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Swiss company SmartData sues Apple over Apple TV, iPhone

by Chris Rawson (Feb 9th, 2012)

Another company you've probably never heard of before today is after a slice of Apple's pie. This time it's Swiss company SmartData, who claims Apple is willfully infringing its patent on a "modular computer" with the Apple TV, iPhone, and Remote app. As noted by Electronista, SmartData doesn't ...

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 ...

Google after 2.25% of every iPhone sale

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 9th, 2012)

Google is in the process of acquiring Motorola and its 17,000 patents. Everyone from analysts to tech pundits are wondering if the search company will adopt the handset maker's aggressive patent litigation strategy. Legal experts criticize Motorola for violating the terms of FRAND, which requires ...

Australian pilot sues because he doesn't have an iPad

by Mel Martin (Feb 8th, 2012)

Virgin Australia Airlines First Officer David Kloster is suing his employer for almost one million dollars, claiming he hurt his back while lugging around almost 40 pounds of charts and manuals. Documents filed with the Queensland Supreme Court on Kloster's behalf state that the airline "...failed ...

Apple could be forced to stop selling "iPads" in China

by Mike Schramm (Feb 6th, 2012)

Stick with us on this one -- it seems unlikely, but this case could have some wider consequences. Last year, Apple filed a lawsuit against a company named Proview Technology Shenzen in China. It was pretty common by Apple's standards: The company was using the name iPad, and Apple was trying to ...

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 ...

Apple resumes sales of 3G iPhones and iPads in Germany

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 3rd, 2012)

Earlier today, Apple was forced to remove the iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 (not the iPhone 4S), and all 3G iPads from its online store in Germany. This injunction was short-lived as Apple appealed and the German court suspended the ban. The company told Slashgear, "Apple appealed this ruling ...

Apple expands Australian lawsuit against Samsung with 278 new claims

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 3rd, 2012)

Apple stepped up its legal campaign against Samsung by expanding its Australian lawsuit to include 278 new claims which cover 22 patents and ten devices. The original suit, filed last year, targeted only the Galaxy Tab 10.1, which Apple claimed violated less than five of its patents. Samsung lead ...

Daily Update for February 1, 2012

by Steven Sande (Feb 1st, 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 contests iPad trademark rejection in China

by Steven Sande (Feb 1st, 2012)

Last December, a Chinese court rejected Apple's ownership of the iPad trademark in China in favor of Proview International, a large but relatively unknown Chinese monitor company. Now Apple is appealing that ruling, asking the courts to transfer the iPad trademark to it and also asking for Proview ...

Motorola after an injunction against iPhone 4S, iCloud

by Chris Rawson (Jan 25th, 2012)

Motorola has filed a new patent suit against Apple and now seeks an injunction against both the iPhone 4S and iCloud. FOSS Patents notes that the terms of Google's proposed acquisition of Motorola stipulate that Motorola can't initiate new intellectual property suits without Google's approval; ...

Apple seeks to broaden HTC import ban

by Chris Rawson (Jan 25th, 2012)

While Apple won a partial victory in December in its patent battles with rival smartphone maker HTC, the scope of the ruling was both fairly tame and narrow enough for HTC to develop a workaround a mere two days after the ruling. According to FOSS Patents, Apple filed an appeal against the ...

Spanish firm NT-K beats Apple in court, files extortion charges

by Chris Rawson (Jan 11th, 2012)

Two months ago, Spanish tablet maker Nuevas Tecnologías y Energías Catalá (or NT-K for short) won a design infringement lawsuit Apple filed against it a year earlier. Now, NT-K is on the offensive and seeking damages from Apple; the company has filed extortion charges ...

Kodak sues HTC, Apple

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 11th, 2012)

In a desperate bid to keep itself afloat, Kodak has filed another lawsuit against HTC and Apple. The struggling company is now claiming that Apple and HTC infringe on four patents related to the transfer of digital images. A previous lawsuit against Apple focuses on technology for previewing ...

Chinese authors want Apple to pay $1.88 million for allegedly hosting pirated ebooks

by Steven Sande (Jan 10th, 2012)

Last July, a group of Chinese authors petitioned Apple to stop distributing their books through multiple apps in the App Store. The group, called the Writers Rights Alliance, is now suing Apple for US$1.88 million for allegedly hosting pirated books. The nine writers in the group say that 37 of ...