Motorola deals Apple pair of upsets in German legal battle (updated)
On Friday, Motorola was granted a permanent injunction by a German court against a feature of Apple's iCloud. The same day Apple removed some older models of iPhones and iPads from its German online store due to enforcement of another patent held by Motorola.
Why Apple is in no hurry to settle its iPhone patent suits
New analysis suggests the payoff could be seven fold greater if it holds out for a win
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In a note to clients issued Monday, Deutsche Bank's Chris Whitmore lists four possible outcomes of the patent wars being fought in courts around the world between Apple (AAPL) and the Google (GOOG) Android ecosystem:
1) settlement with...
Friday Night Fights: Is Samsung Really Copying Apple? [Feature]
Laaaaaaaaaaadies and Gentlemen, welcome to Friday Night Fights, a new series of weekly deathmatches between two no-mercy brawlers who will fight to the death — or at least agree to disagree — about which is better: Apple or Google, iOS or Android? This week’s topic...Samsung Is Now Shamelessly Ripping Off The Design Of The 4+ Year Old iPhone 3G [Photo]
Over the course of the past year, Samsung has shamelessly stolen Apple’s design on everything from the iPod touch, the iPad 2 Smart Cover, iOS’s homescreen, and more. Heck, they’ve even poached the actresses who star in Apple’s current iPhone 4S commercial! Having apparently...Apple vs. Android: A grueling patent war of attrition
HTC was forced to drop one feature. Motorola may have to drop another. More to come.
The 1969 War of Attrition. Photo: Israeli Air Force
Many commentators took at face value HTC's declaration of "an actual victory" after the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled that it had infringed Apple's (AAPL) patent on software that allowed a user...
Apple wins limited ruling in important Android patent suit
Not the knockout blow Steve Jobs sought; Google has until April to find a workaround
Apple (AAPL) has won a partial victory in an intellectual property case that Steve Jobs had famously vowed to fight to his "last dying breath."
The U.S. International Trade commission ruled Monday that the software in some of HTC's Android smartphones violated one...
Samsung Gets Thrown Out of French Court, Must Pay Apple’s Legal Bills
Samsung has a hit on its hands. Unfortunately, it involves being thrown out of court — this time in France. To add insult to injury, not only did a French panel call an attempt to ban iPhone 4S sales “disproportionate,” but ordered the South...This is why Apple needs China
China Telecom, the No. 3 player in the Chinese mobile market, has managed to add 9 million subscribers in the third quarter and 26.4 million so far this year. No wonder mobile players such as Apple (AAPL) are so eager to get into the market.
Copyright czar cozied up to Big Content, e-mails show
Top-ranking Obama administration officials, including the US copyright czar, played an active role in secret negotiations between Hollywood, the recording industry and ISPs to disrupt internet access for users suspected ...
Apple goes to court in Netherlands to ban Samsung’s Galaxy devices from all of the EU
Apple is intent on stopping Samsung from marketing and selling “copycat” Galaxy devices in all of the European Union. Apple has already tried to ban the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in most of Europe (injunction lifted), but today they are going even farther with their legal proceedings, asking a Dutch court to ban all Galaxy series devices....
‘Apple will push its legal claims hard and unrelentingly’
The payoff should Apple prevail in the patent wars: an estimated $30 billion
"Apple ships a much higher value of smartphones than any other player"
In a note to clients issued Thursday, Bernstein's Toni Sacconaghi takes a hard look at the flurry of patent lawsuits Apple (AAPL) has launched against the manufacturers of Google (GOOG) Android phones.
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Apple’s share of Nortel patent purchase: $2.6B
It turns out Apple wasn't just a participant in the consortium that won the auction for Nortel's patent portfolio: It contributed more than half of the $4.5 billion purchase price.
