Reuters reports that Apple’s efforts to attain a preliminary injunction against the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S III release has fallen short. Then in an order late on Monday, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California, effectively dashed Apple’s hopes of stopping the launch of Samsung Electronics Co Ltd’s new Galaxy S III smartphone, […]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Comments Off on Apple’s request for an injunction against the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is denied… for now
FOSS Patents reports: Late on Monday, Judge Lucy Koh of the United States District for the Northern District of California denied, for the time being, Apple’s post-appeal push for an injunction against the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 over an iPad-related design patent. This is unrelated to the merits of the motion. Apple is invited, and […]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Comments Off on Samsung tells Court that the Galaxy Tab 10.1 doesn’t compete with the iPad
Apple recently filed a motion seeking an injunction against the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, and interestingly enough, Samsung is arguing that an injunction shouldn’t be granted because the Galaxy Tab isn’t really in competition with the iPad. Why not, you ask? Well, because the Samsung Galaxy Tab is 4G and the iPad 2 is not. […]
Continue reading...Monday, May 21, 2012
Comments Off on Tim Cook and Samsung CEO Choi Gee-sung to meet today in San Francisco
Apple and Samsung have been tangled up in a legal battle that has droned on for over a year now. And while the two companies are still fighting as vigorously as ever, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Samsung CEO Choi Gee-sung are scheduled to meet this afternoon for some good ole’ court ordered mediation where […]
Continue reading...Monday, April 30, 2012
Comments Off on Tim Cook and Samsung CEO Gee-Sung Choi to meet for patent settlement talks in 3 weeks
During Apple’s recent earnings conference call, CEO Tim Cook, when asked about Apple’s cash situation as it relates to the multitude of lawsuits it’s currently embroiled in, explained that he has always hated litigation and would prefer to settle legal disputes amicably rather than via the court system. At the same time, Cook explained that […]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 19, 2012
Comments Off on Samsung asserts 8 more patents against Apple in California
FOSS Patents writes: In February, Apple brought a new U.S. federal lawsuit against Samsung, the second of its kind in the Northern District of California. Late on Wednesday by local time, Samsung brought its answer to the complaint as well as infringement counterclaims over eight patents. Two of those patents are FRAND-pledged patents that Samsung declared […]
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Comments Off on Apple and Samsung to participate in court ordered settlement negotiations
FOSS Patents reports that Apple and Samsung will soon partake in court ordered settlement negotiations here in the US ahead of their pending July court date centering on Apple’s allegation that a multitude of Samsung products infringe upon numerous Apple patents. Apple and Samsung both indicated the following to the court: “As directed by the […]
Continue reading...Friday, April 6, 2012
Comments Off on Qualcomm and Intel hand over source code to Apple
As part of Apple’s defense against Samsung’s claims that iOS products infringe upon certain wireless patents owned by Samsung, Apple argues that they have an implied license via Qualcomm to those patents. In other words, because Qualcomm is licensed to use the patents at issue, Apple’s own contract with Qualcomm to provide the baseband chips […]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 29, 2012
Comments Off on Are Apple and Samsung talking settlement?
Perhaps this crazy 10 month bout of litigation that has spanned the globe will come to an end sooner than later according to a report from Business Week. Citing people familiar with Apple’s situation, the report claims that executives from both Samsung and Apple have “communicated lately about potential settlement options.” “Apple CEO Tim Cook does […]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 22, 2012
Well, you can’t say Apple didn’t try to prevent a legal dispute with Samsung. The Verge reports: In a recent filing in California federal court, Apple details the negotiations it pursued with Samsung between July and September of 2010 — several months prior to the initiation of patent litigation in April 2011. In an attempt to bolster […]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Thankfully, Samsung’s disingenuous efforts to wield its RAND encumbered patents against Apple seems to be falling short. One week ago, a court in the Netherlands ruled that Samsung cannot pursue injunctive relief against Apple so long as Apple is open to negotiating a license with Samsung for their 3G patents. The decision was handed down […]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 13, 2012
The crown jewel of Apple’s new iPad is without question the device’s Retina Display. Going back a few months, a number of reports claimed that both Sharp and LG would be responsible for handling manufacturing duties on the new display, but now that the new iPad is officially out of the bag, word has emerged […]
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Thursday, June 14, 2012
Comments Off on Apple can’t stop the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S III release as Judge Lucy Koh says it would “overload” her schedule