review Judge’s pro-Apple ruling from January in Kodak case
28. March 2011
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This past Friday, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) decided to review a Judge’s findings from this past January where he ruled that an image preview feature used in Apple’s iPhone and RIM’s BlackBerry devices doesn’t infringe on Kodak patents. The patent in question involves taking a high resolution photo yet using a low resolution […]
Continue reading...Judge gives go-ahead for Steve Jobs deposition in iTunes antitrust case
22. March 2011
It seems like forever ago, but it really wasn’t until April 2009 that Apple began offering iTunes downloads free from the shackles of DRM. Prior to that, downloaded songs were only playable on iPods, effectively tying consumers who used iTunes for music downloads to Apple hardware. This understandably irritated some consumers who wanted to enjoy […]
Continue reading...Apple sues Amazon over “App Store” trademark infringement
21. March 2011
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Network World reports: Continuing on its quest to secure a trademark for “App Store”, Apple last week filed suit against Amazon alleging that the online retailer was improperly using the phrase “App Store” in its mobile software developer program. Specifically, Apple accuses Amazon of trademark infringement and unfair competition. Apple of course is also currently engaged in […]
Continue reading...Judge throws out iPad overheating lawsuit
21. February 2011
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This past July, a trifecta of fools from California filed a class-action lawsuit alleging that the iPad overheats and turns itself off in what they described as ordinary weather conditions. The suit accused Apple of fraud, negligent misrepresentation, deceptive advertising practices, intentional misrepresentation, breach of warranty, and unfair business practices. Their complaint stated: Using the […]
Continue reading...Former SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt says Jobs has disclosed enough about his health
26. January 2011
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When Steve Jobs left Apple in 2009 for what we’d soon find out was a liver transplant, there was a lot of talk about what information, if any, Jobs was obligated to divulge to the Apple board and Apple investors. While shareholders have a right to material information that can affect the performance of a company’s stock, Jobs’ […]
Continue reading...Four charged with leaking confidential information about Apple products to hedge funds
27. December 2010
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When it comes to product secrecy, no other company can hold a candle to Apple – which is why the company takes efforts to leak confidential product information so seriously. The insurmountable problem faced by Apple, however, is that there’s only so much information it can keep close to the vest. Manufacturing processes take place […]
Continue reading...Apple legal now goes after eBay auctions of Steve Jobs figurine
21. December 2010
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Apple’s legal team just won’t let up. Now comes word via AppleInsider that the company contacted eBay to ask, or shall we say ‘demand’, that the online auction site cancel any pending auctions involving what is now becoming an infamous Steve Jobs figurine. After initially sending a cease and desist letter to MIC Gadget who […]
Continue reading...Nokia widens patent litigation against Apple
17. December 2010
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Nokia yesterday announced that it was expanding its patent infringement lawsuit against Apple to include even more patents it claims Apple is trespassing on. Nokia’s new claims against Apple were brought in the UK High Court, Dusseldorf and Mannheim District Courts in Germany and the District Court of the Hague, Netherlands. The infringing products in question […]
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5. April 2011
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