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Daily Update for February 3, 2012

by Steven Sande (Feb 3rd, 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 (requires ...

Apple and Motorola scuffle over iCloud and push email

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 3rd, 2012)

Motorola scored a victory against Apple today when it won a permanent injunction against the company's iCloud and MobileMe push email service. According to FOSS Patents, the injunction is "preliminarily enforceable," which means Motorola can enforce the ruling right away by posting a 100 million ...

Apple ban on original Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 stands in Germany

by Steven Sande (Jan 31st, 2012)

Apple achieved a quasi-victory today in the ongoing intellectual property battles with Samsung when an appeals court in Dusseldorf, Germany upheld Apple's requested preliminary ban on the Galaxy Tab 10.1. The court's decision also covers the Galaxy Tab 8.9, but not the Galaxy Tab 10.1N -- the ...

Apple cleared on one of seven Samsung patents in Germany

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 20th, 2012)

A German judge presiding over one of Samsung's seven patent infringement cases against Apple ruled in favor of the Cupertino company. The patent infringement case involves one of several 3G/UMTS patents held by the Korean manufacturer. The ruling did not give the reason why the judge rejected ...

Apple targets Galaxy S II, other Samsung phones in new German suit

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 17th, 2012)

According to a Bloomberg report, Apple filed a new lawsuit in Germany that targets ten of Samsung's Android handsets. This new suit gives Apple a fresh start to argue for its EU design rights, which were recently called into question by Germany's Dusseldorf Court. It also gives the company an ...

Samsung to release newly-designed Galaxy Tab 7.0N in Germany

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 13th, 2012)

Samsung may be bold when it comes to its Apple fanboy commercials, but the handset maker is starting to back down on some of its products. According to BestBoyz.de, the tablet manufacturer is releasing a newly-designed Galaxy Tab 7.0N in Germany that does not infringe on Apple's patents or ...

Job listing points to future Berlin Apple Store

by Michael Grothaus (Dec 22nd, 2011)

Last January we heard that Apple intents to build a new Apple Store in the Kurfürstendamm section of Berlin, several job listings have appeared on Apple's German jobs site. As noted by ifoAppleStore, the listings don't outright confirm the future Berlin location, but construction at an ...

Apple says Motorola patent win won't deter holiday sales

by Michael Grothaus (Dec 12th, 2011)

Last Friday Motorola won a default judgment in Germany blocking the sale of iPad 3G's and all iPhones before the iPhone 4S in Germany. The court sided with Motorola after the company successfully argued that Apple violated one of its 3G patents. The ruling was a blow to Apple, especially since ...

German regulators seek details on Apple's use of Carrier IQ

by Steven Sande (Dec 2nd, 2011)

Apple has already made a statement on the company's use of Carrier IQ, saying that "We stopped supporting Carrier IQ [a piece of software that tracks user activity] with iOS 5 in most of our products, and we're going to remove it completely in a future software update." Apparently that's not good ...

Apple could face huge potential loss if Motorola wins in German court

by Mike Schramm (Nov 18th, 2011)

So far, Apple has been faring pretty well on the various patent disputes it's currently fighting against Samsung and other companies, but Apple's own lawyers agree that stakes are higher than usual in a German case that Motorola has filed against the company. If a German court upholds the order ...

Newest German Apple Store to open Thursday

by Kelly Hodgkins (Nov 14th, 2011)

On Thursday, November 17, Apple will open its eighth retail store in Germany. According to German website, ifun.de, the retail store will be located in the town of Sulzbach. The store's listing has been added to Apple's German website and the error in the graphic that announced the opening date ...

Apple could get temporary suspension of Motorola injunction

by Kelly Hodgkins (Nov 7th, 2011)

On Friday, a German court granted Motorola an injunction against Apple and awarded damages in a patent infringement case. This ruling was a default judgment handed to Motorola because Apple, for some unknown reason, failed to defend itself in this case. Much confusion exists over the impact ...

Some German customers receive iPhone 4S handsets early

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 11th, 2011)

At least one iPhone 4S slipped through the hands of Apple and landed in the hands of a German customer a few days before the October 14th date. The lucky user promptly unboxed it and fired up Siri. You can check out the photos at Macerkopf.de. US customers are still sitting on the sidelines ...

Hamburg, Germany Apple Store to open this weekend

by Kelly Hodgkins (Sep 12th, 2011)

Remember that German Apple Store that was painted with a giant Microsoft logo while it was under construction? Well, it's finally ready to open sans its Microsoft branding. The new Jungfernstieg store in Hamburg, Germany will shed its window coverings later this week and open for business ...

German ban on Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales upheld

by Kelly Hodgkins (Sep 9th, 2011)

Samsung was dealt a major setback today in Germany. A district court in Dusseldorf ruled that the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is too similar to the iPad 2, and sales of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Germany will continue to be blocked. The decision also prevents Samsung's German subsidiary from selling the tablet ...