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Samsung may be getting out of display supplier deal with Apple next year

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 22nd, 2012)

A report in the Korea Times suggests Samsung will sever its contract with Apple and will no longer supply LCD panels to the Cupertino company, starting in 2013. An unnamed senior industry source told the newspaper that the company is not making enough money off the panels that it is selling to ...

Apple's supply relationship with Samsung reportedly strained

by Dave Caolo (Oct 15th, 2012)

The Korea Times is reporting that Apple's relationship with Samsung's supply arm is strained. According to the infamous "industry sources," (not to be confused with "people familiar with the matter"), Samsung did not participate in the development of Apple's A6 chip, which powers the iPhone ...

Appeals court reverses ban on Samsung Galaxy Nexus

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Oct 11th, 2012)

A U.S. Court of Appeals says that a lower California court "abused its discretion" by ordering a sales ban of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and kicked the case back to the lower court, Reuters reports. The injunction, ordered by Judge Lucy Koh, came about in the days before Samsung and Apple went to ...

iPad, iPhone sales ban delayed in South Korea

by Steven Sande (Oct 11th, 2012)

Someone at Samsung must be getting very frustrated right now. Apple was facing a ban on sales of the iPhone and iPad in South Korea after a court found that those devices infringed on patents owned by Samsung. Now a Seoul court has ruled that Apple can keep the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPad and ...

Samsung goes after credibility of jury foreman

by Steven Sande (Oct 3rd, 2012)

If you thought that the end of the Apple vs. Samsung patent infringement case was really the end, you're sadly mistaken. Yesterday saw Samsung filing a lawsuit against Apple for alleged patent infringement in the new iPhone 5, and today the Korean electronics giant is attacking the foreman of ...

Judge Koh lifts Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales injunction

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 3rd, 2012)

Judge Lucy Koh lifted the injunction that banned the sales of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the US, says a Reuters report. The court issued the injunction as part of a contentious legal battle between Apple and Samsung in the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California. In ...

Samsung sues Apple over iPhone 5

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 2nd, 2012)

As promised, Samsung has filed a lawsuit against Apple's iPhone 5. In a statement cited by Reuters, Samsung said, "we have little choice but to take the steps necessary to protect our innovations and intellectual property rights." Samsung alerted the United States District Court for the ...

Apple wants Samsung injunction hearing date moved up

by Kelly Hodgkins (Sep 3rd, 2012)

Late last week, Apple asked US District Court Judge Lucy Koh to speed up the decision on its injunction request against eight Samsung devices, says a report in FOSS Patents. Koh scheduled an injunction hearing in September, but the court will discuss the current ban against the Galaxy Tab 10.1, ...

Samsung wins victory over Apple in Japan court

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 31st, 2012)

On Friday, a Japanese court gave Samsung a small boost when it ruled that the Korean company did not infringe on an Apple patent that covers media synchronization between a device and servers. According to a New York Times report, this is one of several patent suits Apple has filed against ...

Daily Update for August 29, 2012

by Steven Sande (Aug 29th, 2012)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

Samsung injunction hearing set for December 6

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 29th, 2012)

Judge Lucy Koh released an updated schedule for the many post-trial filings that follow the verdict in the infringement case between Apple and Samsung. According to a report in AllThingsD, both Apple and Samsung will appear in court on September 20 to discuss the current ban on the Galaxy Tab ...

WSJ: Samsung to fight ban

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 28th, 2012)

After a guilty verdict was handed down in its trial with Apple, Samsung now faces a possible injunction that could ban eight of its smartphones from being sold in the US. According to a Wall Street Journal report, the company responded to Apple's injunction request with a simple statement that ...

Daily Update for August 28, 2012

by Steven Sande (Aug 28th, 2012)

Video interview with Apple v. Samsung jury foreman

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 28th, 2012)

Jury foreman Velvin Hogan talks to Bloomberg about the verdict the jury handed down in the high-profile US lawsuit between Samsung and Apple. Hogan discusses how the jury came to its decision and reveals some of the "a-ha moments" that propelled the jury towards a verdict. In the 16-minute ...

Google reacts to Apple vs. Samsung decision

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 27th, 2012)

Samsung and Apple didn't waste anytime issuing statements on Friday after the jury handed down its decision in the US infringement trial between the two companies. Noticeably quiet in the aftermath was Google, which waited a short time before commenting on the verdict. In a statement provided ...