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Apple hits HTC with third ITC dispute, One series goes under the gun
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Apple chief Tim Cook might have said that he doesn't like lawsuits, but he must have left a loophole open for International Trade Commission disputes. His company quietly filed a third challenge against HTC on June 4th (just now coming to light) that -- surprise -- claims HTC is...
ITC denies HTC chance to wield Google patents against Apple
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HTC hasn't been having the best time bringing ITC disputes against Apple, and the situation just got a bit more glum. Administrative Law Judge Thomas Pender has ruled that HTC can't use the patents it borrowed from Google to challenge Apple's products, as the Taiwan phone maker hasn't properly...
HTC lowers Q2 outlook following low European smartphone demand, US customs delays
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HTC has been forced to amend its second quarter sales forecasts after lower-than-expected demand in Europe and a block on US imports of its new smartphones hampered its progress as it attempts to reclaim market share from rivals Samsung and Apple. The company said on Wednesday that its unaudited consolidated...
Nokia Slashes 4,000 Jobs To Send Windows Phone Production To Asia (NOK, MSFT)
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Nokia today announced it was killing 4,000 factory jobs to move smartphone assembly to Asia. The jobs will be moved from Nokia's facilities in Hungary, Mexico and Finland. Since Nokia hired ex-Microsoftie Stephen Elop as its CEO, it has dropped its own mobile operating systems, withdrawn its plans with...
Customs stops delaying HTC One X and EVO 4G LTE devices after 'review'
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HTC-branded crates have been trickling through customs for ten days already, following a total clamp-down earlier in May, but it's only now that they're able to pass through without lengthy extra checks. The manufacturer says it has "completed the review process with U.S. Customs" and that it is "confident...
How Linus Torvalds Helped Bust a Microsoft Patent
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Linus Torvalds says that questions from Microsoft's lawyers got 'stupid' at times. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com Linus Torvalds just can’t help but be a thorn in Microsoft’s side. First, he created an open source project that completely upset Microsoft’s business model. And now, he has helped shoot down an important Microsoft...
Microsoft drops lawsuit and ITC complaint against TiVo over video technology patents
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Having originally sued and initiated a complaint to the ITC against the maker of the popular TiVo boxes, Microsoft has dropped all of its litigation against the company, ending threats of a ban that could have seen its set-top boxes from being imported to the US and being sold domestically. Microsoft filed its...
The three patents Microsoft is hammering the Nook with—and why they may be invalid
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Microsoft's complaint against Barnes & Noble's Android-based Nook devices has been narrowed down to just three patents, with the US International Trade Commission having to decide whether Nook devices infringe on several patented methods of interacting with and downloading electronic documents. Barnes & Noble is also asking the ITC...
ITC Clears Apple of Infringement of Three Motorola Patents, Holds Decision on Fourth
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The U.S. International Trade Commission ruled Friday that Apple did not infringe three of Motorola Mobility's patents, while remanding the investigation into a......
Apple pushes for ban of HTC's Android devices in the US, wants them taken off store shelves
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In a complaint filed today with the US International Trade Commission, Apple has requested for HTC devices running Android to be banned from entering the US, and for those devices already in the US that violate a previously issued exclusion order to be pulled from store shelves, Bloomberg reports....
ACTA fails to gain ITC approval, MEPs vote to reject controversial piracy treaty
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The controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has been rejected by the International Trade Committee. Made up of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), the committee voted 19 against and 12 in favor with no abstentions. The ITC vote will now act as a final recommendation to the European Commission...
Nokia files lawsuits against HTC, RIM and Viewsonic over 45 of its patents in the US and Germany
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Nokia has just issued a press release stating that in an effort to “protect its innovations and intellectual property”, the company has filed patent lawsuits against rival smartphone makers HTC, RIM and Viewsonic. The Finnish mobile maker says that the companies infringe a number of its standards essential patents, filing...
ITC lawyers argue that Barnes & Noble didn't infringe Microsoft's patents
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Barnes & Noble received a boost in its patent infringement case against Microsoft after staff attorneys at the US International Trade Commission recommended that ITC Judge Theodore Essex find that the book company had not infringed on three Microsoft patents, reports Bloomberg. Microsoft brought the case against Barnes &...
HTC One X and EVO 4G LTE delayed at customs due to 'ITC exclusion order'
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We just got received a statement from HTC indicating the the One X for AT&T and the EVO 4G LTE for Sprint have been delayed at customs due to an "ITC exclusion order". The US availability of the HTC One X and HTC EVO 4G LTE has been delayed...
Import ban on select Motorola Android products starts today
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It's been a few months since the International Trade Commission affirmed its decision to ban a selection of Motorola's Android portfolio from import, but the ruling will only start in earnest from today. While the ITC mentioned the likes of the Google-powered Atrix, Xoom, Droid 2 -- alongside a...
