Combined lawsuit news thread - Mobile industry
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28th December,2012 (Click to show)Apple to drop patent claims against new Samsung phoneQuote:Originally Posted by Source
(Reuters) - Apple Inc has agreed to withdraw patent claims against a new Samsung phone with a high-end display after Samsung said it was not offering to sell the product in the crucial U.S. market.
Apple disclosed the agreement in a filing on Friday in U.S. District Court in San Jose, California. Representatives for both Apple and Samsung declined to comment.
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23rd December,2012 (Click to show)]Samsung sues Apple in Korea over Apple iPhone Notification CenterQuote:When Apple launched a Notification Center in iOS 5, the feeling was that it was just a matter of time before Google took Apple to court. Well, as it turns out, it isn't Google but is Samsung that is finally taking Apple to court over the feature. Samsung, based in Korea, has the home court advantage with its filing in the country. Unlike some of the other patents being defended in courtroom battles globally, this would not appear to be a standards-essential patent which means that Sammy could be in for a big pay day.
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20th December, 2012 (Click to show)USPTO rejects Apple's 'pinch to zoom' patent used in Samsung caseQuote:SourceHas Samsung scored a minor victory it its seemingly never-ending war against Apple?
It looks like it as United States Patent and Trademark Office has invalidated 20 claims related to the "pinch to zoom" patent cited in Apple v. Samsung.
Samsung's lawyers made this aware to the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California in a filing on Wednesday. Here's a snippet:
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November 20th, 2012 (Click to show)US agency to review Apple, Samsung patent decisionQuote:SourceOriginally Posted by Source
The U.S. International Trade Commission will review a judge's decision which found that Apple did not violate patents owned by Samsung Electronics in making the iPod touch, iPhone and iPad.
An administrative law judge at the ITC had said in a preliminary ruling in September that Apple was innocent of violating the patents. The ITC, which could have opted to simply uphold the judge's decision, said that it would take up the matter. A final decision is expected in January.
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November 11th,2012 (Click to show)Apple’s Going to Have to Pay All of Samsung’s Legal Fees Because It Didn’t Apologise Well EnoughQuote:Originally Posted by Source
The Court of Appeal of England and Wales has ordered Apple to pay Samsung’s legal fees on an “indemnity basis,” saying that Apple’s initial apology was “false and misleading” by virtue of referring to other cases outside of the UK (which Apple had won) to spin the whole thing in a sort of positive way. Typically losers already have to pay for the court costs of the winner in the UK, but this ruling takes that to the fullest extent of the law by basically extending it to cover every nickel and dime. It’s intended to serve as a little punishment to Apple for being rather snide about the whole thing. This should bring the whole saga to a close. Hopefully.
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November 8th,2012 (Click to show)Apple Inc. (AAPL) Adds Jelly Bean To Samsung LawsuitQuote:Originally Posted by Source
On Tuesday, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) argued to a judge that Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10.1 device infringed on its patents and then attempted to add the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system to an existing California lawsuit against Samsung. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s efforts to broaden the lawsuit come after Samsung tried to include patent- infringement claims against the iPhone 5 on Oct. 1 in the same case.
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November 4th,2012 (Click to show)Apple accused of hiding U.K. Samsung 'apology' with codeQuote:Originally Posted by CNET .com
No matter how tall their browser window is or how dense their screen resolution, visitors to Apple's U.K. Web site must scroll down the page to view the "apology" to Samsung that a U.K. Court of Appeal recently ordered Apple to display.
First noted by users on news-sharing site Reddit, Apple has within the past few weeks installed JavaScript code that dynamically resizes the central image on the Apple U.K. Web site to take up the maximum amount of space possible.
As a result, the central image -- currently an iPad Mini -- takes up just enough space to push the "apology" statement out of sight, meaning visitors must scroll down the page to view it.
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October 24th, 2012 (Click to show)Apple “rubber-banding” patent invalid according to USPTOQuote:Originally Posted by Source
The bounce-back scroll effect was one of the most important patents for Apple in this case, and many others they’ve been pursuing. The one where the screen bounces back after reaching to the end of a page while scrolling. According to the US Patent and Trademark Office that patent (#7,469,381) is invalid and will be withdrawn due to “lack of novelty.”
