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Apple offered to license its patents to Samsung for $30 per smartphone and $40 per tablet
The treasure trove of documents from the ongoing Apple-Samsung dispute continue to flow on. The latest startling revelation touches on Apple and Samsung’s licensing discussions pre-litigation. Now it’s already been revealed that Apple first approached Samsung about its concerns regarding various Android devices in late 2010. Indeed, we also were aware that Apple and Samsung […]
Continue reading...Eddy Cue email reveals Apple and Steve Jobs had/have interest in 7-inch iPad
Thursday, August 9, 2012
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During Scott Forstall’s appearance on the witness stand last Friday, an interesting piece of information regarding Apple’s internal discussion of a 7-inch iPad was brought to light. Forstall at one point was shown an internal email from Eddy cue sent to a slew of other Apple executives – Tim Cook, Scott Forstall, and Phil Schiller. […]
Continue reading...Apple and Samsung trial gets underway; Apple delivers opening argument
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
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With the jurors all picked and ready to go, the Apple/Samsung trial is off and to the races. Things got started on Tuesday with Apple’s opening argument wherein Apple lawyer Harold McElhinny explained that Samsung, after realizing that they couldn’t compete with Apple, just went ahead and decided to copy the iPhone as best they […]
Continue reading...Jury for Samsung/Apple trial selected; Google engineer almost made the cut
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
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The Apple/Samsung trial got underway yesterday, preceded by a flurry of court activity that revealed a plethora of information about various Apple prototypes and much much more. But more on that later. For now, the jury for the trial has been selected and it’s all systems go. Bloomberg yesterday reported on the jury selection process […]
Continue reading...Samsung claims iPhone isn’t original creation, rather result of copying Sony
Sunday, July 29, 2012
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In Samsung’s trial brief, the Korean based electronics giant accuses Apple’s iPhone of effectively borrowing heavily from a Sony device. In other words, Samsung argues, the iPhone is anything but an original creation. As the story goes, this 2006 Businessweek interview set the course for Apple’s original iPhone design. All Things D relays a telling quote from […]
Continue reading...Kodak loses patent case against Apple
Thursday, July 26, 2012
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Well that may be all she wrote for Eastman Kodak as the once mighty photography company was recently on the losing end of a decision in its patent suit against both Apple and RIM. This past Friday, the ITC upheld a previous ruling which declared that Apple and RIM products did not infringe upon Kodak’s […]
Continue reading...DOJ responds to avalanche of criticism over its Apple anti-trust lawsuit
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
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In the wake of the DOJ’s lawsuit against Apple amid allegations of colluding with publishers to raise the price of e-books, there have been no shortage of critics lambasting the DOJ for going after Apple when Amazon essentially owns the e-book market. Recently, we highlighted the letter that US Senator Charles Schumer penned taking the […]
Continue reading...Samsung claims Apple “refused to negotiate” for Samsung’s 3G patents
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
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As Samsung and Apple begin to duke it out in an Australian Court this week, the accusations and strategic positioning from the two companies marches on. On Monday, Samsung told an Australian Judge that Apple had “refused to negotiate” a deal with respect to Samsung’s 3G related patents, opting instead to go to court. As […]
Continue reading...US Senator Charles Schumer lambasts DOJ for its antitrust lawsuit against Apple over eBook pricing
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
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Nearly three months ago, the US DOJ curiously decided to sue Apple and a host of other publishers alleging that the parties conspired togeter in an efort traise the price of eBooks. Apple, along with the publishers in question, have vhemently denied the allegations while explaining that their pricing agreements actually serve to further competition […]
Continue reading...How Apple should publicly advertise the mandated “Samsung didn’t copy Apple” message
Friday, July 20, 2012
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Following news that Apple, on its UK website, needs to publicly acknowledge that Samsung did not copy any Apple products, the always enterprising and creative folks over at Joy of Tech came up with this gem. You might remember that UK Judge Colin Birss, about a week ago, ruled that Samsung’s Galaxy tablet designs don’t […]
Continue reading...UK Judge rules that Apple must publicly acknowledge that Samsung didn’t copy the iPad
Friday, July 20, 2012
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Earlier this week, a judge in the UK not only ruled against Apple regarding allegations that Samsung slavishly copied Apple’ s iOS devices, but also ruled that Apple must post a statement on its UK website and in British newspapers alerting the masses that Samsung didn’t copy the iPad when coming up with their own […]
Continue reading...A closer look at US District Court Judge Lucy Koh
Friday, July 20, 2012
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As Samsung and Apple head into the homestretch before their long-anticipated trial begins next week, the lady calling the shots will be US District Court Judge Lucy Koh. Having followed Samsung and Apple’s legal proceedings for a few months now, it’s clear that Koh has a solid grasp on the issues and delivers rulings based […]
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Saturday, August 11, 2012
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