Despite winning two injunctions related to Samsung’s Galaxy Tab tablets in Germany.Apple has lost an iPad-related lawsuit against NT-K, a smallish Android tablet vendor from Spain. The fact, highlighted by the FOSS Patents blog, was made public yesterday in a triumphant post over at NT-K’s official company blog. Machine-translated from …
Read More »Samsung: No high-level talks over Apple lawsuit
Samsung has issued a statement regarding claims of high-level talks with Apple concerning an ongoing legal dispute involving flagship mobile devices from both firms. A company spokesperson told V3.co.uk yesterday: We are unaware of any meetings or discussions between the two sides over this matter. The comment follows a report …
Read More »Apple expands copycat accusations with more Samsung products, stronger wording
Apple is all over its copycat accusations filed in a formal complaint against its key supplier Samsung. Just days after it wrote in court documents that Samsung was “harassing us”, Apple yesterday amended the filing with more intellectual property rights against more products – even re-phrasing accusations more strongly. The …
Read More »Samsung: Apple lawsuit “not legally problematic” but could “grow”
Strategy Analytics ranked Samsung the #1 Android tablet maker and the world’s #2 tablet company behind Apple in Q1 2011. It took them a month to sell a millionth Galaxy S II smartphone in Korea and brag about it on their Flickr account with the above image. Samsung is content …
Read More »Lawsuit Alleges AT&T Overcharges iPhone and iPad Customers for Data
A new lawsuit alleges that AT&T is overcharging iPhone and iPad customers on almost every single data transaction. After hearing a lot of complaints, lawyers say they spent $80,000 testing several devices using different carriers over a period of months, including four iPhones and iPads. They say they found that …
Read More »Samsung Sues Apple in the U.S.
In addition to suits filed in South Korea, Japan and Germany, Samsung is now suing Apple in the U.S. The lawsuits are in retaliation to a lawsuit from Apple that alleges Samsung copied the iPhone and iPad. Samsung says Apple is infringing 10 patents that "relate to fundamental innovations that …
Read More »Amazon responds to Apple’s ‘baseless’ app store lawsuit
Amazon on Monday issued its response in court to a lawsuit filed last month by Apple alleging that Amazon’s use of the term “Appstore” infringes on Apple’s “App Store” trademark. Apple’s suit looks to bar Amazon from using the term alongside its new Amazon Appstore for Android. In its response, …
Read More »Samsung Files Its Retaliation Lawsuit Against Apple
As expected, Samsung has filed a retaliation lawsuit against Apple’s suit that alleges Samsung copied the iPhone and iPad. According to Reuters, Samsung filed patent lawsuits against Apple in South Korea, Japan and Germany. "Samsung is responding actively to the legal action taken against us in order to protect our …
Read More »Tim Cook: We expect our strong relationship with Samsung to continue, tried to settle issues out of court
During Apple’s Q2 results conference call today, Tim Cook went on record to say that Apple is Samsung’s largest customer, and both companies value their strong relationship. This news comes amidst Apple’s lawsuit against Samsung over the Galaxy S line of phones and tablets. Apple claims that Samsung copied key …
Read More »Analysis Of Apple Lawsuit Against Samsung Reveals Sales Figures
Former Engadget editor Nilay Patel has published a thorough analysis of Apple’s lawsuit against Samsung for copying its devices. Taken as a group, it feels like a remarkably solid case – Samsung can’t just up and countersue Apple with its own patents and hope to walk away with a handshake …
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