The Apple complaint that led to a pan-European ban on sales of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 has leaked, complete with the comparison images the Cupertino company used to persuade German courts that the Honeycomb slate is an iPad copycat. The document, shared by FOSSPatents and in German, was filed on August 4 and with no prior warning to Samsung itself, which only became away of the injunction attempt when it was granted.
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Apple’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 injunction leaks
Motorola wants Nokia-style deal on Windows Phone 7
Motorola Mobility would consider adding Windows Phone 7 to its OS roster, CEO Sanjay Jha has revealed, but only if Microsoft could deliver a similar deal to which it agreed with Nokia. Speaking at the at the Oppenheimer Technology & Communications Conference this week, FierceWireless reports, Jha reiterated earlier comments that the company was still evaluating Windows Phone's long-term viability, and suggested that he did not believe that it, webOS and BlackBerry would all survive.
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Sales Blocked in Europe by Apple
It appears that Samsung has been blocked in a very major way by Apple via the European Union as the fruit-based group has issued a preliminary injunction against the Galaxy Tab 10.1 for violation of intellectual rights in regards to the original iPad. This device had also been launched just last week in Britain, where it must also be removed from shelves and all sales stopped for the time being. The Regional Court of Dusseldorf has granted Apple this preliminary injunction and sales of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 must be stopped across the entirety of Europe except for the Netherlands.
Apple Sued for OS X Fast Booting with Supposed LG Owned Patent
Down in Florida today, a group by the name of Operating Systems Solutions, LCC, has found it necessary to file a patent infringement lawsuit against no less than Apple. Their suit includes finding Apple's OS X operating system using a fast boot operation which seems to infringe on a patent originally owned by LG Electronics. The original owner, LG Electronics, seems to have filed for patent back in 1999, another granted patent being assigned again in 2002 to LG Electronics Inc, but that in its reissued granted patent form is assigned to Protimus Technologies LLC in 2008 - it is this patent that's being quoted in the court's document - will Apple be forced to defend connections to said original LG filing? We shall see!
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Google Responds to Microsoft’s Gotcha Moment in Patent War Situation [UPDATE: Microsoft Responds Again]
Just yesterday there was a rather interesting announcement made by mister David Drummond, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer for Google which noted how Microsoft and Apple had joined forces to purchase patents then used to stop the progress of Android via amounts of cash required to be payed per Android-toting device manufactured. This original announcement was responded to by Microsoft who then noted that they’d offered to have Google join in on their bids for the patent collection they’re now using, now Google has responded back. Sort of like a high school message board, wouldn’t you say?
Patent app for Apple inductive charger surfaces
Last month we heard that the iPhone next year could get inductive charging. The patent app for an inductive charger has now surfaced that was field by Apple. The app was published today apparently and shows different methods of inductive charging that Apple might take. The first one is an odd tower that appears to charge by wrapping the headphone cables around it.
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Microsoft: We invited Google to join patent bid
Microsoft has struck back at Google’s accusations that the company has – with Apple and Oracle – waged a “hostile, organized campaign” against the search giant, including joining forces to buy up patents and keep them out of Google’s grasp. “Google says we bought Novell patents to keep them from Google. Really?” Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith tweeted rhetorically. “We asked them to bid jointly with us. They said no.” That drew out Microsoft corporate communications lead Frank X. Shaw, who offered Google chief legal officer David Drummond some “free advice” by posting an email exchanged between legal execs at both firms.
Microsoft and Apple Waging Unjust Patent War on Android Says Google
There comes a time in every great invention’s life where it has to defend itself against those who would falsely claim to have created it come hunting. Thus is the word coming out of the Google offices today via David Drummond, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer for Google. He speaks harshly of both Apple and Microsoft in the following manner: “a hostile, organized campaign against Android by Microsoft, Oracle, Apple and other companies, waged through bogus patents.” Is there any salt to Drummond’s claims? He continues to drum up some rather scary factoids in his release today, not all of them simple conjecture.
Samsung may bid on InterDigital patent portfolio according to source
Patents make the tech world go around. Patents are the source of income for many firms and allow major tech companies like Apple and Samsung to build products like smartphones and tablets that we all know and love. According to sources cited by Bloomberg, Samsung has been approached by InterDigital to become part of the bidding for the InterDigital patent portfolio.
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Hulu program guide accused of infringing Rovi Corp patents
Hulu has been in the news lately with rumors swirling of some of the biggest names in the tech world eyeing the purchase of the video streaming site. Perhaps the most cash rich name in the rumored purchase hat is Apple. Hulu has now been accused of patent infringement by Rovi Corp. Rovi alleges that the program guide on Hulu infringes on its patents.
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Samsung freezes Galaxy Tab 10.1 launch in Australia in Apple suit
Samsung has agreed to freeze sales and advertising of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia until its patent infringement suit with Apple has been settled. The moratorium was agreed by the two companies' legal teams during a break in court proceedings, Bloomberg reports, rather than as an injunction handed down by the judge, and if Apple later loses the infringement case then it has agreed to pay damages to Samsung for the loss in sales.
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SlashGear Week in Review – Week 31 2011
Welcome to another week in review! There were some very strange and interesting stories going around over the last week and today I will run down some of the coolest of them. Samsung Q2 smartphone sales are tipped to possibly beat the iPhone. The thing that helped Samsung the most was the popularity of the smartphones like the Galaxy S II.
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