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October 19th, 2012 (Click to show)Apple Appeals Against Samsung Lawsuit Loss in JapanQuote:Originally Posted by Tom's Hardware
Apple has officially filed for an appeal in one of its losses against Samsung in one of the many patent cases between the two technology giants
The firm has filed the necessary paperwork that it hopes will reverse a Tokyo judge's decision that smartphones and tablets belonging to Samsung not infringing on Apple's patents.
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October 18th, 2012 (Click to show)
Apple loses tablet copyright appeal against SamsungQuote:Originally Posted by Reuters
"Apple has lost its appeal against a ruling that cleared rival Samsung of copying its registered designs for tablet computers, in a decision which could end the two firms' legal dispute on the subject across Europe."
"Britain's Court of Appeal on Thursday upheld the country's High Court judgment that, despite some similarities, Samsung's Galaxy tablet did not infringe Apple's designs, in part because its products were "not as cool".
The decision is valid throughout Europe and should prohibit further legal disputes between the two companies over the design of tablets in the region."
"The U.S. company has been instructed to run advertisements saying Samsung did not copy its registered tablet designs, both on its website and in selected newspapers."
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October 11th, 2012 (Click to show)
Appeal court overthrow Lucy iKoh ban on Galaxy NexusQuote:Originally Posted by Cnet
A U.S. appeals court overturned a pretrial sales ban against Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's Galaxy Nexus smartphone, dealing a setback to Apple Inc in its battle against Google Inc's increasingly popular mobile software.Apple is waging war on several fronts against Google, whose Android software powers many of Samsung's devices.
The ruling on Thursday from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is not expected to have an outsized impact on the smartphone market, as the Nexus is an aging product in Samsung's lineup. Apple's stock closed down nearly 2 percent at $628.10.
However, the court's reasoning could make it much harder for companies that sue over patents get competitors' products pulled from the market, said Colleen Chien, a professor at Santa Clara Law school in Silicon Valley.
District Judge Lucy Koh issued a pretrial injunction against the Nexus in June, based on an Apple patent for unified search capability. In its opinion on Thursday, the Federal Circuit reversed the injunction entirely, saying that Koh abused her discretion.
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October 10th, 2012 (Click to show)
Samsung May Have Not Tried to Copy the iPhoneQuote:Originally Posted by Tom's
New documents points to Samsung asking its designers to be "creative" and "diverse".
Previously unavailable documents presented to the judge in the Apple vs Samsung court case suggests that there was no solid evidence that the Samsung told its designers to copy the iPhone.
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October 3rd, 2012 (Click to show)
Samsung claims foreman lied about his past to get on Apple v. Samsung juryQuote:Originally Posted by Arstechnica
More significantly, the brief notes that Hogan disclosed being involved in only one lawsuit--failing to mention that he was sued by his former employer Seagate Technology, a company owned in part by Samsung. That lawsuit, which demanded Hogan pay back certain house payments that Seagate had assisted him with, ultimately caused Hogan and his wife to file for bankruptcy. "Mr. Hogan’s failure to disclose the Seagate suit raises issues of bias that Samsung should have been allowed to explore in questioning and that would have triggered a motion to strike for cause or a peremptory strike," write Samsung lawyers.
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October 1st, 2012 (Click to show)
Samsung adds iPhone 5 to latest patent infringement claims against AppleQuote:Originally Posted by TheVerge
In a court filing this evening, Samsung has asked Judge Paul Grewal to allow it to include the iPhone 5 in the company's latest countersuit against Apple. While the companies recently wrapped up a jury trial — in which Apple emerged victorious, to the tune of $1.049 billion — this move is part of a different round of legal wrangling. In this second case, Apple is accusing more than 20 Samsung devices, including the Galaxy S III and the Galaxy Nexus, of infringing a wholly different set of patents. Samsung, as before, is alleging infringement as well, having targeted the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch product lines in its initial counterclaims.
