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Via technologies sues Apple for patent infringement related to microprocessors
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...Apple accuses Samsung of violating RAND obligations; Samsung doesn’t quite deny it
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Samsung last Tuesday filed a motion seeking to dismiss Apple’s counterclaims. Since this case involves so many different motions, here’s a super quick recap to get you up to speed. Apple first sued Samsung in April for copying the look and feel of iOS. Samsung fired back with its own lawsuit claiming that Apple’s iOS […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs’ involvement on 313 Apple patents underscores his passion and attention to detail
Friday, August 26, 2011
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As anyone out there’s who’s looked at an Apple patent knows, the name Steve P. Jobs often appears as a listed inventor on some of Apple’s most important patents. Famously, Jobs is a college drop out who even without any formal training in computer science, engineering, architecture, and UI design was able to lend his […]
Continue reading...Samsung plans software workaround for recent Galaxy injunction
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
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While a Dutch Court today issued an injunction preventing Samsung from selling its Ace, Galaxy S and Galaxy S II smartphones in Europe, it wasn’t a thorough victory for Apple. First of all, the injunction only applies to Samsung smartphones running Android 2.3. Android 3.x devices aren’t in play in the Netherlands court which is […]
Continue reading...Microsoft was also contemplating Motorola acquisition before Google swooped in
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
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As the reverberations from Google’s acquisition of Motorola have started to simmer down, Om Malik of Gigaom writes that Motorola was keen on selling and that Google wasn’t the only interested suitor. Microsoft was also interested in purchasing Motorola and acquisition discussions between the two companies had reportedly been ongoing for some time. Driving Microsoft’s […]
Continue reading...The drama continues as HTC sues Apple over 3 patents
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
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Can you remember a more litigious period in tech history? We sure can’t, and things sure got a lot more interesting when Google announced yesterday its plans to acquire Motorola Mobility, no doubt fueled by its desire to shore up its anemic patent portfolio and to better defend its Android OS. On another Android related […]
Continue reading...Apple patent describes driverless printing
Monday, August 15, 2011
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Printer drivers – the bane of most people’s computing experience. Hooking up an old printer to a new computer, or any permutations thereof, can sometimes result in a frustrating scavenger hunt for elusive drivers that may be located on an install disc you may or may not be able to find, or perhaps on a […]
Continue reading...The Patent Exchange
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Software patents have been a hot topic in the Apple community over the past few months. Not only are there a seemingly endless stream of trolls coming out of the woodwork in attempts to extract non-deserving riches from folks who actually produce something, but Apple is currently embroiled in a number of high profile lawsuits […]
Continue reading...New Apple patent application describes schematic maps
Thursday, August 11, 2011
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In 2009, Apple acquired a little known mapping company called PlaceBase. The ostensible motivation behind the acquisition was to decrease Apple’s reliance on Google and their own Maps app that rests ever so prominently on the iOS homescreen. Now PlaceBae actually existed before Google Maps, but found it increasingly hard, if not downright impossible, to […]
Continue reading...Apple sued over fast booting patent originally owned by LG
Monday, August 8, 2011
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Apple’s legal team are undoubtedly a gainfully employed and busy group of folks. Indeed, it seems that not a week goes by that Apple isn’t either on the receiving or offensive end of a new lawsuit. Most recently, a Florida-based company that goes by Operating Systems Solutions, LLC sued Apple claiming that OS X violates […]
Continue reading...Google claims Microsoft’s re-telling of Novell patent purchase is a diversion tactic
Sunday, August 7, 2011
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There’s a bona fide soap opera drama going on between Microsoft and Google at the moment and we can’t get enough. Here’s a brief recap. This past week, Google’s top lawyer David Drummond lambasted the patent system on the whole and accused companies like Microsoft and Apple of conspiring together to keep “bogus” patents out […]
Continue reading...Google’s Chief Legal Officer David Drummond rails against patent attacks from Apple and co.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
David Drummond, Google’s Chief Legal Officer, wrote on Google’s official blog today that companies like Oracle, Microsoft, and Apple are fighting against Android because they prefer litigation to innovation and are attempting to throttle Android’s growth. Android is on fire. More than 550,000 Android devices are activated every day, through a network of 39 manufacturers […]
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Thursday, September 22, 2011
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