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Apple still blocked from using push email in Germany

by Steven Sande (Apr 13th, 2012)

German users of iCloud and MobileMe are going to have to wait a bit longer for push email to be reinstated on their favorite Apple devices. A regional court in Mannheim has upheld a ban on the service in Germany based on a patent lawsuit brought by Motorola Mobility against Apple. Motorola ...

Ski helmet charges iPods, iPhone and other mobile devices

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 6th, 2012)

A team of German researchers is working on technology that could let you ski all day without worrying about your smartphone battery, says a report in GlobalPost. Scientists from the Fraunhofer Institute in Berlin, TEXSYS and the Technical University in Berlin have created a solar helmet that ...

Nielsen: More people use tablets, smartphones while watching TV

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 5th, 2012)

A recent report from Nielsen shows that folks in the US and UK enjoy using their mobile devices while watching TV, while those in Germany and Italy prefer to do one thing at a time says a report in CNET. Up to 88 percent of US tablet owners and 86 percent of US smartphone owners use their ...

Apple, Motorola discuss Xoom in Düsseldorf courtroom

by Mike Schramm (Mar 28th, 2012)

Apple and Motorola finally got to face each other in a German courtroom earlier this week, according to reports from Dow Jones. In this case, they're arguing over Motorola's Xoom tablet, and Apple is saying that it's too similar to the iPad. The judge in the courtroom meeting, however, ...

German appeals court lets Motorola to continue push notification patent against Apple

by Mike Schramm (Mar 16th, 2012)

Germany has been the site of quite a few patent battles between Motorola and Apple in the past, and there's another crater on the landscape over there: One of the High Regional Courts in that country has made a decision on Motorola's ongoing challenge against Apple over push notifications, ...

German court halts Apple's second slide-to-unlock case against Samsung

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 16th, 2012)

The Mannheim Court in Germany has delayed Apple's second slide-to-unlock case against Samsung, says FOSS Patents. During this pause in proceedings, the German Patent and Trademark Office is examining the validity of Apple's slide-to-unlock utility model. A utility model is a quickly-approved ...

German court tosses one Apple suit, one Samsung suit

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 2nd, 2012)

The Mannheim Regional Court was busy this morning, handing down two rulings that threw out one of Samsung's 3G/UMTS lawsuits against Apple and one of Apple's slide-to-unlock lawsuits against Samsung. This slide-to-unlock case is separate from the one Apple won earlier this week in the Munich I ...

Apple wins temporary ruling on iPad, iPhone sales in Germany

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 27th, 2012)

Apple scored a legal victory against Motorola in a case involving a standards essential (FRAND) patent that Motorola must license to other companies on fair terms. The Mannheim court originally ruled in favor of Motorola and Apple was forced to remove select iPads and iPhone models from its German ...

Apple halts iCloud push services in Germany

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 24th, 2012)

Apple was handed a setback in Germany recently when a court ruled in favor of Motorola in a patent infringement case involving Apple's iCloud and MobileMe push email service. A new support document on Apple's German website confirms the company is halting push email for its customers that are ...

Court says reworked Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1N can be sold in Germany

by Mike Schramm (Feb 9th, 2012)

Apple's been going back and forth in German courts over the Samsung Galaxy Tab, suggesting it "borrows" a few too many features from the iPad, but the latest ruling has fallen in Samsung's favor. A German court has now decided that the Galaxy Tab has "clear differences" from the iPad, and thus can ...

Motorola wants 2.25 percent of Apple sales to license patents

by Chris Rawson (Feb 4th, 2012)

The ongoing patent spat between Motorola and Apple has reached an interesting crossroads. Just recently a German court granted an injunction against sales of many of Apple's 3G-bearing products, including older model iPhones and the iPad. That injunction held for less than a day, however, pending ...

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 ...