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Tag Archives: patents
Apple just got the most expensive court room win ever: Pyrrhic victory
This case should never have reached a jury court, but the verdict is in. One billion dollar in damages although the jury was just sent back to recalculate it as judge Koh noticed some errors. By all means this is … Continue reading
Motorola Google strikes back: demands import ban for Apple
The interesting thing is not that Motorola asserts more patents against Apple, but the timing and the nature of the demand. The request for a ban on all iPhones, iPads and Macs is made at the ITC for violations on … Continue reading
Wireless push email inventor strikes patent deal with all big players
Samsung, Apple, Motorola, HTC but also Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and the big American carriers will start paying for a license to use wireless email patents by patent troll NTP. The original inventor Tom Campana died well before the first deal … Continue reading
Galaxy SIII crippled in the US to avoid clash with Apple patent
The universal search, the possibility to search on Google and your own phone in one go, has been removed last night from American SIII´s. An early move by Samsung to avoid a sales ban request by Apple which claims to … Continue reading
Apple ´cool´ but a copycat, says UK High Court: design patent fails
#AppleCool will no doubt be trending today as blogs jump on these two sentences in an important High Court verdict in the UK. The real thing however is not the ´coolness´ but the blow to Apple that its design patents … Continue reading
Oh no, after patenting the rectangle Apple now got the wedge shape!
No kidding. The US patent office has given them ´CLAIM The ornamental design for an electronic device, as shown and described´ see pic below. So every ultrabook manufacturer now needs to tread carefully because Apple didn´t specify anything more than … Continue reading
Apple found guilty of violating Samsung 3G patents!
An almost forgotten court case in the Netherlands finally got a verdict after Apple appealed against a fast procedure last October. What was at stake was Samsung´s counterclaim that Apple violated the 3G/UMTS patents. In October the judge tried to … Continue reading
Samsung and Apple Seek Settlement In Patent War
The Wall Street Journal reported today that the CEO´s of both companies will indeed start talking about a settlement in the endless patent war spread out over multiple continents. Judge Lucy Koh who presides over the US battleground in this … Continue reading
Apple willing to end patent war and offer licenses? A reality check!
The linked article claims Apple is willing to settle in exchange for license income on some of its patents. For those of you not familiar with the patent war: that´s unheard of until now. Steve Job´s Apple has always refused … Continue reading