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  The lawsuit drama between Apple and Samsung reached a new level as the Dusseldorf court has banned Samsung tablet in Germany. The court upheld their previous injunction stating the Galaxy Tab 10.1 did infringe on Apple patents and copied iPad’s minimalist design. Interestingly, other manufacturers like Acer, Asus and Toshiba won’t have the same [...]

  The patent war between Apple and HTC continues as the Taiwanese giant has filed a lawsuit and amended a complaint with the ITC in the United States. However, the news that makes it more interesting is that HTC is using patents that were previously owned by Google. According to Bloomberg, Google had gained ownership [...]

  The patent war between HTC and Apple has escalated as the Taiwanese mobile maker has sued Apple in the U.S. District Court of Delaware. HTC claims three of its patents are infringed by Apple Mac computers, iPhone and iPad. HTC wants the court to halt import and sales of the infringing products and seek [...]

  Sony and LG have announced to settle their patent infringement fracas by entering into a new agreement. Both companies have reached a “memorandum of understanding” wherein both companies will withdraw their ongoing complaints and lawsuits against each other. Although the intrinsic details of the agreement are kept confidential, both companies have agreed to share [...]

  This is a huge blow for Samsung. The German District Court has issued a preliminary injunction against Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1, which basically bars Samsung to sell their latest tablet in the European region except Netherlands. The injunction was awarded to Apple after the court found Samsung to infringe on Apple’s patent related to [...]

  Taiwan-based HTC confirmed that they’re willing to talk to the iPhone maker for patent infringements. HTC’s CFO Winston Yung said to Bloomberg they’re “open to having discussions” provided the terms are “fair and reasonable.” Yung also confirmed that although they’re were having an on and off discussions with Apple, no formal talks have been [...]

  HTC might have lost the initial determination in the ITC complaint against Apple but the Taiwanese mobile maker has vowed to “defend themselves.” The US ITC ruled that out of 10 Apple-asserted patents, HTC is infringing on 2 patents. HTC claims they have a strong case for the ITC appeal, even stating that an [...]

  Dolby Labs yesterday confirmed that they’re suing BlackBerry maker, Research in Motion for infringing some of its patents related to digital audio compression. Dolby has filed lawsuits in US and Germany and is seeking recovery of financial damages and injunctions to halt sales of infringed products. The lawsuit says RIM’s BlackBerry smartphones and PlayBook [...]

  After months and months (almost 20 months) of suing and countersuing, Apple and Nokia have settled their legal disputes by entering into a patent license agreement. Under this agreement, both the companies will withdraw pending patent litigations as well as complaints to the US International Trade Commission. Apple will pay Nokia a one-time fee [...]

  eBay-owned PayPal has sued Google over the recently announced Wallet mobile payment service. PayPal says Google misappropriated their trade secrets for its mobile payment business and blames Osama Bedier for stealing the secrets who is an ex-employee of PayPal and current employee of Google. The statement reads “Bedier is now leading Google’s efforts to [...]

  Samsung today announced that they’ve filed a lawsuit against Apple in US District Court for the Northern District of California. Samsung says 10 of its patents related to communications and user interface are infringed by Apple products like iPhone, iPad and even iPod touch. On April 19, Apple sued Samsung for blatantly copying iPad [...]

  Bring it on, says Samsung. The Korean giant has hit back at Apple with three lawsuits over iPad and iPhone in three different countries. Samsung has filed a suit against Apple in South Korea, Japan and Germany for infringing five, two and three patents respectively. Samsung says Apple has infringed their patents related to [...]

  During an earnings call Apple’s Chief Operating Officer confirmed that Cupertino giant will maintain a relationship with Samsung despite the lawsuit brought by them against Samsung’s Electronics division. Cook said they tried to work out the issue for some time but then decided “to rely on the courts” after Samsung “crossed the line.” However, [...]

  Apple Inc. has filed a suit against Samsung Electronics saying the Korean giant’s Galaxy devices like Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab infringe on a number of the company’s patents and trademarks. Apple has blatantly accused Samsung of copying iPhone and iPad’s hardware design as well as the user interface. To prove their point further, [...]

  Microsoft has directed legal action towards more manufacturers dealing in Android devices. The Redmond giant has now filed a complaint with the ITC against Barnes & Noble for its Nook reader and its manufacturers, Foxconn and Inventec. Microsoft says Android platform infringes number of their patents and companies using Android OS for their products [...]