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HTC workaround for avoiding Apple patent infringement ruling is complete

Shane McGlaun, Dec 21st 2011 Discuss [2]

HTC has been embroiled in multiple patent litigations with Apple over the last year. One of the patent cases involved HTC infringing on some of the user interface patents that Apple held. The judge in that case ruled against HTC and said that the company was infringing one of the Apple patents in that case. HTC lost a patent case against Apple on a patent involving linking and analyzing data and resulting in an import ban on some products. Read The Full Story

ITC initial ruling finds Motorola infringing on Microsoft patent

Rue Liu, Dec 20th 2011 Discuss [12]

The US International Trade Commission has issued its initial ruling favoring Microsoft in the patent feud with Motorola. The initial determination finds that Motorola's Android products are infringing four claims of a Microsoft patent. However, a final review and ruling is still required to pass through the full Commission. Read The Full Story

Apple Patents won for iPhone application switching in-call, iPod Shuffle

Chris Burns, Dec 20th 2011 Discuss [9]

It appears that the folks over at Patently Apple have found themselves in possession of a lovely cornucopia of newly won patent applications created by Apple over the past however-many years, this including such gems as the second generation iPod Shuffle and the ability to switch between applications during a call on the iPhone. As per usual, these patents don't necessarily point towards anything that'll be released in the near future, and in the case of the iPod Shuffle certainly weren't meant to be kept under wraps for long, but each are interesting to glance upon to know the process. As you'll find here first of all, Steve Jobs name still remains very much engrained in the guts of these transactions. Read The Full Story

HTC: ITC Apple decision “is a win for HTC”

Chris Davies, Dec 20th 2011 Discuss [7]

HTC may have been banned from importing some of its smartphones into the US, but the company is still describing the outcome of its patent suit with Apple as a success. The US ITC "declared an actual victory for HTC" the company told the FT, because out of the ten infringements Apple alleged, only one was found to be valid. Meanwhile half of the claims on a previous ruling have also been rejected. Read The Full Story

ITC rules in favor of Apple, bans HTC devices in US

Rue Liu, Dec 19th 2011 Discuss [37]

The US International Trade Commission has just ruled in favor of Apple's patent claims against HTC, banning some HTC devices from sale and importation to the US. The decision comes after ITC found that HTC violated two claims on one of Apple's patents. This final patent infringement ruling will not take effect until April 19, 2012. Read The Full Story

Google sued by BT in new Android patent case

Chris Davies, Dec 19th 2011 Discuss [13]

UK communications provider British Telecom (BT) has become the latest firm to sue Google over alleged Android patent infringement, claiming the search giant "willfully infringes" on six tech patents it holds. "BT brings this action to recover the just compensation it is owed" the company states in the suit filed in the US District Court of the District of Delaware last Thursday, "and to prevent Google from continuing to benefit from BT's inventions without authorization." According to BT, Google Maps, Google+ and other services all borrow from its IP portfolio, FOSS Patents reports, and says Google still refuses to pay. Read The Full Story

Samsung drops iPhone 4S 3G patent attack [Updated]

Chris Davies, Dec 16th 2011 Discuss [3]

Samsung has reportedly abandoned attempts to hound the iPhone 4S with 3G patents it holds, conceding that Apple is covered for their use of the cellular technology through their use of Qualcomm chipsets. The decision was revealed in the latest batch of legal sniping at the Mannheim Regional Court in Germany this morning, patent expert Florian Mueller reports, though Samsung also filed against Apple over a further four patents while the Cupertino company fired back with six suits of its own. Update: The changes aren't so clear-cut after all; more details after the cut. Read The Full Story

Google gets patent on driverless car tech

Shane McGlaun, Dec 16th 2011 Discuss [1]

Google has been working with its driverless cars for a long time now. These cars use a lot to technology and other hardware attached to them to be able to navigate and drive itself and passengers around with no human input. Google has now been awarded a patent on some of the tech used in the driverless cars. I think driverless cars like this is the only way we will ever really combat distracted driving. That said, I don’t want to see automated cars become mandated. Read The Full Story

Apple ban of Galaxy Tab made it a Household Name says AU Samsung Chief

Chris Burns, Dec 14th 2011 Discuss [3]

This week as the Samsung 10.1-inch tablet reaches stores after having been banned for weeks in an Apple injunction to do away with sales altogether, Samsung Australia mobile chief Tyler McGee noted that far from destroying sales, Apple has instead made their Android-based slate a "household name." A Sydney court lifted the Galaxy Tab sales ban after an appeal by Apple was denied, this ending a two-month out of store stint while the law made its decision on whether or not it thought Samsung infringed on Apple's iPad product. What McGee is saying now, though he wont reveal any numbers thus far, is that the Apple case and the media coverage it generated will without a doubt provide a boost in sales once they've got their product back in stores. Read The Full Story

HTC, Apple Patent dispute ruling delayed again

Shane McGlaun, Dec 14th 2011 Discuss [2]

Apple has a patent suit pending against HTC in the US that is aiming at trying to stop the import of some of HTC's devices. The decision in the case has already been delayed once. HTC is now reporting that the decision in the suit was delayed again. The ruling was supposed to have been handed down today in the US via the ITC. Read The Full Story

Google antitrust inquiry over Motorola Mobility buy frozen

Chris Davies, Dec 12th 2011 Discuss [2]

The European Commission antitrust inquiry into the Google acquisition of Motorola Mobility has been suspended, as the organization hunts down more evidence required before it can reach any decision. At question are "certain documents that are essential to its evaluation of the transaction" EC spokesperson Amelia Torres told Bloomberg, with the Commission's site updated to show the investigation has been temporarily frozen. Read The Full Story

Motorola scores Apple iPhone/iPad injunction in Germany [Updated]

Chris Davies, Dec 9th 2011 Discuss [61]

Motorola Mobility has won a wireless patent case against Apple in Germany this morning, meaning – unless Apple can secure a stay until an appeal can be heard – the iPhone and iPad could be blocked from sale in the country. A Germany court ruled that Apple’s cellularly-enabled devices infringe European Patent 1010336, detailing a “method for performing a countdown function during a mobile-originated transfer for a packet radio system” FOSS Patents reports, and deemed an essential component of the GPRS data standard. Motorola will have to cough up a €100m bond if it wants to chase a sales injunction, however.