By Brandon Russell |
Apple wants to add the Galaxy S4 to the list of infringing products the Cupertino company believes violate its patents. According to Florian Mueller at FOSS Patents, the company made the request to U.S. Court Judge Lucy Koh, even though both companies were asked to…
By Brandon Russell |
Apple wants to peek behind the Android curtain, requesting Google hand over documents related to the OS’s source code. In Apple’s never ending battle with Samsung, the company asked U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal to force the search giant to hand over the info,…
By Brandon Russell |
Samsung last week filed a brief in response to Apple’s attempt for a permanent injunction in the mightiest of tech cases from last year. The suit is still undergoing review as Judge Lucy Koh re-examines 2012’s ruling, which could result in a lower figure awarded…
By Todd Haselton |
A judge with the United States International Trade Commission said Friday that Samsung infringed on a patent owned by Apple that’s related to how a user can select text. Two patents were in question, and a second one also owned by Apple relates to technology…
By Brandon Russell |
The very long but still ongoing Apple vs. Samsung battle is more or less back to square one, with Judge Lucy Koh last month ordering a new trial to determine damages owed. Initial reports said Koh invalidated the original amount owed, which potentially meant Samsung…
By Sean P. Aune |
A California judge has ordered that Apple’s case against Samsung over search patents used in the Siri voice assistant can move forward. Judge Lucy Koh is once again presiding over a lawsuit between Apple and Samsung. This is the same judge who has been presiding…
By Sean P. Aune |
Apple has received assistance in its efforts to get permanent injunctions against multiple Samsung from the unlikeliest of sources: Nokia. According to Reuters, Nokia has filed a sealed brief with Judge Lucy Koh in the ongoing Apple Vs. Samsung court case in California. In the…
By Todd Haselton |
A jury this past summer found Samsung guilty of patent infringement and awarded Apple more than $1 billion in damages, but now that figure is shrinking nearly in half. A report published Friday said that the “Court has identified an impermissible legal theory on which the jury…
By Sean P. Aune |
A U.K. judge who claimed Apple had shown a “lack of integrity” in a case with Samsung, has now found himself employed by the Korean manufacturer. Late last year, Apple lost an appeal against Samsung in the U.K. and was ordered to post a public…
By Todd Haselton |
Samsung and Apple are still at one another’s throats in the courtroom and it’s clear the presiding judge is getting frustrated at the extent of the battle. Judge Lucy Koh recently asked both companies to “focus and streamline” the claims within the lawsuit down to…
By Todd Haselton |
A U.S. court once again rejected Apple’s efforts to ban Samsung from selling the Galaxy Nexus in the United States, Reuters reported on Thursday. A ban was originally in effect this summer, when Apple won a $1 billion suit against the South Korea phone maker, and…
By Brandon Russell |
Death, taxes and Apple vs. Samsung are three absolute certainties in life—when you think we’ve reached the end, everything starts right back up between the two companies. On Tuesday, the now infamous ruling between Apple and Samsung was reexamined by Judge Lucy Koh, and Samsung…
By Todd Haselton |
No, the court battles between Samsung and Apple aren’t over yet, but at least one of them is coming to an end. A Dutch court ruled recently that Samsung’s family of Galaxy Tab tablets in the lawsuit, which includes tablets with screen sizes ranging from…
By Todd Haselton |
Judge Lucy Koh recently ruled that Samsung cannot hide data related to the sales figures for several of its mobile devices in an ongoing case with Apple. The Korean manufacturer is currently trying to appeal an earlier order related to the release of information, Bloomberg explained,…
By Brandon Russell |
A partially censored document with details of that tireless Apple vs. Samsung war has hit the ITC, revealing the presiding judge’s initial determination. Judge Thomas Pender proposes that, after siding with Apple back in October, an import ban on the infringing products and a posting…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple recently decided to drop claims that the Galaxy S III mini infringed on its patents, after Samsung told the Cupertino-based firm that it will not sell the device in the United States. Apple originally tossed the Galaxy S III mini into its lawsuit against…
By Brandon Russell |
Samsung is taking Apple to task in Korea over the Cupertino company’s Notification Center. According to Korean news site iNews24, Samsung only just filed the suit, so there’s not much information about what exactly encompasses the spat. The gist is that the litigation is aimed…
By Todd Haselton |
Judge Lucy Koh has denied Apple’s request for an injunction against Samsung’s products. Apple originally won a $1 billion lawsuit against Samsung last summer, but then tried to turn up the heat on the South Korea tech giant by adding additional phones and tablets to…
By Todd Haselton |
Judge Lucy Koh, the judge who has presided over the Apple v Samsung case in the United States, is begging the two firms to resolve ongoing disputes. Her words sound almost desperate, too. “When is this case going to resolve?” She asked recently, following three…
By Brandon Russell |
Apple on Friday added six new Samsung devices to its lawsuit in California, just a few days after the Korean company added the iPhone 5 to its own list of infringing devices. It’s quite obvious neither company is willing to back down from its claims,…
By Roy Choi |
Earlier in November, Samsung requested Apple hand over settlement details between HTC and Apple regarding patent disputes. While Apple initially agreed to release the agreed upon terms sans financial data, Samsung claimed the financial information was vital to determine whether or not Apple’s request to…
By Brandon Russell |
Samsung’s head of mobile and IT believes that, without some of the company’s wireless patents, there would be no iPhone. That’s a pretty substantial statement, especially considering Samsung was found to infringe upon plenty of Apple patents in a $1 billion case earlier this year.…
By Todd Haselton |
HTC recently settled a patent lawsuit with Apple and, meanwhile, Samsung says it wants to continue to fight against the iPhone maker. Reuters notes, however, that the Apple/HTC licensing deal didn’t reveal to the public whether or not HTC is licensing all of Apple’s patents in question,…
By Brandon Russell |
Apple’s recent letter to Samsung, which was required by a U.K. judge after the Korean company was found not to have infringed the iPad, turned out to be less of an apology, and more of a back-handed attack. That, according to the original court order,…
