Less than 24 hours following Apple's lawsuit against Qualcomm claiming the latter's Snapdragon processors infringe upon its patents, the chip maker has now retaliated by lodging another patent lawsuit against the Cupertino giant.
Engineers on Apple's PrimeSense team have just been awarded a patent for controlling a Mac using hand gestures. The patent was just now granted after being first submitted back in August 2016.
Apple has just been awarded a patent for a foldable phone that was originally submitted to the US Patent and Trademark office September 22, 2016.
This comes on the heels of related news about a foldable iPhone Apple was developing with the assistance of LG just a few weeks ago.
Reuters reported Tuesday that the US Federal Trade Commission has launched an investigation into Apple for potential patent infringement.
Apple is exploring a new type of display finish for iPhones, iPads and Macs with a visually imperceptible texture that would enable a tactile sensation varying with an object contacting the glass surface, like a finger or Apple Pencil.
Apple's 3D Touch technology uses an additional layer of 96 pressure sensors to detect when you press the display, simulating a click feel by vibrating the phone's built-in Taptic Engine.
A United States District Court denied all Apple's motions and appeals for new trials, upholding a $302.4 million jury verdict that vindicates VirnetX's patent infringement claims brought against Apple over secure communications protocols in FaceTime and other applications.
In a retaliatory move, wireless chip giant Qualcomm is asking Chinese authorities to ban the sale and manufacture of iPhones in the country, Bloomberg reported Friday.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on Tuesday granted Apple a patent for acoustic fingerprint imaging technology that could work beneath a display and replace its current Touch ID fingerprint reader.
Apple during last quarter made a one-time upfront payment of €1.7 billion to Nokia, or approximately $2 billion, to settle all litigation regarding patent disputes between the two companies, the Finnish firm has disclosed in today’s financial results.
A Florida company named CustomPlay yesterday filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida over the Siri-powered 'What Did He/She Say?' feature used in tvOS on the fourth-generation Apple TV.
An extension of Metaio's patent that was assigned to Apple following its acquisition of the company in 2015, Apple's new patent application published Thursday by the United States Patents and Trademark Office (USPTO) details potential applications for augmented reality while illustrating a rumored head-mounted display Apple is said to be working on.