Samsung and Apple duke it out over whose multitouch is better

By Christian Zibreg on Sep 7, 2012

The Apple v. Samsung mega-suit may be behind us, but the legal spat between the two frenemies is far from over. Both companies are embroiled in complicated litigation spread across ten countries the world over. In a Hague, Netherlands court, for example, Samsung locked horns with Apple over who copied who concerning multitouch technology.

Samsung resorted to some interesting tactics there, claiming that its multitouch implementation is less capable than Apple’s in an effort to prove it didn’t breach any of Apple’s many patents related to multitouch… Read More

 

Judge approves publisher settlement offers in Apple e-book suit

By Cody Lee on Sep 6, 2012

Earlier this year, the US Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Apple and 5 major publishers for allegedly conspiring to fix e-book prices. The trial is set for June of next year.

Apple maintains that the lawsuit is ridiculous, and vows to fight the allegations. But not everyone is so sure. A federal judge just approved settlements from three of the publishers… Read More

 

Korea launches probe into Samsung over wireless patents abuse

By Christian Zibreg on Sep 6, 2012

Samsung is under fire in its home turf of South Korea over an alleged abuse of its wireless patents, Reuters reported today. The Korea Fair Trade Commission confirmed that the country’s watchdog has launched an investigation based on Apple’s antitrust complaints against Samsung which alleges that the Galaxy maker is abusing its patents to gain an unfair advantage in the marketplace.

Of course, Apple won a landmark victory in a high-stake U.S. trial last month that found Samsung guilty of breaching Apple’s design and utility patents. The jury awarded Apple $1.05 billion in damages and ruled that the iPhone maker had not violated any of Samsung’s patents.

Samsung later promised to sue Apple immediately if the next iPhone is released with support for fourth-generation Long-Term Evolution (LTE) radio technology… Read More

 

Apple adds the S III and Note to new Galaxy Nexus complaint

By Cody Lee on Sep 1, 2012

The Apple-Samsung trial that ended last week was just the first of many to take place here in the US. Apple filed another lawsuit against the Korean company back in February of this year, which should go to trial sometime next summer.

Originally, the lawsuit was aimed at the Galaxy Nexus and some of Samsung’s other older devices. But on Friday, Apple amended the complaint and added the Galaxy S III, the Galaxy Note, and the new Galaxy Note 10.1 to the patent suit… Read More

 

Apple and several publishers offer concessions to avoid e-book suit

By Cody Lee on Aug 31, 2012

A new report is out this morning claiming that Apple and several major publishers have agreed to offer pricing concessions in an effort to end an antitrust investigation by the European Union (EU).

Last December, the EU started looking into claims that Apple was conspiring with publishers to raise e-book prices, saying its “agency model” was hampering digital publishing competition in Europe… Read More

 

Tokyo court rules Samsung devices don’t violate Apple patent

By Cody Lee on Aug 31, 2012

You have to feel for Samsung, it’s had a pretty rough week. First, it lost a high-profile patent suit to Apple which will cost it in upwards of $1 billion. And now it’s facing a US sales ban on 8 devices.

But this should help ease the pain: a Tokyo judge has just handed Samsung a court victory, ruling that its phones and tablets do not violate Apple’s patent related to music and video syncing… Read More

 

Samsung plans to use LTE patents to sue Apple over next-gen iPhone

By Cody Lee on Aug 30, 2012

If you thought Apple’s victory last week was the end of the fighting between it and Samsung, think again. Samsung is still expected to file an appeal on the ruling, and an injunction hearing has already been set.

On top of that, Samsung is said to be gearing up for a major legal counter attack, preparing “all measures for all scenarios” to fight Apple in 50 patent disputes in 10 countries. In other words, “it’s on…” Read More

 

Apple vs. Samsung injunction hearing set for December 6th

By Cody Lee on Aug 29, 2012

Now that the high-profile trial between Apple and Samsung is over here in the US, we move onto the injunction hearing. Apple is going to use its recent victory to try and get some of Samsung’s products banned from the United States.

We’ve already learned which devices Apple is going after. Earlier this week Apple filed a notice with the court outlining 8 of Samsung’s handsets that were found guilty of infringing on its patents. And now we know the hearing date… Read More

 

Motorola and Apple reach patent licensing agreement in Germany

By Cody Lee on Aug 28, 2012

In addition to its worldwide patent battle with Samsung, Apple has also locked horns with Motorola in courtrooms around the globe. It’s a familiar scenario: Apple has accused Motorola of stealing its innovations, and Motorola has used its large collection of wireless patents to fight back.

Motorola has actually won a handful of notable victories in the battle, mostly in Germany, successfully winning bans on products and knocking iCloud email push offline. But it looks like the two sides have called a ceasefire, as they’ve just reached a major patent license agreement… Read More

 

These are the 8 Samsung devices Apple wants to ban in the US

By Cody Lee on Aug 27, 2012

Last week, a jury found several of Samsung’s devices to be guilty of infringement on Apple’s patents. The damages awarded thus far total around $1 billion dollars, but Apple is seeking much more than that.

