Apple offered to license its patents to Android handset makers at $15 a pop
Though Steve Jobs famously told biographer Walter Isaacson that he was willing to go "thermonuclear" on Android, it appears the Apple has offered to license some of its patents to Motorola and Samsung in order...
Google, Motorola told to give Android data to Apple
Aww, they're so cute when they fight! No, not the fluffy kittens, I'm referring to the battles between Apple, Google and Motorola Mobility. U.S. Judge Richard A. Posner ordered Google and the soon-to-be-purchased-by-Google Motorola Mobility to hand o...
Kodak asks bankruptcy court to decide on patent dispute with Apple
Kodak is asking the bankruptcy court to make a decision about an imaging patent that's part of a lawsuit with Apple, says a report in Computerworld. The disputed patent is owned by Kodak and describes a camera that takes high quality stills and lets ...
Two German suits between Apple and Samsung dismissed, at least 10 to go
The Mannheim Regional Court in Germany has thrown out two lawsuits between Apple and Samsung, adding to the pile of discarded lawsuits between the two companies.
One of the two suits dismissed on Friday was...
German court tosses one Apple suit, one Samsung suit
The Mannheim Regional Court was busy this morning, handing down two rulings that threw out one of Samsung's 3G/UMTS lawsuits against Apple and one of Apple's slide-to-unlock lawsuits against Samsung. This slide-to-unlock case is separate from the one...
PanoMap sues Google, Apple over street view
Apple and Google are unlikely bedfellows in a legal dispute surrounding Google's Street View technology. The mapping technology presents a 3D view of a road using Google Maps on iOS and Android devices. It's tremendously useful when you need to pinpo...
German ruling spells trouble for Motorola’s 3G patent lawsuits
Motorola has likened its enforcement of standards essential patents as a lethal "bullet" it can use to "kill" smartphone competitors, but it's becoming clear that such a strategy won't be tolerated in the European Union....
German iPhone users can no longer use iCloud’s push e-mail—for now
Apple has been forced to disable push e-mail delivery for iCloud and MobileMe users in Germany this week. The move is thanks to a recent injunction awarded to Motorola as part of the ongoing patent dispute between the two...
Chinese writers double down on copyright lawsuit against Apple
A group of nine Chinese authors operating under the name China Written Works Copyright Society (CWWCS) has revised a lawsuit against Apple filed in December 2011, asking for double the original damages. The group contends that Ap...
Apple, Proview meet in Shanghai court
It's a battle of David and Goliath as near-bankrupt Proview International fights world-leader Apple over rights to the iPad trademark in China. The two companies met in a Shanghai court on Wednesday to argue why each one should retain ownership of th...
Microsoft joins Apple in FRAND patent fight with Motorola Mobility
Legal battles can sometimes make strange bedfellows. Microsoft announced today that they've filed an antitrust suit against Motorola Mobility in the European Union charging that the company (which is being purchased by Google) is abusing the standard...
Google now facing class-action suit over Safari cookie circumvention
A class-action complaint has now been filed against Google for its circumvention of Safari's privacy features. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for Delaware, accuses Google of willfully violating of the Federal Wiretap...