Motorola asks ITC to ban every Mac, iPad, and most iPhones
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Google-owned Motorola wants an import ban on every Apple device that uses iMessage. paz.ca The International Trade Commission voted yesterday to investigate Apple for patent infringement allegations launched by the Google-owned Motorola Mobility. As expected, Motorola is asking for import bans on just about every iOS device, including iPhones,...
Apple suggests HTC dodged ITC injunction with 'misstatements' to US customs
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Apple has suggested to the International Trade Commission that HTC made "misstatements" to U.S. Customs in order to dodge an injunction against its handsets....
HTC withdraws critical patent in ITC case against Apple
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HTC on Monday withdrew a critical patent from its International Trade Commission complaint against Apple, bringing number of claims down to only two allegedly standard-essential patents....
Samsung shipped a stunning 57M smartphones in Q3 -- twice as many as Apple
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Samsung shipped 56.9 million of the 162 million smartphones sold globally in the third quarter of 2012, according to the latest research from Strategy Analytics. That adds up to a massive 35 percent global share in a market that is also growing at 35 percent annually. “This was the largest number...
ITC judge finds Apple in violation of Motorola WiFi patent
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Motorola scored a win with the US International Trade Commission this week in its on-going patent battle with Apple. The commission's Judge Thomas Pender ruled that Cupertino is in violation of a Motorola WiFi patent -- one of four patents included in a complaint filed by the RAZR maker...
Uh oh – the company that claims it invented the mobile Internet sells software businesses to focus on patents
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If you hate patent warfare, this news will not be making you happy. Nasdaq-listed Openwave Systems, which claims it invented the mobile Internet, this morning announced that it has sold its software products businesses to investment firm Marlin Equity Partners so it can ‘focus on its intellectual property’. Openwave sold...
Uh oh – the company that claims it invented the mobile Internet sells software businesses to focus on patents
ITC Gives Google a Second Shot at Apple With Motorola Patents
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Yet another smartphone patent dispute is headed to review at the U.S. International Trade Commission, and like many of those that have gone before it, this one has all too familiar players. The ITC voted Tuesday to investigate a patent-infringement complaint brought against Apple by Google. Filed last month by...
Samsung loses another big patent case to Apple, this time at ITC
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flickr / stratageme.com Samsung can't seem to catch a break. Just last night, it was revealed the company is under investigation by the Department of Justice for its use of standard-setting patents. Today comes much worse news—a serious loss to Apple at the International Trade Commission. An ITC judge ruled...
ITC doesn't allow HTC to assert Google's patents against Apple -- Rent-a-Patent model fails
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An ITC judge has granted an Apple motion to throw out five of the patents Google gave to HTC last summer. Apple had argued that HTC lacks standing (the right to sue). Administrative Law Judge Thomas Pender apparently concluded that HTC failed to acquire all substantial rights in the relevant...
ITC attorney says Barnes & Noble shouldn't be found in violation of Microsoft patents: Report
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Barnes & Noble, maker of the Android-based Nook, shouldn’t be found in violation of Microsoft patents, an attorney with the ITC has said before hearings in the matter commence....
HTC One X And EVO 4G LTE Delayed In Customs, Sprint Pushes Back EVO Release Date
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Here’s hoping that you already managed to get your hands on an HTC One X, because it may be a while before they appear on store shelves again. According to a release put out by HTC last night, U.S. Customs has blocked shipments of AT&T’s HTC One X and Sprint’s...
Kicking it whilst it’s down, Apple seeks court approval to sue bankrupt Kodak
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Kodak, one of the pioneers of modern photography, could soon be on the receiving end of another potential cash-consuming lawsuit, if Apple receives approval to sue the company in a New York court over alleged patent infringement. Having already filed for bankruptcy in January and announcing last week that it...
ITC judge recommends banning Xbox imports
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Judge for commission, which has the power to block imports, recommends blocking imports of the Xbox 360 S console due to infringement on four Motorola patents. [Read more]...
Motorola's latest ITC complaint against Apple targets newer iOS devices and Macs, messaging and sync
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Motorola filed its most recent ITC complaint against Apple so late into last week that the court system couldn't immediately provide more details; we're only just seeing documents now that the weekend is over. As it stands, the case involves seven patents that mostly touch on staple technologies of...
Motorola's latest ITC complaint against Apple targets newer iOS devices and Macs, messaging and sync
ITC Rejects Google Patents in HTC Legal Dispute Aganist Apple
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The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has tossed out five Google patents assigned to High Tech Computer in support of its legal complaint against Apple......
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