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British court rules for Top Gear in Tesla legal row

Shane McGlaun, Oct 21st 2011 Discuss [9]

What did Tesla really expect when it lent the Brits over at Top Gear one of its Roadsters for a review a while back? These guys are well known to get some of the facts on a car wrong and they are well known for bashing most things American made. The show is also going to drive the crap out of the car on the track and around the roads it is used on. With an electric car with a range that is very dependent on the way the car is driven, things were stacked against Tesla from the start. Read The Full Story

T-Mobile supports Samsung in Apple patent battle

Rue Liu, Sep 28th 2011 Discuss [13]

T-Mobile has filed with the federal courts to oppose Apple's request for a preliminary US injunction on Samsung's Galaxy products. The move is similar to what Verizon did last week, when it, too, sided with Samsung and filed with the courts to oppose the injunction request, citing possible negative effects to its 4G LTE network deployment. Read The Full Story

Samsung seeks iPhone, iPad ban in The Netherlands

Rue Liu, Sep 23rd 2011 Discuss [5]

Samsung has filed four new patent infringement lawsuits against Apple in The Netherlands seeking to ban the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, and both the first and second generation iPads. The devices are allegedly infringing on four of Samsung's 3G wireless technology patents with each one represented by its own separate lawsuit. Read The Full Story

AT&T, T-Mobile merger trial set for February 13

Rue Liu, Sep 21st 2011 Discuss [3]

AT&T's bid to purchase T-Mobile for $39 billion may have to wait until at least past February of next year. A trial date for February 13 was set today by US District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle in the antitrust lawsuit filed by the US Department of Justice joined by seven states against the AT&T and T-Mobile merger. Read The Full Story

Samsung accuses Apple of patent infringement in Australia

Rue Liu, Sep 16th 2011 Discuss [3]

The legal battle continues between Samsung and Apple with new shots fired in Australia, where Samsung has had to delay Galaxy Tab 10.1 shipments as a result of patent infringement claims brought on by Apple. Samsung was given until today, September 16, to respond, and they've decided to fire back with claims of their own. Read The Full Story

AOL, Google, and others sued for patent infringement on search filtering tech

Shane McGlaun, Sep 16th 2011 Discuss [1]

Some of the biggest search engines in the world have been sued along with a US retailing giant. The suit alleges that the firms are infringing on patents that have to do with relevance grouping on search results. The companies named in the suit are AOL, Google, IAC Search and Media, Gannett Company, and Target. Read The Full Story

Samsung fights back against Apple with patent complaint in France

Rue Liu, Sep 12th 2011 Discuss [2]

Samsung revealed today that it has filed a patent complaint against Apple in France. The two rival companies have been duking it out over smartphones and tablets, with Samsung suffering the most recently, having had to pull its Galaxy Tab 7.7 from IFA 2011 and having its Galaxy Tab 10.1 banned in Germany. Read The Full Story

HTC sues Apple using Google, Motorola patents

Rue Liu, Sep 7th 2011 Discuss [4]

HTC has filed a new lawsuit against Apple today, claiming infringement on patents that it has just acquired from Google last week. Apple first sued HTC back in 2010 for infringing on a long list of iPhone related patents and the two companies have since been in a long-running feud, with a recent ITC ruling in Apple's favor. With Apple seeming to have the upper hand, HTC has been scrambling for leverage to fight back. Read The Full Story

Oracle vs Google Android lawsuit headed to settlement talks

Chris Burns, Sep 7th 2011 Discuss [13]

In one of the most important law-related situations in Google’s mobile OS Android’s relatively short history, Google and Oracle appear to be heading to a settlement agreement over whether Android does indeed infringe upon Java code owned by the other party. In a case we’ve been covering since its inception in over a year ago in August of 2010, Google’s original claim that this is a “baseless lawsuit” appears to still be their position, Eric Schmidt’s July 2011 comments still ringing true, yet both Oracle and Google have agreed to a court-suggested mediation between the two parties.

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AT&T, T-Mobile, DOJ hearing set for September 21

Rue Liu, Sep 7th 2011 Discuss [2]

AT&T's bid to purchase T-Mobile for $39 billion has faced a major obstacle with the lawsuit filed against the merger by the US Department of Justice. Federal Judge Ellen S. Huvelle, who will be overseeing the case, has set a timeline for the parties involved to file a joint plan by September 16 and a settlement hearing on September 21. Read The Full Story

Microsoft denies Windows Phone camera location tracking accusations

Rue Liu, Sep 5th 2011 Discuss [4]

Microsoft has issued a new statement denying the recent accusations that its Windows Phone 7 cameras track location data without a user's consent. Last week, a lawsuit was filed in Seattle alleging that the location tracking feature existed in the Windows Phone camera software, making it a problem on all Windows Phone 7 handsets regardless of manufacturer. Read The Full Story

Apple wins against Samsung for expedited trial date in California

Rue Liu, Aug 26th 2011 Discuss [7]

The ongoing legal battle between Apple and Samsung has seen preliminary injunctions granted on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Germany as well as the Galaxy smartphones across Europe. But Samsung's legal woes continue here in the US as well, with the trial for Apple's main lawsuit against Samsung now moved to an earlier date, which will give the South Korean company less time to prepare its defense. Read The Full Story