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Apple hit with patent suit over simultaneous voice and data, Wi-Fi techApple is once again being taken to court for alleged patent infringement, as non-practicing entity Wyncomm claims the iPhone and iPad are in violatio…
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Apple escapes patent suit after US judge tosses complaintA patent lawsuit brought by Golden Bridge Technology against Apple has failed in court, with a U.S. District Judge deciding that Apple isn't infringi…
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EU rules Google's Motorola abused patents in seeking injunction against AppleIn a preliminary ruling, the European Commission has determined that Google's Motorola Mobility abused its dominance in mobile patents when it sought…
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Samsung testing 5G wireless technology that can download entire movies in secondsSouth Korean tech giant Samsung says it has developed a wireless transmission standard hundreds of times faster than today's 4G LTE, one that could s…
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Building permits detail $16M in new work at Apple's Reno iCloud data centerApple has paid over $100,072 in fees for new building permits on three construction projects valued at over $16 million, all to be located within its…
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Apple: Samsung shirked FRAND obligations, filed suit before making a licensing offerSamsung abused its rights as a standard-essential patent holder, Apple said Wednesday, by filing a complaint with the International Trade Commission …
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ITC delays determination in Samsung patent row against AppleOn the day it was due to issue a final determination on a Samsung patent suit leveraged against Apple, the US International Trade Commission pushed b…
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ITC issues US import ban on older iPhones and iPads for infringement of Samsung patents [u]The U.S. International Trade Commission on Tuesday issued a limited U.S. import ban of older iPhone and iPad models after the body determined Apple h…
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ITC sales ban on old iPhones, iPads predicted to have minimum financial impact on AppleThough Apple lost an International Trade Commission ruling this week to Samsung and sales of the iPad 2 and iPhone 4 must be suspended in the U.S., t…
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Editorial: iOS 7 shows how Apple is leading mobile computingApple's new iOS 7, which the company unveiled last week at its Worldwide Developer Conference, says a lot about the future of mobile devices because …
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Apple says ITC failed in decision to ban iPhone and iPad importsNew documents have been revealed detailing Apple's arguments against a U.S. International Trade Commission decision that granted Samsung a ban on the…
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Federal court to hear Apple and Google cross-appeal on Sept. 11The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit gave notice on Monday that it will hear a cross-appeal of Judge Richard Posner's 2012 decision to d…
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Apple claims Motorola discriminated on tech licensing, charged 12 times going rateIn a new filing lodged with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit this week, Apple claims Google's Motorola demanded unreasonable rates f…
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Microsoft, Intel, Oracle & AT&T come to Apple's defense in looming iPhone 4 banHigh stakes in an impending iPhone 4 ban by the International Trade Commission have created some unlikely bedfellows, with a trade group representing…
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Senators allude support for Presidential veto of imminent ITC iPhone and iPad banAhead of a U.S. International Trade Commission ban of older Apple iPhone and iPad models, a bipartisan cadre of senators has sent a cautionary letter…
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President Obama vetoes Samsung ban on Apple, Inc. iPhones, iPadsActing on behalf of the Obama administration, U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman announced it would veto the ban on older iPhone and iPad model…
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Samsung's vetoed push for an ITC ban against Apple, Inc., in picturesWhile efforts by Apple and Samsung to enforce their respective patent rights are often equated as back-and-forth arguments among twin giants who irra…
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Presidential veto in favor of Apple expected to alter future patent litigation strategiesPatent disputes in the U.S. could change significantly, with the International Trade Commission playing a less important role, following a veto from …
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South Korean government expresses concern over Obama's veto in Apple-Samsung patent disputeAs Samsung has lost over a billion dollars in market value, the South Korean government has shown concern that the company's patent rights may be neg…
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Apple faces long day in court on Friday with ITC ruling, Apple v. Samsung appeal, DOJ e-book talksFriday is set to be an important date for Apple as the company heads for the courtroom in three separate cases, two pertaining to its ongoing patent …
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Apple, Inc. market cap up $11.7 billion after news of Samsung ITC import banOne week after the Obama administration's veto of an import ban affecting Apple helped to send the company's stock up $6.9 billion, news of an import…
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Doctor completes liver surgery with aid of iPad augmented reality appA German doctor surgeon has leveraged the power of Apple's iPad and an accompanying augmented reality app to assist him in the completion of a surger…
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Court denies Verizon, Ford participation in Apple v. Motorola appealsA Court of Appeals has denied a request by Verizon, Ford, and others to file briefs weighing in on the pending appeals process in the ongoing patent …
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Judge slaps Motorola with $14.5M payout to Microsoft for FRAND abuseA federal jury has ruled that Motorola must pay Microsoft $14.5 million in damages, finding that the Google-owned smartphone maker breached its oblig…
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EU regulators call for more Samsung concessions to end antitrust caseRegulators in the European Union are calling for Samsung to offer greater concessions in order to head off a fine over antitrust violations in its on…
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Apple, Motorola argue for reopening of dismissed patent suitApple and Motorola were back in court again on Wednesday, arguing before the U.S Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit as to whether the two compa…
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White House declines to stop ban on Samsung products in Apple patent caseThe White House on Tuesday declined to intervene and prevent a ban on the sale of certain Samsung products accused of infringing on Apple patents. <…
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Apple scores back to back wins vs. Google's Motorola in German, ITC patent casesApple gained two favorable court decisions in its patent battles with Google's Motorola subsidiary today, one in Germany and other at the U.S. Intern…
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Samsung: no disputing we sold Apple's property and owe a 'huge sum of money'In his opening comments of the patent damages retrial, Samsung's attorney Bill Price told the jury a very different story about his client's patent i…
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Review: FiftyThree's Pencil Bluetooth stylusDevelopment studio FiftyThree takes a bold step into the hardware game with its Bluetooth-enabled stylus designed to be a companion tool for the comp…
... response to detected input is essential to the drawing experience. In ...
