This is probably why third-party watch faces are not permitted on Apple Watch
The Swatch Group is suing Samsung over “blatant” violations of its trademarks. At the heart of the issue: downloadable watch faces for Galaxy smartwatches.
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Apple Italia has been compelled to post an advisory statement regarding iPhone throttling
The Cupertino tech giant has published an advisory statement on its Italian website to inform the public about the whole planned obsolescence saga.
Apple is already hit with the first lawsuit over the FaceTime eavesdropping bug
The nightmare bug couldn’t have come at a worse time given Apple’s commitment to protecting user privacy and because it happened on Data Privacy Day.
Appeals court rules Apple must pay VirnetX $440 million in patent case
A U.S. appeals court has upheld a judgement against Apple worth $440 million, reports Reuters. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied the iPhone-maker’s request to throw out the 2016 jury verdict, which found it guilty of infringing on patents belonging to VirnetX.
Los Angeles sues the Weather Channel app over alleged misuse of location data
The popular Weather Channel app is being sued by the city of Los Angeles for allegedly covertly mining private data of its 45 million monthly users and selling it to third-party advertisers.
Apple halts sales of iPhone 7 & 8 models in Germany following Qualcomm’s patent case
Following the iPhone injunction that Qualcomm secured in Germany, Apple’s pulled the iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 models from its own stores and third-party resellers in the country.
Qualcomm posts $1.5 billion in security bonds to enforce iPhone sales ban in Germany
The chip maker might be prepping to extend iPhone sales ban to the latest XS and XR models while prohibiting sales of the Apple handset at German carriers and third-party resellers.
Apple to stop selling iPhone 7 and 8 in Germany as Qualcomm secures another sales ban
After a German court concluded that Apple is in violation of a Qualcomm hardware patent, Apple said it would pull some iPhone models from its own stores in the country.
Apple confirms iOS 12.1.2 circumvents Qualcomm patents in China
Apple’s acknowledged that the iPhone-exclusive iOS 12.1.2 software update has indeed circumvented a pair of Qualcomm patents, despite Qualcomm’s claims to the contrary.
Qualcomm claims Apple’s most recent iOS 12.1.2 update hasn’t circumvented its patents
Qualcomm claims that the Cupertino tech giant “continues to flout the legal” by remaining in violation of a Chinese court’s orders to stop selling iPhones 6s through iPhone X.
No settlement with Qualcomm, Apple is gearing up for trial
All hopes for some sort of settlement with Qualcomm were dashed today as Apple told Reuters it was not in talks “at any level” to settle its wide-ranging legal dispute with the chip maker.
Apple and Samsung both fined in Europe for deliberately degrading phone performance
A European anti-trust watchdog has fined Apple about $11.4 million over using software updates to slow down iPhones and push people into buying new models.