RIM drops BBX OS moniker in favor of BlackBerry 10 after court loss
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has changed the official name of its next-generation mobile operating system after a judge blocked it from using its original name, "BBX." A US Federal Court in Albuquerque, New Mexico issued a...
Apple, Samsung, others sued over Carrier IQ scandal
While the tech world was buzzing last week about Carrier IQ, one group of lawyers was busy preparing a class action complaint. The complaint was filed in Federal Court in Wilmington, Delaware by three local law firms: Sianni & Straite of Wilming...
US court denies preliminary injunction against Samsung
Despite garnering a few preliminary injunctions against Samsung outside the US, Apple was not able to convince a US federal court to keep its products from store shelves. US District Judge Judy Koh denied Apple's request for a pr......
Apple Denied A Preliminary Injunction Against Samsung Galaxy Products In The US
There have been a lot of twists and turns in the Apple and Samsung legal battle and the latest milestone saw a US judge deny Apple’s request for a preliminary injunction to stop sales of some Galaxy devices in the US. What this means is that Samsung can continue to sell all their Galaxy devices...
Galaxy Tab 10.1 back on sale in Australia thanks to appeal
Samsung has successfully appealed a preliminary injunction that barred the company from releasing its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in Australia. A three-judge appellate panel unanimously reversed the injunction ruling, citing issues wi...
Ruling: Apple did not infringe HTC graphics patents
The International Trade Commission has sided with Apple in a patent infringement investigation brought by HTC subsidiary S3 Graphics. An initial decision found that certain Macs may have violated some of the patents asserted by S...
ITC Dismisses S3 Graphics Complaint Against Apple
The U.S. International Trade Commission has dismissed a complaint from S3 Graphics against Apple, ruling that the Cupertino company has shown no violation of the patents held by S3, and terminating the investigation. The official notice, which was first discovered by FOSS Patents, reads: Notice is...Samsung backs off threat to have iPhone 4S banned in Korea
Samsung threatened to have Apple's next-generation iPhone banned in South Korea before the device was even announced. Now, however, the company is backing down from that threat after a successful launch of the iPhone 4...
iPhone 3G lawsuit over poor iOS 4 performance tossed out of court
In 2010, the iOS 4 update all but crippled the iPhone 3G. A subsequent update fixed most of the issues, but as is inevitable in a persistently litigious culture, California resident Bianca Wofford filed a lawsuit against Apple claiming "Apple knowin...
European Commission investigating Samsung, Apple patent fight
The European Commission has confirmed that it's making antitrust inquiries with both Apple and Samsung in relation to their ongoing patent battle. The Commission itself declined to make further comment on the issue aside from st...
Apple loses iPad design lawsuit against NT-K
Apple has lost an iPad design infringement lawsuit it brought against the small Spanish tablet maker, Nuevas Tecnologías y Energías Catalá. Nuevas created an Android-powered tablet called the nt-k Pad, which Apple believed was...


