By Roy Choi |
Claiming “monetary damage and irreparable harm” THX sued Apple Inc. for stealing speaker technology used in Apple devices, including iPhones, iPads and iMacs. Specifically, the suit claims that Apple violates a patent, held by THX since 2008, that boosts sound output through a speaker attached…
By Adriana Lee |
The patent system is busted. Litigious companies suing over vaguely worded claims, tying up courts and throwing obstacles at each other, preventing consumers like you and me from getting our tech goodies, make that perfectly clear. That fact isn’t lost on the U.S. Patent and…
By Adriana Lee |
Looks like Apple’s not the only one interested in spanking Samsung in the courts. Today, Ericsson filed a lawsuit against the South Korean company, alleging — you guessed it — patent infringement. Although direct consumer sales haven’t been super-lofty for Ericsson, it is still the…
By Adriana Lee |
A lot of eyes may be on Amazon right now, to see if it will introduce a new smartphone to the market, but Jeff Bezos, the company’s founder and CEO, has his eye on something else — the drama-filled patent wars being waged all over…
By Brandon Russell |
Samsung may have been knocked to the mat by last Friday’s verdict, but its regaining its balance, and unsurprisingly fighting back. Like a determined boxer that just won’t stay down, Samsung on Tuesday triumphantly shouted that it would defend the sale of its smartphones by…
By Adriana Lee |
Samsung sucks. The TouchWiz-ard steals other companies’ concepts and designs, and puts out inferior products with them. Apple is a thwarter of openness, a hypocritical dictatorship built on hipster iTwits and claims of greatness, while putting out — you guessed it — inferior products. If…
By Brandon Russell |
After many weeks of testimony and countless looks behind the iron curtain, the jury overseeing technology’s biggest ever lawsuit reached a verdict on Friday. The enormously complex case, according to The Verge, needed “some 700 individual decisions” to align in order for the jury to…
By Adriana Lee |
Just when you thought the Samsung vs. Apple patent smackdown wasn’t crazy enough, in storms a South Korean court like a fed-up parent settling an argument by spanking both kids involved. Here’s what happened: Although the two companies have pretty much been duking it out…
By Todd Haselton |
The court case between Apple and Samsung has been nothing short of fierce. Legal teams from both firms have been at one another’s throats for the past several weeks trying to win over support from a jury, which will ultimately rule whether or not Samsung…
By Sean P. Aune |
Who has time to follow all of the Apple Vs. Samsung court shenanigans? This is the age of the Internet, can’t someone just sum it up for you in a handy infographic? Yes, they can. The folks over at Joy of Tech decided to have…
By Brandon Russell |
Apple may want to consider making the courtroom its permanent residence. Not long after wrapping up closing arguments in its infringement case against Samsung, the Cupertino company is being taken to task by Motorola Mobility. And for what? Patent-infringement. Motorola is claiming Apple was unwilling…
By Brandon Russell |
Samsung on Thursday attempted to turn the tables on Apple by saying the Cupertino company owes the Galaxy S III maker $421.8 million for infringement. Apple has already stated its case, and believes Samsung is responsible for paying out $2.5 billion for blatant copying. Those…
By Brandon Russell |
Samsung on Monday argued that Apple didn’t present enough evidence for the Jury to make an informed decision regarding the patent infringement case. As such, the Korean company feels the suit should, after all the time and effort spent over the past several weeks, be…
By Brandon Russell |
Preceding Apple’s “charitable” licensing offer to Samsung in October 2010, the Cupertino company apparently prepared an exhaustive 90-page warning shot to let the Galaxy S III-maker know it was playing with fire. According to an August 2010 presentation made public on Friday, Apple composed what…
By Brandon Russell |
Back in late 2010 — when companies conducted themselves with a semblance of dignity — Apple reportedly offered Samsung an out. Rather than make the court room a home away from home, the Cupertino company proposed an opportunity for Samsung to license certain patents for…
By Todd Haselton |
The National Cheng Kung University, a school based in Taiwan, filed a lawsuit against Apple recently alleging that the Cupertino, California-based firm infringed on a patent owned by the university. Nation Cheng Kung University believes that Apple’s Siri technology, specifically, infringes on two of its patents that…
By Brandon Russell |
Samsung has been dealt another blow in its effort to stay a ban over the Galaxy Tab 10.1. According to Reuters, the South Korea-based company’s bid on Friday was rejected by the U.S. Court of Appeals, meaning Samsung can most definitely no longer sell the…
By Todd Haselton |
AT&T is sold out of the One X on its website. Thankfully, the phone launched early enough that several third-party retailers, such as Amazon and Target, still have stock. Sprint just launched its EVO 4G LTE flagship phone, but it’s impossible to find that device. You might…
By Brandon Russell |
Apple is allegedly in the belief that Samsung purposefully destroyed e-mail evidence that could’ve been used in an ongoing patent infringement suit between the two companies. Known in the legal world as “spoliation of evidence,” Apple’s claim was revealed in documents filed on May 1…
By Brandon Russell |
Facebook on Monday struck a deal with Microsoft in which the social network will take possession of approximately 650 patents that were recently purchased from AOL. In addition, the $550 million deal will also give Facebook a license to more an additional 275 AOL patents…
By Mark Hearn |
A German court on Friday ruled in favor of Motorola in a case against Apple, stating that the Cupertino-based company’s iCloud and MobileMe products infringed on a push e-mail patent owned by Motorola. The court said Apple must calculate and pay damages to Motorola and…
By Brandon Russell |
There are patent suits that, you know, deal with actual intellectual property, and then there are lawsuits companies file that make the whole technology landscape look like one big joke. This is one such instance. Varia Holdings Inc. is suing both Samsung and Research In…
By Brandon Russell |
Just because Apple is one of the world’s biggest companies by market value doesn’t mean it’ll ease up in the patent wars. And that includes going after bankrupt companies, like Kodak. The two have been embroiled in a lawsuit regarding Kodak’s implementation of an LCD…
By Todd Haselton |
Intellectual Ventures, a firm that “creates and sustains a market for invention through long-term and large-scale investment of time, talent, and capital,” has filed a lawsuit against AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile accusing each of the carriers of infringing on 12 of its patents. “The wireless communications…
