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Apple wins discovery ruling in dispute with Samsung

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Apr 24th, 2012)

Business Insider reports that Apple has won a round against Samsung in court. A California court ruled Monday that Samsung failed to produce documents referencing Apple's designs and features. U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal said Samsung violated multiple court orders by not doing this. ...

iPad 4G branding strategy defended by Apple in Australia

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 20th, 2012)

In an ongoing battle in Australia over the use of 4G in the iPad name, Apple's now arguing that its naming convention adheres to the standard use of the term 4G. According to a report in The Australian, Apple claims, The descriptor '4G'... conveys to consumers in Australia that the iPad ...

Samsung claims Apple is infringing on eight patents in California documents

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 19th, 2012)

Executives from Samsung and Apple may be sitting down to discuss patents and infringement, but the legal battle between the two companies is far from over. According to a report from FOSS Patents, Samsung accused Apple of infringing on eight patents in a California lawsuit filed last Wednesday. ...

HTC says its touchscreens don't violate Apple patents in UK court

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 19th, 2012)

Apple and HTC are exchanging blows in a London court case over claims the Taiwanese manufacturer infringes on four Apple patents, says a Bloomberg report. These patents cover various multi-touch gestures, photo zooming and scrolling, slide-to-unlock and the use of a multilingual alphabet when ...

Apple officially responds to DOJ's antitrust case

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 13th, 2012)

Apple has officially responded to the antitrust claim brought against the company by the US Department of Justice. In the claim the DOJ says that Apple worked with five major publishers to illegally fix eBook pricing. In response to the lawsuit Apple spokesman Tom Neumayr told AllThingsD: The ...

Apple allowed to intervene in Lodsys patent case

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 13th, 2012)

Last year, patent holder Lodsys filed lawsuits against iOS developers including James Thomson, Patrick McCarron, IconFactory, Combay, Rovio and more. Apple stepped in and filed a motion to intervene on June 9, 2011. The motion was finally granted this week, says a report in FOSS ...

Reuters: Justice Department ready to sue Apple over ebook price fixing (Updated)

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 11th, 2012)

A report from Reuters suggests the Department of Justice could file a lawsuit against Apple today over alleged ebook price fixing. Publishers involved in the price-fixing scheme are supposedly settling with the government, while Apple has stayed out of the negotiations. As a result, Apple could ...

Qualcomm, Intel provide source code in patent battle

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 6th, 2012)

Apple has some unusual bedfellows, Intel and Qualcomm, in a patent infringement case that it's fighting with Samsung in Australia. According to a Bloomberg report, Intel and Qualcomm agreed to provide the Australian court with source code that'll prove Apple isn't infringing on patents held by ...

Apple drops alert patent in Chicago litigation against Motorola

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 6th, 2012)

Apple and other handset manufacturers are involved in so many lawsuits that it's difficult to keep up. Earlier this week, another infringement lawsuit in Chicago that's been around for a while resurfaced because Apple dropped a patent from the lawsuit. Apple was complying with a request from ...

Apple reportedly stays out of ebook settlement talks

by Mel Martin (Apr 5th, 2012)

Apple doesn't appear to be rushing to settle antitrust claims in the price-fixing investigation into ebooks. The Wall Street Journal and others are reporting today that Apple and two other publishers are reluctant to settle, according to people knowledgeable about the investigation. There ...

Newest lawsuit: managing your Siri expectations

by Erica Sadun (Mar 30th, 2012)

On Tuesday, David Jones of California filed suit claiming that, according to the LA Times, "Apple oversells Siri's abilities in advertising and TV commercials". He joins Frank M. Fazio in rallying against the Siri Beta release, assuming that Siri has risen fully formed from the waves, ready to ...

iTunes, Sony PlayStation Network targeted in suit

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 29th, 2012)

Another day and another patent lawsuit. Today, we have a new lawsuit from investor Benjamin Grobler who claims Apple's iTunes and Sony's PlayStation network induce customers to violate his "data vending system" patent, says a report in Computerworld. Grobler's US patent describes a data vending ...

Apple accused of misleading iPad advertising in Australia

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 27th, 2012)

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says Apple is misleading customers when it advertises the iPad as a 4G device, says a report in the Sydney Morning Herald. Though marketing promotes the device as 4G, there are no Australian carriers which support the iPad's 4G ...

Octogenarian suing Apple after walking into glass door at Apple Store

by Steven Sande (Mar 26th, 2012)

Those glass walls and doors at Apple Stores can be a hazard. Although the company installed white "crash graphics" (see photo above) on the glass walls and doors of many stores last year to prevent such an occurrence, 83 year-old Evelyn Paswell walked into the doors of the Apple Store Manhasset ...

Chinese authors suing Apple increase in number, target cash amount

by Steven Sande (Mar 21st, 2012)

In January of 2012, TUAW reported on a group of nine Chinese authors who were banding together to sue Apple for allegedly hosting pirated copies of their literary works through apps in the App Store. At that time, the nine authors were asking for total compensation in the range of US$1.88 ...