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Apple’s new iOS agreement already attracting Antitrust attention
Wow, that sure didn’t take long at all. The Financial Times is already reporting that Federal Regulators are already planning to investigate the ramifications of Apple’s new developer agreement which effectively prohibits rivals such as Google and Microsoft from getting into the market for mobile ads on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. According to […]
Continue reading...Apple licenses iOS trademark from Cisco; purchases FaceTime trademark flat out
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
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Apple yesterday changed the name of its iPhone OS to iOS to better represent the wide variety of devices ithe OS is capable of running on. The iOS trademark, however, is already owned by Cisco and refers to the software used in most of Cisco’s routers and switches (Internetwork Operating System). Is anyone else experiencing Deja Vu? […]
Continue reading...Emailing Steve Jobs? Cool. Emailing AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson? Dangerous.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
If you email Apple CEO Steve Jobs, there’s a decent chance you might actually get a response from the big kahuna and subsequently find your name and accompanying email featured on every Apple and tech blog on the web. Now if you email AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson, on the other hand, you might run the […]
Continue reading...Justice Department expands Apple probe
Monday, May 31, 2010
Throughout the 90’s and early 2000’s, Apple routinely found itself on the outside looking in. It’s marketshare was insignificant, and it was able to go about its business unabated, and unencumbered by a never-ending parade of frivolous lawsuits and Justice Department investigations. And the thing is, those two things are not necessarily mutually exclusive. In […]
Continue reading...DOJ investigating Apple for iTunes related antitrust issues
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
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Apple is increasingly finding itself in the crosshairs of Federal Regulators who are now investigating possible antitrust issues rooted in Apple allegedly leveraging the popularity of iTunes to prevent Amazon from offering songs as exclusive pre-release downloads. The New York Times is reporting that the Justice Department is currently examining Apple’s business practices as they […]
Continue reading...Citing Apple’s iAd initiative, FTC okays Google’s acquisition of AdMob
Friday, May 21, 2010
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Well, all’s well that ends well. Despite a string of reports stating that the FTC was planning to block Google’s $750 million acquisition of AdMob, it turns out that the deal will, in fact, go through as originally mapped out. The FTC announced today that it closed up its investigation into the matter, concluding in a […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs not impressed with Google’s open source video format
Friday, May 21, 2010
Google is hitching its wagon to an open source and royalty free video format known as “WebM” which utilizes the Google owned VP8 codec which they acquired when they purchased On2 Technologies back in February. Google is hoping that this 1-2 punch will rival the Apple backed H.264 standard. And despite reports that Google’s move […]
Continue reading...Apple files trademark for “distinctive” design of Apple retail stores
Thursday, May 20, 2010
For a company as dedicated to protecting all facets of its IP as Apple, the following news shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. Apple recently filed a trademark application that would cover the “distinctive design and layout” of their line of retail stores. The correspondent listed for is LISA G. WIDUP of APPLE INC., […]
Continue reading...Brian Lam’s an a-hole, Part Deux: His email to Steve Jobs
Friday, May 14, 2010
In our first installment, we called Gizmodo’s Brian Lam a dick for this snarky email he shot out to Apple’s legal counsel regarding the stolen/missing iPhone and Gray Powell: Happy to have you pick this thing up. Was burning a hole in our pockets. Just so you know, we didn’t know this was stolen when […]
Continue reading...Affidavit relating to stolen iPhone released – The full story behind the saga, Brian Lam’s email to Steve Jobs, and a TON more
Friday, May 14, 2010
Hot damn! There’s a lot of Apple news going on for a lazy Friday afternoon. You know the affidavit that triggered the search warrant on Gizmodo editor Jason Chen’s abode? Well as we told you earlier, it was unsealed earlier today by San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Clifford V. Cretan. Only thing is, they released […]
Continue reading...Judge orders affidavit used in Gizmodo search warrant unsealed
Friday, May 14, 2010
A number of media organizations (including the AP, Wired, and the Los Angeles Times) recently filed a motion to unseal the affidavit used as the basis for the search warrant executed on Gizmodo editor Jason Chen’s house. The District Attorney’s office opposed the motion arguing that releasing the affidavit would jeopardize the security of an […]
Continue reading...ITC agrees to investigate Apple’s patent claims against Kodak
Friday, May 14, 2010
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The International Trade Commission (ITC) recently agreed to investigate Apple’s claims of patent infringement against Kodak. The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has voted to institute an investigation of certain digital imaging devices and related software. The products at issue in this investigation are digital still cameras, digital video cameras, and related software. The investigation […]
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Thursday, June 10, 2010
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