The Cupertino company has filed a notice with the court today identifying which of Samsung’s infringing products that it would like banned from US sales, including several Galaxy S and SII models… Read More

 

Samsung posts memo to employees, vows to keep fighting Apple

By Cody Lee on Aug 27, 2012

And the fallout from last week’s Apple vs. Samsung verdict continues. Apple’s stock opened this morning at an all-time high of $680 per share, with a market cap of $637 billion, and Samsung is down more than 7%.

But the Korean smartphone-maker says it isn’t worried. After releasing a public statement over the weekend, Samsung posted a memo to its employees online vowing to continue to fight Apple’s charges… Read More

 

Google comments on last week’s Apple vs. Samsung ruling

By Cody Lee on Aug 27, 2012

Just in case you missed out on the excitement last week, the high-profile Apple vs. Samsung trial ended with a bang. After 21 hours of deliberation, the jury ruled in Apple’s favor, awarding the company some $1 billion in damages.

Since then, we’ve heard official statements from both companies. Apple, of course, is thrilled with the outcome, while Samsung says it’s a loss for the American consumer. And over the weekend, Google finally commented on the verdict… Read More

 

Apple vs. Samsung injunction hearing set for September 20th

By Cody Lee on Aug 24, 2012

Just as we expected, shortly after the jury handed down its verdict today, Judge Lucy Koh set a date for a preliminary injunction hearing. Apple has already won — some one billion dollars in damages — but now it’s looking for sales bans.

The hearing is set for September 20th. And considering that the jury found several of Samsung’s handsets, and two of its tablets, to be infringing on Apple’s patents, it’s very possible that we could see some products banned from the US…

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Tim Cook responds to Samsung ruling in internal email

By Cody Lee on Aug 24, 2012

Late this afternoon, the jury handed down a verdict in the US-based Apple vs Samsung trial. Samsung was found guilty of willfully infringing on several of Apple’s patents, and will be forced to pay major damages.

Both companies have since released statements on the ruling. Apple, of course, is thrilled with the outcome, while Samsung says that it’s a loss for the American consumer. And now, here’s Tim Cook’s response… Read More

 

Apple and Samsung release official statements on trial outcome

By Cody Lee on Aug 24, 2012

In case you’ve missed it this afternoon, the jury handed down a verdict in the Apple vs. Samsung trial. Samsung was found guilty of infringing on a number of Apple’s feature and design patents, and has been asked to pay over $1 billion in damages.

Apple, on the other hand, was cleared of all of Samsung’s infringement charges, and won’t be forced to pay any kind of settlement. And now that both companies have had a chance to review the jury’s decisions, they’ve released their statements… Read More

 

The verdict is in: Samsung guilty of infringing on Apple’s patents

By Sebastien Page on Aug 24, 2012

The ongoing legal battle between the world’s two largest phone manufacturers isn’t anything new. For over a year now, both companies have been fighting on the marketplace, but also in the courtroom.

But things have been seriously heating up the last couple weeks with what is probably the most watched trial ever in the tech world, as both Samsung and Apple accuse each other of patent infringement.

And after 21 hours of deliberation, the jury has finally reached a decision… Read More

 

South Korea Court finds both Samsung and Apple guilty of infringement

By Cody Lee on Aug 23, 2012

This is pretty big: while the tech world awaits the verdict in the Apple vs. Samsung trial here in the US, a South Korea court has just ruled that both companies infringed on each other’s patents.

What does that mean in terms of consequences? Well, each side has been ordered to pay damages, and both have been hit with injunctions to ban the sales of their infringing products in the country…. Read More

 

Apple and Samsung make their closing arguments

By Cody Lee on Aug 21, 2012

It’s been a long few weeks, but the high-profile trial between Apple and Samsung is finally starting to wind down. Yesterday’s peace talks between CEOs failed to yield any results, so tomorrow, the case will get handed to the jury.

Attorneys used their last day in court today to make their closing arguments and rebuttals. And while both parties made some compelling comments, it seemed like Samsung’s side made the more memorable impression… Read More

 

Judge tells jury: Samsung destroyed emails — but so did Apple

By Ed Sutherland on Aug 20, 2012

If the long-running courtroom battle between Apple and Samsung were a football game, the South Korean company would have received today a favorable call from the ref. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh will tell jurors later this week that both companies destroyed emails, overturning a previous ruling inferring Samsung was solely to blame.

In instructions to be given the jury set to begin deliberations Wednesday, Koh will give identical instructions regarding company emails destroyed:

Both companies “failed to preserve evidence” that could be used in the litigation, Koh will say. “Whether this fact is important to you in reaching a verdict in this case is for you to decide.” Read More

 

Apple offered to license its portfolio of patents to Samsung in 2010

By Cody Lee on Aug 10, 2012

The high-profile patent trial between Apple and Samsung has exposed some pretty interesting intel on both companies. But the information brought to light tonight might be the best yet.

According to some new court filings, executives from the two tech heavyweights met in hopes of reaching a settlement back in 2010. And Apple actually offered Samsung a licensing deal… Read More

 
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