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Apple receives patent for alternative NFC technology

, Oct 17th 2012 Discuss [0]

NFC is all the rage lately, especially on Android devices. The ability to share something with a friend just by tapping your phones together is pretty marvelous, and could be something that will take off and become the norm in the future. However, Apple was just granted a patent that involves the same kind of techniques, but is different than NFC. Read The Full Story

Apple appeals Tokyo court’s ruling in Samsung patent lawsuit

, Oct 15th 2012 Discuss [0]

Hold your surprise, folks. Apple and Samsung are still at war over patents, the latest move in the ongoing battle being an appeal from Apple about a Tokyo court's ruling in favor of Samsung. The ruling was made on August 31st by the Tokyo District Court, stating that Samsung did not violate Apple's patent on synchronizing music and video with servers. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: September 27, 2012

, Sep 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

Welcome to Thursday evening, everyone. This afternoon, RIM delivered its quarterly report, and even though it didn't look too good, it was still better than quarterly reports of the past. Samsung is teasing a new Galaxy Note II event for October 24, while Google turned 14 years old today and celebrated with a brand new doodle. Qualcomm introduced a pair of new processors for mobile devices today, and a series of new iPhone patents deals with things like disappearing buttons, 3D displays, and invisible speakers. Read The Full Story

Google’s Eric Schmidt: We’re innovative while Apple is a patent troll

, Sep 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

Google chairman Eric Schmidt, who is currently on tour in Asia where he announced the company’s Nexus 7 tablet in Tokyo recently, had some time to talk about Google's relationship with Apple. Schmidt mentioned that while Apple and Google are very good friends, he doesn’t agree with patent wars and feels that they prevent innovation. Read The Full Story

Apple wants an additional $707 million in damages from Samsung

, Sep 22nd 2012 Discuss [0]

The jury in the high-profile Apple-Samsung patent suit already award Apple a whopping $1.05 billion in damages, but now Apple is looking to have that amount bumped up a bit. In a motion filed Friday, the iPhone maker requested that Judge Lucy Koh make Samsung pay an additional $707 million in damages, which would bring the total amount Samsung has to pay Apple dangerously close to $2 billion. In its 43-page motion, Apple also requests a permanent sales ban on 26 Samsung smartphones and tablets. Read The Full Story

iPhone 5 prepared for Samsung legal war with 434 LTE patents

, Sep 4th 2012 Discuss [0]

Today Apple began sending out invites for its September 12 event, where the company is widely expected to reveal the next iPhone. The iPhone 5 is rumored to come complete with LTE functionality, but there's just one problem with that: Samsung has said that it will sue Apple if it releases a device with LTE. Since Apple's iPad already has LTE, we can take that to mean that Samsung will sue if Apple releases an iPhone with LTE capabilities. Read The Full Story

Samsung may sue Apple over LTE implementation

, Aug 30th 2012 Discuss [0]

Samsung has been indicating that it isn't going to Apple's victory in their high-profile patent case lying down. The company assured users that it "will take all necessary measures to ensure the availability of our products in the U.S. market," earlier this week, and will undoubtedly attempt appeal, going all the way up to the Supreme Court if it has to. But Samsung might have something up its sleeve, and it may not be long before we see Samsung taking Apple to court over patent infringement once more. Read The Full Story

Apple and Google talk patent settlement via CEO meeting

, Aug 30th 2012 Discuss [0]

A new report from Reuters claims that Apple and Google CEOs Tim Cook and Larry Page have been conducting private one-on-one settlement talks regarding all these outstanding patent issues. Apparently they've been engaged in private discussions behind the scenes for well over the past week according to the report. Read The Full Story

Apple and Motorola working on licensing deal in Germany

, Aug 28th 2012 Discuss [0]

Apple and Motorola have apparently started discussing a licensing deal for some of Motorola's standard-essential patents in Germany. FOSS Patents reports that Motorola announced the work-in-progress deal last night, though the two have yet to agree on the price that Apple will pay for licensing. As many of you already know, Motorola and its new parent company Google have taken Apple to court, attempting to get a number of iDevices banned for patent infringement. Read The Full Story

Apple jury didn’t want to give Samsung ‘just a slap on the wrist’

, Aug 25th 2012 Discuss [0]

As many of you already know by now, the jury in the Apple-Samsung patent case has delivered their verdict, and they're making Samsung pay up. Of course, Apple isn't getting the full amount it was suing for - a face-melting $2.45 billion - but Samsung is still being forced to pay the very significant amount of $1.05 billion. Jury foreman Velvin Hogan tells Reuters that even though the jury thought Apple's demands were too high, the group of nine jurors still wanted to make it clear that patent infringement was not something they were going to take lightly. Read The Full Story

Jury for Apple, Samsung case to deliberate longer today

, Aug 23rd 2012 Discuss [0]

Today marks the second day of deliberations for the Apple and Samsung patent trial, and the jury is ready to do some work. The group of nine who will be deciding the case told the court that they plan to extend deliberations by an extra hour today. This means that instead of the 9 AM to 4:30 PM schedule they followed yesterday, they won't be leaving the courthouse until 5:30 PM. Read The Full Story

Apple, Samsung jurors not allowed to update devices during deliberation

, Aug 21st 2012 Discuss [0]

The jury that will decide the outcome of the high-profile Apple and Samsung patent suit is scheduled to begin deliberation tomorrow, and to help them determine who's in the right, they've been provided with a number of mobile devices to try out. Even though they get to play around with all sorts of neat tech, they've been instructed by Judge Lucy Koh not to update anything on the phones. That goes for downloading new apps too. Read The Full Story
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