HTC Sues Apple Over Patent Infringement
As reported by Reuters, smartphone maker HTC is suing Apple claiming infringement of three patents owned by the company. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court in Delaware, relates to patents allegedly infringed by Apple with its Mac computers, iPhones, iPads and “other products”. Details are scarce right now — we’re sure Florian Mueller at...
Google might have more patents than Apple, but so what?
Google could hold more patents than Apple, according to intellectual property investment bank MDB group. On paper at least, it looks like it could put Google and Apple on equal legal footing. But in reality, there are a few reasons why that won't happen.
Should Apple buy a carrier, or just go around them?
When it comes to the iPhone, the main element that is still out of Apple's control is the carriers. Jean-Louis Gassee proposed Apple solve this problem by just scooping up a carrier. But patent filings indicate Apple has other plans. 
Google buys Motorola, looks to protect Android from competitors
Google sent shockwaves in the mobile world by announcing it is acquiring Motorola Mobility for US$12.5 billion. Patents are the focus of this acquisition as Motorola has over 17,000 patents in its portfolio and over 7,000 patents pending in the US...
Is Google buying Motorola for its 24,000 patents?
With one $12.5B deal it gets two weapons: a manufacturing arm and a rich IP portfolio
Google's (GOOG) announcement Monday that it has agreed to buy Motorola's recently spun off mobile devices business -- listed on NASDAQ as Motorola Mobility (MMI) -- for $12.5 billion could mean one of two things.
Either Google really wants to get...
Apple Targets Motorola’s Xoom Tablet Design in EU
Just after we reported on Samsung’s injunction in the European Union, FOSS Patents has dug up some hidden information pertaining to Apple’s patent battle (currently over 40+ patents are in dispute) with Motorola. In Apple’s complaint against Samsung, Apple details that prior to (or simultaneously) filing for the preliminary injunction against Samsung, Apple filed a...
Apple granted touchscreen, voicemail, and several other patents
Patently Apple reports that Apple has been granted almost 20 patents covering various software and hardware implementations. The site has singled out three of these patents as the most intriguing of the bunch.
The first patent, Integrated Touch ...
Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 Blocked By Apple in the European Union
With the exception of the Netherlands, Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 has been barred from distribution in the European Union after being awarded a preliminary injunction (a separate lawsuit in the Netherlands is already underway). After a district court in Dusseldorf, Germany, granted the injunction, Apple spokesperson Kristin Huguet confirmed the injunction to Bloomberg. ”It’s no coincidence that Samsung’s latest...
Apple insists it has right to intervene in Lodsys patent suit
Apple has filed a response brief to Lodsys, who responded to Apple's intervention in the patent suit two weeks ago. Around the same time, the suit was expanded to include big-name iOS developers such as Rovio, EA, Atari, Take-Two Interactive and Squa...
10 reasons to hate Google
How can this company, asks Brian S Hall, complain about anti-competitive behavior?
The open letter by Google's (GOOG) chief legal counsel attacking Apple (AAPL) and Microsoft (MSFT) and calling for government intervention (see here) has unleashed a flood of outraged responses, but none quite so full throated as the one posted by Brian S Hall on...
