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Samsung redesigns its way out of one Galaxy Tab ban in Germany
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Samsung has emerged victorious for the second time against Apple in Germany, after the Dusseldorf Regional Court rejected Apple’s request for a sales injunction on the Korean tablet maker’s modified Galaxy Tab 10.1N model. Bloomberg reports that the rejection centred on Apple’s use of a European design right, which it lost...
Jury rules that Eolas's "interactive web" patent is invalid
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An East Texas patent case that has attracted the attention of the technology world came to a screeching halt Thursday as the jury ruled that the key patent in the case is invalid. Eolas, a patent troll that has been shaking down technology companies for the better part of...
Apple and Samsung chiefs to meet
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The chiefs of Apple and Samsung agree to meet in a bid to resolve a patent case between the two in a California court....
Dutch court rules in favor of Samsung in 3G patent case against Apple, could lead to compensation
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Remember that Apple versus Samsung case? You know, the one with the patents? Okay, well while these disputes are not rare, they do occasionally finally get decided upon, and today is such a day. A District Court in the Hague, Holland, has ruled that some of Apple's older iPads...
Apple faces delays in bid for sales bans in German Motorola case and US Galaxy Tab case
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According to two separate reports today, Apple is once again facing roadblocks in its attempt to win sales bans in patent related litigation with Samsung and Motorola. The first report comes from Bloomberg, which today said that a court in Dusseldorf, Germany said Apple will likely lose its bid...
WSJ: Motorola wants 2.25% of iPhone sales, representing over $1B in 2011
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Following brief injunction in the Motorola patent case forcing Apple to remove products from its German online store, a judge shortly after suspended the injunction and Apple claimed it would appeal the court’s original decision “because Motorola repeatedly refuses to license this patent to Apple on reasonable terms.” So...
Oracle / Google Verdict Suggests Open-ness Must Be Licensed
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The central issue in Oracle's Java copyright/patent case against Google, which has been lost after a million-and-one interpretations of the case over the last two years, remains this: If Company #1 implicitly grants Company #2 the right to use technology that #1 created and owns, to the extent that...
Samsung wins 3G patent case against Apple in Dutch court, seeks damages
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Samsung will reportedly seek compensation from Apple after the company won a 3G patent dispute in the Hague District Court in the Netherlands....
Google's Triumph Over Oracle Is a Big Win for Android
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The jury in Oracle's patent case against Google delivered a unanimous verdict in favor of the search giant today, exonerating Google's use of Java in Android and dashing Oracle’s dreams of millions of dollars in damages. The trial was supposed to have three phases: copyright, patents and then damages....
Apple Patent Ruling May Alter Tech Tactics
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A federal judge shut down a patent case involving Apple and Google's Motorola Mobility unit, potentially altering the tactics of smartphone combatants....
Judge scolds Microsoft and Motorola for ‘hubris’ and arrogance in patent case
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After listing to three hours of arguments from Microsoft and Motorola in a patent dispute today, a federal judge in Seattle deferred his rulings on the motions before him but leveled sharp criticisms at both companies in the case. “The court is well aware that it is being played as...
Apple, Samsung ordered to reduce size of patent case
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The companies, which are suing each other over their smartphone and tablet products, have been ordered to pare down the claims by Monday, according to a PC World report. [Read more]...
Apple bites Android: Customs halts U.S. sales of HTC phones
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Two models held for inspection after a December patent ruling in Apple’s favor Stopped at Customs: The HTC One X. Engadget photo. FORTUNE — In what is believed to be the first tangible effect of the two-year-old proxy war Apple (AAPL) has waged against Google (GOOG) though the makers of...
Samsung appeals Galaxy Nexus ban in Apple patent case
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U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh on Friday evening ruled Apple would likely be able to prove at trial that Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus infringes on four Apple patents. As such, the judge granted a preliminary injunction on sales of the Android smartphone in the United States. The ruling came just...
Wi-Fi patent case results in $229M payment to Australian government
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Tech vendors including Lenovo, Acer, Sony, AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile will reportedly pay an Australian scientific research agency $229 million in a patent settlement over use of Wi-Fi technology. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), run by the Australian government, patented wireless LAN technology in the early...
Apple scores latest win in Motorola patent case
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The court has granted Apple's motion to rule out one of Motorola's two patents being used in the legal battle between the two companies. [Read more]...
