By Todd Haselton |
HTC and Apple settled a lengthy patent dispute on Nov. 10 when HTC agreed to pay licensing fees on each Android smartphone sold. Neither Apple nor HTC will disclose exactly how much HTC pays in fees — Samsung wants the figure revealed in court —…
By Todd Haselton |
HTC recently settled its patent suits with Apple and now it appears that Google’s Motorola Mobility is working to do the same, at least with some patents. Bloomberg said Friday that the two firms are currently in discussions to resolve patents “related to critical smartphone…
By Todd Haselton |
HTC recently settled a patent dispute with Apple by agreeing to pay it a small fee for each Android smartphone sold. There has been speculation that, since HTC was able to settle, we would soon hear about similar agreements between Motorola, Samsung…
By Todd Haselton |
Google announced on Thursday morning that it has reached a settlement with the Association of American Publishers following seven years of copyright lawsuits. Litigation was first brought against the search giant after it launched its Library Project, which provides free access to popular books. “The…
By Todd Haselton |
Verizon and TiVo announced an agreement on Monday in which Verizon will pay TiVo $250.4 million plus additional fees to license its patented technology. The two firms had been locked in a legal battle after TiVo accused Verizon of infringing on its patented technology related…
By Todd Haselton |
U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg recently gave Facebook’s proposed legal settlement a thumbs down. The social network originally proposed that it will give its users additional control in how and where Facebook can use their personal information, Reuters explained, but the Judge doesn’t think that’s enough…
By Sean P. Aune |
Apple and Samsung have finally trimmed some of the patent claims both are leveling in an upcoming case, but if it’s enough to satisfy the judge remains to be seen. Judge Lucy Koh last week ordered both Apple and Samsung to trim down the number…
By Sean P. Aune |
A judge has ordered Apple and Samsung to trim the number of claims leveled at one another in a court case before the trial begins on July 30. Judge Lucy Koh is not cutting Apple and Samsung a whole lot of slack in the lead…
By Sean P. Aune |
The CEOs of Apple and Samsung will be facing off next month under the watchful eye of a judge in hopes of settling some of the numerous lawsuits the two companies are engaged in. As was reported earlier this month, Judge Lucy Koh from the…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple and Samsung have been at one another’s throats in court rooms around the globe. In fact, the two companies are currently fighting patent battles in nine countries. The most prominent headlines have been court scuffles in Germany and Australia where Apple has successfully managed…
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 |
Proview, the Chinese firm that has sued Apple and has accused it of trademark infringement over the “iPad” name, is reportedly ready for settlement discussions with Apple, AFP reported Tuesday. Proview originally accused Apple of illegally using the iPad trademark, but Apple has argued that it…
By Jack McGrath |
Popularized in last year’s critically-acclaimed film The Social Network, Mark Zuckerberg’s legal troubles regarding the founding of Facebook may very well be coming to an end. Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, identical twins who claimed that Zuckerberg stole their social networking idea while attending Harvard, finally…
