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iPad overheating at center of new Apple lawsuit
It’s only been a few weeks since we last heard of a frivilous Apple lawsuit, so why not bring in another. iPad owners Jacob Baltazar, Claudia Keller, and John R. Browning recently filed a lawsuit wherein they seek class-action status alleging that Apple’s iPad overheats and turns itself off in otherwise ordinary weather conditions. The […]
Continue reading...Library of Congress legalizes iPhone jailbreaking
Monday, July 26, 2010
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The Library of Congress, which oversees the Copyright Office, issued a ruling on Monday stating that iPhone owners can legally jailbreak their devices and install unauthorized apps onto their phones. This, however, doesn’t mean that Apple can’t enact roadblocks to frustrate users interested in doing so. In any event, it all seems to be a […]
Continue reading...Patent troll sues Apple and over 30 other defendants over email spam patent
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
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Like peas in a pod, another patent troll coupled with another lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Targeting 36 defendants in total, the Texas-based InNova Patent Licensing group alleges that companies as far ranging as Apple, Google, and even JCPenney are infringing on technology which helps differentiate real email from […]
Continue reading...Apple sued for using expired patents on the iPod and iPhone
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
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iPodNN reports: Apple, Sprint, Verizon and Samsung have been targeted in a new lawsuit, accusing the companies of false patent marketing, according to AppleInsider. The group called Americans for Fair Patent Use asserts that the companies are claiming expired patents, and/or attaching some patents to products for which they don’t apply. In the case of […]
Continue reading...Jason Chen gets his computers back as Gimzodo agrees to cooperate with authorities
Monday, July 19, 2010
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Jason Chen recently struck an agreement with the DA’s office in San Mateo, California whereby all the computer equipment seized by authorities will be returned to the Gizmodo editor in exchange for Gizmodo’s cooperation into the DA’s investigation into how exactly Gizmodo came to be in possession of the now infamous iPhone 4 prototype. WSJ […]
Continue reading...Judge grants class action status to AT&T/Apple iPhone monopoly suit
Monday, July 12, 2010
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I wonder if there’s been any product that’s been the focus of so many frivolous lawsuits as the iPhone has. In the latest example reflecting the overwhelmingly litigious nature of our society, Judge James Ware of the U.S District court for the Northern District of California recently granted class-action status to plaintiffs who accuse Apple […]
Continue reading...Apple and handful of other tech giants sued over wireless email patents
Monday, July 12, 2010
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Another day, another dolla – and another lawsuit of course. Apple and an assortment of other tech companies, including Google, LG, Microsoft, and Motorola, were recently served with a suit alleging infringement pertaining to 8 wireless email technology patents
Continue reading...Apple files lawsuit against 3 companies alleging infringement of power adapter design
Sunday, July 11, 2010
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If you’re going to try and make some fast cash by selling knockoffs of Apple products, you might wanna seek refuge in China where the market for counterfeit Apple products is a market all unto itself. Otherwise, if you happen to find yourself in the US, you’ll eventually find yourself on the receiving end of […]
Continue reading...Court documents reveal that Dell ignored capacitor problems and knowingly sold faulty computers
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
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Dell CEO Michael Dell famously opined many years ago that Apple should give shareholders their money back and close up shop. Since then, Apple and Dell have been on two completely different trajectories. As Apple continues to pile up money thanks to one revolutionary product after another, Dell has struggled to maintain the impressive profits […]
Continue reading...Class action lawsuit in the works over AT&T’s updated data plans, iPad singled out
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
In early June, AT&T updated its data plan pricing structure and did away with unlimited data plans for both iPhone and iPad owners. Users who had previously signed up for an unlimited data plan, however, were grandfathered in and were able to maintain their current billing set up. At the same time, iPad 3G owners […]
Continue reading...Money grubbing law firm of Kershaw, Cutter, & Ratinoff already organizing class-action lawsuit over iPhone 4 signal problems
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Wow, what took so long? A lawsuit targeting Apple for what appears to be widespread iPhone 4 reception issues is already in the works thanks to the Scaramento-based money grubbing law firm of Kershaw, Cutter & Ratinoff. To be clear, this isn’t a plaintiff initiated lawsuit as far as we can tell, but was actually […]
Continue reading...YouTube victorious in suit with Viacom over infringing video content
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
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Score one for video uploaders worldwide. YouTube emerged victorious on Wednesday when a Federal Judge granted Google’s motion for Summary Judgment filed in response to Viacom’s $1 billion lawsuit which alleged that YouTube was rife with endless copyright violations. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton in New York embraces Google’s interpretation of a […]
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
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