ITC attorney backs Barnes & Noble in Microsoft patent case
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Barnes & Noble on Monday received some potentially good news following the rejection of its antitrust suit against Microsoft earlier this month. Microsoft is looking to halt the import of the bookseller’s Nook slates, claiming the devices infringe three Microsoft patents. Barnes & Noble argued that the patents in...
Judge calls Apple motion to reconsider Motorola ruling 'troubling'
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U.S. Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner shot down Apple's motion to reconsider a ruling of a Motorola patent case, writing that the document's two main arguments are founded on "flagrant misreadings" of the March 29 order....
Apple injunction against Motorola phones would be 'catastrophic,' judge says
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A U.S. judge was unimpressed with arguments made by Apple at a Wednesday hearing meant to explain why injunctive relief is a suitable course of action against Motorola in the company's ongoing patent case with the Droid maker....
WSJ: Motorola wants 2.25% of iPhone sales, representing over $1B in 2011
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Following brief injunction in the Motorola patent case forcing Apple to remove products from its German online store, a judge shortly after suspended the injunction and Apple claimed it would appeal the court’s original decision “because Motorola repeatedly refuses to license this patent to Apple on reasonable terms.” So...
Dutch court rules in Samsung’s favor, Apple to pay damages
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A Dutch judge on Wednesday ruled in favor of Samsung in its 3G patent case against Apple, All About Phones reported. A District Court in the Hague, Holland, ruled that the Cupertino-based company’s first- and second-generation iPads, along with the iPhone 3G, 3GS and 4, infringe upon one of...
Facebook Fires Back At Yahoo In Patent Case
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Facebook fired back at Yahoo in the companies' continuing patent dispute, filing a counterclaim that ratchets up tension in the case....
Apple will finally be allowed to intervene on behalf of developers in Lodsys patent case
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Apple will be given limited rights to intervene on behalf of developers sued by patent troll Lodsys, a source has informed Florian Mueller of Foss Patents. Today, finally, Apple’s motion was granted in part: “Apple is permitted to intervene in this suit, but such intervention is limited to the issues...
Oracle tells jury "clean room" not enough to avoid patent infringement
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Scott Jones Oracle v. Google Oracle v. Google patent phase wraps up Oracle to pursue longshot claim for copyright damages Oracle's copyright win may not amount to much as patent phase unfolds Engineers, experts take the stand as Oracle's patent attack on Google advances Oracle, Google lawyers spar over...
Apple again annoys Judge Posner in its case against Motorola
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Less than a month after publicly scorning Apple's practices in his court, renowned federal judge Richard A. Posner is again calling out Apple in its patent case against Motorola — this time with an explicit warning that it may be forbidden from filing future motions without express permission from...
Price tag for Google-Oracle ‘World Series’ trial pegged at $50 million
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The judge in the notorious dispute between Oracle and Google over Java software declared at the outset that the case was the “World Series” of intellectual property trials. And no wonder. The money the two sides have already spent on legal fees is nearing the annual payroll of the San...
What Motorola’s German win over Microsoft really means
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Welcome to Germany, where Microsoft is banned from selling Windows 7, the Xbox 360, Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player… sort of. Why only sort of? Because of a complex patent case that — unusually — involves courts in both the US and Germany, which saw its verdict handed down...
A closer look at Yahoo's patent case against Facebook
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Yahoo's patent infringement suit against Facebook didn't take many by surprise, but the focus of the case just might. It's unlikely anyone will try to credit Yahoo with inventing social networking as we've come to understand it through sites like MySpace and Facebook, but Yahoo has been around since...
Apple's case against Motorola scorned by renowned federal judge
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Renowned federal judge Richard A. Posner issued an order in Apple's US patent case against Motorola that would make any litigator cringe and duck for cover. In responding to Apple's motion challenging portions of the court's recent March 29 claim construction order, Judge Posner laid into Apple's counsel right...
Microsoft can keep selling Windows and Xbox in Germany, US court rules
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A US judge ruled yesterday that Microsoft can continue selling Windows and Xbox 360 products in Germany, even if a German court grants an injunction request filed by Motorola, which is suing Microsoft over use of video-related, standards-essential patents. The ruling is somewhat unusual. Motorola opposed the Microsoft motion...
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