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September 29th, 2012 (Click to show)
Samsung wins reconsideration of Galaxy Tab sales banQuote:Originally Posted by Yahoo!
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that a lower court should reconsider a sales ban against Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 won by Apple in a patent dispute with the South Korean electronics maker.
The injunction was put in place ahead of a month-long trial that pitted iPhone maker Apple Inc against Samsung Electronics Co Ltd in a closely watched legal battle that ended with a resounding victory for Apple last month on many of its patent violation claims.
However, the jury found that Samsung had not violated the patent that was the basis for the tablet injunction and Samsung argued the sales ban should be lifted. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh said she could not act because Samsung had already appealed.
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September 24th, 2012 (Click to show)
Samsung raises jury misconduct in bid for new Apple trialQuote:Originally Posted by Cnet
Samsung lists cases in which juror misconduct -- introducing outside material to deliberations -- led to a new trial. That's after jury foreman revealed he discussed his patent experience with other jurors.
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September 10th, 2012 (Click to show)
Samsung will reportedly sue Apple over LTE use on iPhone 5Quote:Originally Posted by Cnet
With a little more than a day before the iPhone 5 's expected debut, Samsung has decided to sue Apple for patent infringement over its reported use of long-term evolution (LTE) connectivity in the next-generation smartphones.
Expected to be unveiled at a press event in San Francisco on Wednesday, the iPhone 5 will reportedly feature the speedier fourth-generation wireless networking, for which Samsung holds numerous patents. Samsung, which has been locked in a series of high-stakes patent trials with Apple, had previously threatened to sue the iPhone maker if it were to release LTE-enabled products.
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August 24th, 2012 (Click to show)
Apple v. Samsung jury finds Apple's patents valid, awards it nearly $1.05 billion in damagesQuote:Originally Posted by Engaget
The bad news for Samsung continues, as the jury decided that not only did it willfully infringe on five of the seven Apple patents, but it also upheld their validity.The amount of the damages is in: $1,051,855,000.00.
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November 10th, 2012 (Click to show)Apple Fee Case Against Google Fails to Find Middle GroundQuote:Originally Posted by Source
Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s unwillingness to commit to a patent royalty set by a federal court prompted a judge yesterday to throw out its breach-of-contract claims against Google Inc. (GOOG)’s Motorola Mobility unit.
U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb canceled a trial that was scheduled to begin yesterday in Madison, Wisconsin, over the fees Motorola Mobility could reasonably charge Apple for using patents related to industry-standard technology. Apple said it wouldn’t license the patents unless the judge set the rate at $1 or less for each iPhone.
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November 8th,2012 (Click to show)U.S. court throws out Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) claims against MotorolaQuote:Originally Posted by Source
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) had a setback on Monday when a U.S. district court judge threw out its patent abuse lawsuit against Motorola Mobility just hours before the trial was set to start, with the judge questioning her authority to hear the claim.
Apple and Microsoft accuse Google of demanding too high a royalty for some of its so-called standard essential patents. Motorola promised to license those patents on fair terms, they argue, in exchange for Motorola technology being adopted as an industry standard.
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November 6th,2012 (Click to show)U.S. judge tosses Apple vs. Google lawsuit over patentsQuote:Originally Posted by Source
An Apple lawsuit against Google's Motorola Mobility unit over alleged patent abuse was thrown out on Monday just hours before trial, a setback for the iPhone maker in its efforts to gain leverage in the smartphone patent wars.
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August 17th, 2012 (Click to show)
Google Files New Patent Lawsuit Against Apple, Seeks To Block iPhone, iPad & Mac Imports To U.S.Quote:Originally Posted by Techcruch
According to Bloomberg , Google’s Motorola unit just filed a new patent-infringement lawsuit against Apple with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) in Washington . According to this report, Motorola’s complaint seeks to block Apple from importing the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and “various Apple computers.” Today’s lawsuit is only the latest in a long series of recent disputes between Apple and Motorola/Google, but it marks the first time that Motorola is filing one of these lawsuits since its acquisition by Google became final in February.
