By Todd Haselton |
A jury recently ruled that Samsung owes Apple more than $1 billion in damages for infringing on its patents. The case is taking a new turn, however, after Samsung said that the ruling was unfair because the Jury foreman, Velvin Hogan, didn’t disclose all his…
By Todd Haselton |
The Justice Department will investigate Samsung’s use of wireless patents, according to a report from Dow Jones Newswires on Wednesday that cites Apple as the source. Apple has been pushing into an investigation of how Samsung uses its patents and has argued that several of them…
By Todd Haselton |
Sprint is currently a part of two major financial moves: Japan-based SoftBank recently announced its intentions to acquire 70-percent of the carrier and, yesterday, Sprint said it was purchasing an ownership stake in Clearwire (after selling off a stake last June). AT&T is the first…
By Todd Haselton |
The United States International Trade Commission announced on Tuesday that it has voted to investigate Apple’s iPhone, iPod, iPad and Mac products following an official complaint filed by Motorola Mobility on Aug. 17. Motorola Mobility has accused Apple of infringing on specific patents and wants…
By Todd Haselton |
Remember the Lumia 920 video that surfaced shortly after Nokia announced the device? It didn’t portray the capabilities of the phone’s PureView camera appropriately; in fact, it was so bad that most pundits thought it would mislead consumers into thinking the device had a much…
By Todd Haselton |
Google is no stranger to antitrust lawsuits. In fact, it has already been under investigation in the United States and in the European Union for several matters, but was most recently cleared by both concerning its acquisition of Motorola Mobility. On Monday, the Competition Commission…
By Brandon Russell |
Google’s immense bank account will soon become $22.5 million dollars lighter. That’s essentially chump change, but alas, U.S. regulators will require the search giant — after members of the FTC voted to approve the penalty — pay the sum after bypassing privacy settings in Apple’s…
By Todd Haselton |
Two days ago, the owner of an international version of Samsung’s Galaxy S III claimed that his or her unit caught fire while it was plugged into a car dock. Now, Samsung says it has opened an investigation into the issue. Good thing, too, since…
By Todd Haselton |
U.S. federal investigators will probe Facebook’s planned $1 billion acquisition of the social photo-sharing network Instagram. Facebook has reportedly received a “second request” for information from the Federal Trade Commission, Reuters said Tuesday. Regulators will use the information to decide whether or not the purchase will…
By Todd Haselton |
U.S. regulators are prepared to probe allegations that Morgan Stanley published negative information about Facebook ahead of the social network’s initial public offering last week. The news could have resulted in a greater number of companies deciding to sell off stock — or not invest…
By Todd Haselton |
Google has agreed to pay a $25,000 fine levied against it by the FCC earlier this month after the government entity said it was impeding in its data collection investigation. “Misconduct of this nature threatens to compromise the commission’s ability to effectively investigate possible violations of…
By Mark Hearn |
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Wednesday that it has reached a settlement with three major publishers, following an antitrust lawsuit in relation to eBook price fixing that was filed earlier this morning. Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins Publishers, and Simon & Schuster all agreed to settle out…
By Todd Haselton |
The United States government filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple, Penguin, Simon & Schuster, Macmillian, HarperCollins and Hachette SA on Wednesday. The federal government believes that Apple and the publishers partook in a scheme to hike of the prices of eBooks. Such a scheme would…
By Mark Hearn |
Back in 2010, Gizmodo came under a lot of fire for acquiring a prototype of what later became the iPhone 4. Oddly enough, a nearly identical situation occurred just two months before the iPhone 4S was officially launched, when an Apple employee lost a prototype device at…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple just released a report stating that users shouldn’t worry if their iPad feels a bit hotter — one group suggests it’s 10 degrees hotter — than earlier generations of the tablet. However, Consumer Reports said on Tuesday that it’s putting user complaints to test…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple has reportedly been subpoenaed by the United States Federal Trade Commission in relation to its decision to use Google search on the iPhone and iPad. According to Bloomberg, the FTC is asking for any documents that are related to Apple’s agreements with Google in…
By Mike Perlman |
A basic Photoshop job could have Apple’s legal team in over their heads. According to an investigation executed by Webwereld.nl, a Dutch IDG publication, Apple and its lawyers have most likely led the judge of a Düsseldorf court down a rabbit hole by manipulating a picture of…
