A little over a year ago, a patent licensing company by the name of Lodsys started going after app developers with its claimed in-app purchasing patents, threatening legal action if they didn't agree to licensing deals.
The company went on to file infringement suits against a handful of developers, and eventually Apple got involved. And we haven't really heard anything since then, until today, when Lodsys published a new blog post...
As the wave of injunction motions and appeals requests continue in the aftermath of this summer's high-profile Apple vs. Samsung trial, another interesting tidbit has been brought to light.
According to recently-filed court documents, it looks like Apple tried to offer Samsung a cross-licensing deal involving 3G/UMTS patents back in April, hoping to avoid at least some litigation...
While fans from around the world were out trying to score the new iPhone 5 yesterday, Apple was busy filing its motions for the final judgement in its high-profile patent trial with Samsung.
As most of you know, a jury found Samsung guilty of infringing on Apple's patents last month, ordering it to pay more than $1 billion in damages. But Apple doesn't think that's enough...
US District Court Judge Lucy Koh denied Samsung's motion to lift the injunction on its Galaxy Tab 10.1 last night. The decision comes in response to Samsung's August 27 request to dissolve the sales ban against its tablet.
Back in June, Koh granted Apple a preliminary injunction against the Tab due to patent infringement. But after the jury in last month's trial found that the tablet didn't infringe on Apple's IP, Samsung wanted the decision overturned..
US ITC Judge James Gildea has ruled today that Apple's products did not violate Samsung's patents. This is the second US victory for Apple over Samsung in the last month.
Samsung originally filed the complaint with the International Trade Commission back in June of last year, complaining that Apple mobile devices violated four of its patents...
Hot on the heels of their big victory against Samsung here in the United States, Apple's legal team has just won another important decision against Motorola in Munich, German.
The German court has just awarded the Cupertino company a preliminary sales ban against Motorola's phones and tablets in the country, ruling that they infringe on Apple's patents...
In December of last year, Apple won an ITC case against HTC. The International Trade Commission ruled that HTC's Android products infringed on Apple's '647 patent on "analyzing and linking data structures," and banned many of them from the US.
Though HTC has since developed a workaround, Apple brought its complaint back to the ITC this summer. But at least this time they're willing to talk about it. A new report says the two sides are in ongoing settlement talks regarding the dispute...
The Apple-Samsung trial that ended last week was just the first of many to take place here in the US. Apple filed another lawsuit against the Korean company back in February of this year, which should go to trial sometime next summer.
Originally, the lawsuit was aimed at the Galaxy Nexus and some of Samsung's other older devices. But on Friday, Apple amended the complaint and added the Galaxy S III, the Galaxy Note, and the new Galaxy Note 10.1 to the patent suit...
You have to feel for Samsung, it's had a pretty rough week. First, it lost a high-profile patent suit to Apple which will cost it in upwards of $1 billion. And now it's facing a US sales ban on 8 devices.
But this should help ease the pain: a Tokyo judge has just handed Samsung a court victory, ruling that its phones and tablets do not violate Apple's patent related to music and video syncing...
If you thought Apple's victory last week was the end of the fighting between it and Samsung, think again. Samsung is still expected to file an appeal on the ruling, and an injunction hearing has already been set.
On top of that, Samsung is said to be gearing up for a major legal counter attack, preparing "all measures for all scenarios" to fight Apple in 50 patent disputes in 10 countries. In other words, "it's on..."
Now that the high-profile trial between Apple and Samsung is over here in the US, we move onto the injunction hearing. Apple is going to use its recent victory to try and get some of Samsung's products banned from the United States.
We've already learned which devices Apple is going after. Earlier this week Apple filed a notice with the court outlining 8 of Samsung's handsets that were found guilty of infringing on its patents. And now we know the hearing date...
Last week, a jury found several of Samsung's devices to be guilty of infringement on Apple's patents. The damages awarded thus far total around $1 billion dollars, but Apple is seeking much more than that.
The Cupertino company has filed a notice with the court today identifying which of Samsung's infringing products that it would like banned from US sales, including several Galaxy S and SII models...