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Daily Update for May 14, 2013

by Steven Sande (May 14th, 2013)

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 (requires ...

Apple could face 'legal undertakings' in UK over in-app purchases

by Steven Sande (Apr 12th, 2013)

Remember the UK police officer who reported his son to authorities for fraud after the 13-year-old ran up a US$5,600 bill for in-app purchases on the iOS App Store? That kind of unexpected consumer cost has thrown the UK Office of Fair Trading (OFT) into a tizzy, and they've announced that ...

Judge: Apple, Samsung using courts as business strategy

by Dave Caolo (Apr 11th, 2013)

Miami US District Judge Robert Scola is not very happy with Apple or Samsung. He recently accused both sides of having "no interest in efficiently and expeditiously resolving this dispute" and of using the legal proceedings "as a business strategy." Bloomberg notes that the litigants have been ...

US Patent Office withdraws primary objections to 'iPad mini' trademark application

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 8th, 2013)

As noted by MacRumors, The US Patent Office has withdrawn primary objections to Apple's "iPad Mini" trademark application. The primary objections were raised last month when the USPTO deemed elements related to the "iPad mini" name as descriptive instead of contributing a unique name to a ...

Chinese animation studio sues Apple

by Dave Caolo (Mar 29th, 2013)

Shanghai Animation Film Studio (SAFS) has sued Apple for what it claims are apps containing unlicensed versions of its work in the App Store (Google translation). The group is after 3.3 million yuan (about US$530,000 as of this writing) in compensation. SAFS claims that 110 examples of its work ...

Samsung hopes new jury will nullify Apple patent infringement award

by Steven Sande (Mar 22nd, 2013)

FOSS Patents is reporting that Samsung is asking the court to appoint a new jury to determine whether or not 14 of its products infringed on Apple's patents. The move, if granted by the court, could result in a lower monetary award to Apple than the US$1.05 billion initially awarded last ...

Australia's 'Apple Tax' quantified by MacStories blogger

by Steven Sande (Mar 21st, 2013)

Tomorrow, Apple, Microsoft and Adobe face the Federal Australian Parliament inquiry into pricing of IT products. The companies are being asked about why prices for hardware and software Down Under appear to have a noticeable markup compared to those elsewhere in the world. All three companies ...

Daily Update for March 20, 2013

by Steven Sande (Mar 20th, 2013)

Judge Paul S. Grewal has strong words for Apple's legal team

by Steven Sande (Mar 20th, 2013)

When you're in the midst of a series of court battles around the world, it seems like the last thing that you want to be doing is angering judges. Unfortunately for Apple, that's just what they seem to have done, as US Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal (at right) invited plaintiff's lawyers in a ...

EU Justice Commissioner: AppleCare violates member states' laws

by Michael Grothaus (Mar 19th, 2013)

EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding blasted Apple in a speech in Brussels today and urged EU member states to ensure that Apple complies with consumer protection laws, which require consumer electronics devices to come with a mandatory two-year warranty. "This case and the responses I ...

Apple loses 'Ifone' appeal case in Mexico

by Michael Grothaus (Mar 18th, 2013)

Apple has lost its appeal case in Mexico over the naming rights to the iPhone in the country, according to the Wall Street Journal. As we reported in November, in 2009 Apple asked Ifone, a Mexican telecommunications company which registered its name in 2003, to change its name to avoid ...

Tim Cook ordered to testify in e-book case

by Dave Caolo (Mar 14th, 2013)

According to Reuters, Apple CEO Tim Cook will have to sit for a deposition in the US government's case against Apple regarding e-book price fixing. US District Judge Denise Cote decided in favor of the Justice Department's request to have Cook on the stand. He will be made available for four ...

Apple asks for App Store monopoly lawsuit to be dropped

by Michael Grothaus (Mar 6th, 2013)

Apple has asked a federal judge in California for the lawsuit alleging it holds an App Store monopoly be dismissed, according to Bloomberg. The lawsuit was brought forth by several attorneys in 2011 who argued that the company holds a monopoly on app downloads because there is nowhere else a ...

Apple abandons Newton trademark

by Michael Grothaus (Feb 26th, 2013)

Even though Steve Jobs killed the Newton when he returned to Apple in 1997, the company has maintained the trademark for Apple's first PDA ever since. Well, until earlier this month that is. As noted by PatentlyApple, Apple officially abandoned the Newton trademark on February 12, 2013. The ...