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ITC awards victory to Apple in Motorola patent case

by Steven Sande (Dec 20th, 2012)

Apple won another round yesterday in a patent suit brought by Motorola Mobility against the Cupertino company. Motorola had complained to the International Trade Commission (ITC) about Apple's use of a proximity sensor in all versions of the iPhone, stating that it owned that patent. ITC Judge ...

US International Trade Commission to investigate Motorola claims against Apple

by Kelly Hodgkins (Sep 19th, 2012)

The US International Trade Commission announced on Tuesday that it will look into Motorola's claim that Apple is infringing on patents that cover messaging notifications, location-based reminders, media playback and more. According to a Computerworld report, the ITC will assign the case to an ...

FTC urges ITC not to ban iPhone, iPad and Xbox

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 8th, 2012)

The Federal Trade Commission took on the growing problem of injunctions in a letter addressed to the US International Trade Commission, according to a report by CNET. The letter was meant to dissuade the federal agency from approving import bans in patent and trademark infringement cases that ...

Apple wins partial victory in HTC suit

by Mike Schramm (Dec 19th, 2011)

The International Trade Commission has finally made a ruling in the Apple vs. HTC case, and Apple has won ... mostly. The commission ruled that HTC did actually violate one part of an Apple patent in making its Android phones, and that those phones would not be allowed for sale in the US. But ...

ITC rules Apple didn't violate S3 Graphics' patents

by Kelly Guimont (Nov 21st, 2011)

According to the FOSS Patents Blog, earlier today the US International Trade Commission entirely dismissed the first S3 Graphics complaint against Apple. Interestingly, the official notice (PDF link) has no explanation why the Administrative Law Judge was overruled. There is still one pending ...

Apple looking to block sale of HTC devices with patent complaint

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 11th, 2011)

Apple has filed a second patent infringement complaint against Android handset maker HTC. The details on this second complaint are not yet available to the public so the patents at dispute are unknown. An earlier ITC complaint filed in March focused on patents for the iPhone UI, hardware and ...

Samsung files ITC complaint against Apple

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 29th, 2011)

Samsung and Apple's legal battle over trademark and patent infringement continues to heat up. The latest salvo was fired by Samsung which lodged a complaint with the ITC asking for a ban on the import of the iPhone, iPad and iPod. The court has up to 18 months to make a decision on this request. ...