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 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 Brandon Russell |
Apple has responded to Samsung’s claims that jury foreman Vel Hogan was biased against the Korean company, saying that, basically, it’s much too late to complain now. Following the monumental billion dollar verdict from August, Samsung did some digging on Hogan and found that he…
By Brandon Russell |
Samsung believes Jury Foreman Vel Hogan’s past history is a clear indication of his bias against the Korean company. Back in 1993, almost twenty years ago, Hogan was allegedly involved in a lawsuit with Seagate — a company that Samsung supposedly has a buddy-buddy relationship…
By Brandon Russell |
Apple on Friday was cleared of any wrongdoing when an ITC judge said the Cupertino company didn’t violate any Samsung patents. The Korean company took Apple to task over patents relating to 3G, integrating functions and format of data packets, asking that the iPhone, iPad…
By Brandon Russell |
Apple is widely seen as a tyrant, the bully of the tech industry. For all its success, the company has burned countless bridges on its journey to becoming the world’s most valuable company. But there’s still one figure among the Apple ranks that you can’t…
By Brandon Russell |
In the other case between Apple and Samsung — the one dealing with the Galaxy Nexus — the Cupertino company has allegedly amended its hitlist to include the Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note. Will it never stop? Not likely, at least in our lifetime.…
By Brandon Russell |
Samsung wants revenge against Apple. According to the Korea Times, the company is reportedly preparing to punch Apple in its most sensitive of areas: the iPhone 5. If the device does wind up landing with LTE, Samsung will reportedly strike hard by filing an injunction…
By Roy Choi |
According to sources familiar with the matter, Google CEO Larry Page and Apple CEO Tim Cook have been meeting to discuss potential options to avoid intense litigation regarding patents of mobile devices. Rumors are the discussions are focusing on basic features and functions in the…
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 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 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 Brandon Russell |
Here’s a report that perfectly supplements Best Buy’s comments from late last month: According to an internal Samsung document, over half of TV viewers thought Galaxy Tab commercials were in some way related to Apple’s iPad. There’s just no escaping the shadow of the Cupertino…
By Brandon Russell |
Following up on an incident where Samsung lawyer John Quinn willfully gave media outlets excluded trial evidence, the South Korea-based company has immediately began to perform damage control by arguing the information was public domain anyway. In a filing to the court on Wednesday morning,…
By Brandon Russell |
In response to the never ending patent saga between Apple and Samsung, Samsung’s Chief Product Officer Kevin Packingham told Wired how “unreasonable” the whole kerfuffle between the two is. More to the point, Packingham expressed his exasperation that the argument centers around rectangles (the iPad…
By Brandon Russell |
Samsung’s request for an expedited Galaxy Nexus hearing was accepted by the U.S. Court of Appeals on Friday. The Galaxy S III maker has until July 16 to file its court brief, which will begin the process. Meanwhile, Apple has until July 30 to respond…
By Brandon Russell |
Not even a day after the Galaxy Nexus ban was temporarily lifted, the device has gone back up for sale through the Google Play store. Unfortunately, folks will have to wait between two and three weeks until the unit ships. It’s been quite the saga…
By Brandon Russell |
Apple’s attempt to stop or even delay the Galaxy S III from launching in the U.S. has been dealt a huge setback by Judge Lucy Koh. According to a report from Reuters, Koh said that “Apple’s push to get a court order blocking the June…
By Brandon Russell |
Here’s something to brighten your weekend: Apple has reportedly filed for a preliminary injunction against the Galaxy Tab 10.1 here in the U.S., and the company might get its wish. It seems Tim Cook’s cronies legal cronies gained a bit of confidence following the win…
By Brandon Russell |
This whole Apple vs. Samsung patent spat could have, to an extent, been avoided, or at least kept out of the public eye. But a new report suggests the South Korean company wasn’t willing to play ball with Apple. Turns out, in an attempt to…
By Brandon Russell |
According to BusinessWeek, the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) has ruled against Apple in a lawsuit vs. Motorola Mobility. The ITC concluded the same judgement during a preliminary hearing in January, and found no proof that Moto was guilty of Apple’s claims. Florian Mueller…
By Brandon Russell |
Patent lawsuits are a thing nowadays, infesting the Internet at large and really putting a damper on the industry. The Apples and Samsungs of the world are the biggest names to throw around its muscle in court, but a breaking story suggests two new faces…