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Apple - HTC (Click to show)
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November 12th,2012 (Click to show)HTC and Apple Settle Patent Dispute.Quote:SourceOriginally Posted by source
All Patent Litigation Between the Companies Dismissed
TAIPEI, Taiwan and CUPERTINO, California—November 10, 2012—HTC and Apple® have reached a global settlement that includes the dismissal of all current lawsuits and a ten-year license agreement. The license extends to current and future patents held by both parties. The terms of the settlement are confidential.
“HTC is pleased to have resolved its dispute with Apple, so HTC can focus on innovation instead of litigation,” said Peter Chou, CEO of HTC.
“We are glad to have reached a settlement with HTC,” said Tim Cook, CEO of Apple. “We will continue to stay laser focused on product innovation.”
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June 6th, 2012 (Click to show)
Apple wants all new HTC Android phones barred from U.S.Quote:Originally Posted by BGR
Apple wants all of HTC’s new Android phones banned from being sold in the United States. Per AppleInsider, it seems that Apple has filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission claiming that 29 new HTC phones are infringing upon U.S. Patent No. 5,946,647
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29th November 2012 (Click to show)
Apple hit with patent lawsuit over iPhone's use of headphonesQuote:Originally Posted by CNET
A company called Intelligent Smart Phones Concepts sued Apple last week in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleging that Apple infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,373,182. The abstract for "Wireless Mobile Phone Including a Headset" describes an interface that allows a removable headset "to receive at least telephony audio signals from the phone, and to provide audio signals to the phone."
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November 8th,2012 (Click to show)
Apple Told to Pay $368.2 Million to VirnetX in TrialQuote:Originally Posted by Source
VirnetX Holding Corp. (VHC) rose the most in more than two years after a federal jury said Apple Inc. (AAPL) should pay $368.2 million for infringing patents for virtual- private-network technolog
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The table has turned as Apple is sued for £230 millionQuote:Originally Posted by Source
It's a rare thing to see Apple on the receiving end of a successful lawsuit and this time, it's for a not so inconsequential £230 million in damages.
The case, which took place in the courtrooms of Texas, was initiated by networking firm, VirnetX, with the focus of this court session revolving around a patent covering the use of a domain name to set-up VPN, a technology which Apple used in products such as FaceTime.
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November 4th,2012 (Click to show)Links 3 Nov: Apple's Latest Trademark Woes And Losing The iPhone Name In MexicoQuote:Originally Posted by Source
The Register is sniggering gently as they report that Apple has lost a trademark case in Mexico. What makes it worse is that Apple is the company that brought the case:
Apple has lost the right to use the word “iPhone” in Mexico after its trademark lawsuit against Mexican telco iFone backfired.
Judges sitting in Mexico’s 18th District Appellate Court have ruled that iFone is the only company allowed to use the “iPhone” or “iFone” brands in the North American country.
While that’s true it’s not really enough of the truth for us to be able to understand the story.
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October 12th, 2012 (Click to show)Apple pays up for stealing design from Swiss RailwaysQuote:Originally Posted by The Register
Apple may be willing to spend millions in court over some copyright fights, but it has learned the lessons of history and has decided not to mess with the Swiss.
Last month, Switzerland's railway operator SBB took Cupertino to task for stealing the design of its clock for iOS 6's Clock app. Now the world's favorite fondleslab manufacturer has agreed to pay up and license the design from SBB, rather than risk the wrath of the Swiss railways.
"For the use of the SBB station clock on devices like iPad and iPhone, the Swiss Federal Railways SBB and Apple have agreed and signed a license agreement," said SBB in a statement. No terms of the deal were announced, showing traditional Swiss reserve on matters of money.
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September 28th, 2012 (Click to show)
Apple sued by 'patent troll' over Numbers softwareQuote:Originally Posted by AppleInsider
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division, accepted the suit from Data Engine Technologies LLC, which claims Apple's Numbers infringes on a 1995 patent for a "system and methods for improved spreadsheet interface with user-familiar objects," reports CNET.
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