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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 ...

iPad cutting board chopped down by Apple

by Mike Schramm (Feb 8th, 2011)

Apple has pulled the plug on a cutting board designed to look like the iPad, according to the board's creator on his blog. Dean Kaplan had a lot of success with his iPhone and iPad stencils, and thought it would be clever to make a cutting board shaped like Apple's magical and revolutionary device. ...

iPad trademark now lives at 1 Infinite Loop

by Michael Rose (Mar 26th, 2010)

No more sleepless nights for Apple's lawyers, at least not until the Nokia and HTC suits begin to heat up. The company is now the proud owner of a slightly used trademark: iPad™, as of March 17, is no longer a Fujitsu mark and has been assigned to Apple. Much speculation had surrounded the ...

Google responds to Apple lawsuit against HTC

by Mike Schramm (Mar 4th, 2010)

There's one more player in the ongoing the Apple/HTC lawsuit announced the other day. It's Google, which yesterday admitted that it wasn't a party to the lawsuit, but that it would "stand behind our Android operating system and the partners who have helped us to develop it." Lots of analysts and ...

Macworld 2010: Adam Savage re-enacts the EFF's history

by Mike Schramm (Feb 11th, 2010)

We visited a lot of parties last night (and the TUAW bloggers are nursing hangovers because of it), but the best was undoubtedly the Electronics Frontier Foundation's 20th anniversary bash at the DNA Lounge. It wasn't strictly Mac-related, but Mythbuster Adam Savage was in the house, and he led a ...