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NewsITC orders US import ban on some iPhones, iPads in Samsung patent dispute
Apple infringed a Samsung Electronics patent, the US International Trade Commission said in a final judgement released on Tuesday that bans import...
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NewsApple says Samsung’s Galaxy S4 infringes on five patents
Samsung’s Galaxy S4 infringes on five Apple patents, according to a court filing by Apple. Apple wants to add the new Galaxy S4 to an ongoing...
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NewsITC rejects Motorola touchscreen patent complaint against Apple
The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has found no evidence that Apple infringed on a Motorola Mobility patent covering a touchscreen function....
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NewsMotorola patent that banned Apple’s push mail in Germany may be invalid
A Motorola Mobility patent that was successfully used to force Apple to turn off its iCloud push email services for users in Germany last year could...
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NewsSamsung’s 3G patent ruled invalid in Germany
A patent that Samsung considers essential to the 3G standard was invalidated by the German Federal Patent Court that ruled in favor of Apple. Apple...
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NewsJudge says Apple, Motorola pursuing business strategy in court
A US court in Florida said that Apple and Motorola Mobility have no interest in quickly and efficiently resolving a patent infringement lawsuit, but...
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NewsUS patent office retracts rejection of Apple’s iPad mini trademark
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) last week reversed itself, withdrawing a rejection of Apple’s trademark application for “iPad...
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NewsSamsung infringed Apple patent on text selection, says ITC judge
A handful of Samsung smartphones infringe an Apple patent on text selection, according to the initial determination of a US International Trade Commission...
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NewsGerman court invalidates Apple slide-to-unlock patent
A German court has invalidated an Apple patent for the slide-to-unlock feature on mobile phones, according to a published report. The Thursday ruling...
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NewsLodsys sues developers large and small over in-app purchasing patents
Remember Lodsys? In May 2011, the patent-holding company warned iOS developers it could sue them over in-app purchasing; Apple told Lodsys...
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NewsApple: USPTO reexamination of patent in Samsung suit isn’t complete
Apple responded to a Samsung Electronics’ claim that the US patent office had rejected multiple claims of Apple’s “overscroll bounce”...
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NewsOfficials reinstate Apple patent claims, but not one key to Samsung suit
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has reinstated three claims in an Apple patent it had earlier said it was minded to reject – but not...
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NewsUS patent office rebuffs Apple’s iPad mini trademark request
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has provisionally denied Apple’s trademark application for “iPad Mini” because the term is “merely...
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NewsApple patent targets social network stalkers and spammers
The US Patent and Trademark Office has awarded Apple a patent for a social network designed to fight stalking and spamming of its members. The patent...
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NewsTech groups call on Congress to battle patent trolls
So-called patent trolls force tech companies to spend money on lawyers instead of innovation, and the US Congress needs to discourage infringement...
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NewsTokyo court rules Apple doesn’t violate Samsung patent
A Tokyo court ruled Thursday that Apple did not infringe a Samsung patent, a small win for Apple in the continuing legal wrangling between the two...
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NewsFederal judge orders Apple to pay US$363K daily to patent-holding firm VirnetX
A Texas federal judge denied Apple’s move to reduce last year’s US$368 million jury verdict in a patent infringement case it lost, and...
