Apple claims Samsung destroyed "vast quantities" of evidence
The dispute between Samsung and Apple is heating up in the United States, with Apple now claiming Samsung destroyed vast quantities of evidence crucial to the case. According to Network World, Apple filed a motion in the Northern District of Calif...
Samsung: Dog ate my e-mail
Apple accuses Samsung of taking a slash-and-burn approach to evidence preservation
FORTUNE -- Samsung's failure to produce evidence in a timely manner is emerging as a pivotal issue in the California federal court where Apple (AAPL) has sued the Korean smartphone manufacturer for allegedly infringing Apple's iPhone patents.
Last week, FOSS Patents' Florian Mueller reported that the...
Apple’s iPhone Clobbers Samsung in Japan
Apple and Samsung are neck and neck when it comes to U.S. smartphone market. In Japan, which represents roughly 5% of the global smartphone market, however, the iPhone is significantly beating Samsung’s range of Android handsets. Apple, in...Apple to judge: Samsung intentionally ‘spoiled’ documents
Apple filed a motion in the Northern District of California on May 1 that claimed Samsung ruined documents it needed to submit for the discovery process in a “spoilation of evidence,” according to the legal jargon that described the act. NetworkWorld elaborated: In effect, Apple wants the Judge to instruct the jury as follows: 1. Samsung had...
DDR4 memory is coming soon—maybe too soon
There isn't even an official standard for DDR4, the next generation of computer memory technology. But memory manufacturers are already shipping samples of the first DDR4 memory units, and preparing to...
Samsung’s Tizen prototype has a familiar home button
Samsung just can’t shake the blatant copying – almost like it is part of its DNA. Their latest Tizen reference device, besides an OS which copies the look and feel of Android, has a circular home button right where Apple’s iPhone has one. Samsung is being dragged through the courts the world over for copying the iPhone’s...
Apple, Samsung cut some patent claims to keep July 30 trial date in US
Apple and Samsung have both filed motions offering to cut the number of asserted patent claims in half. The purpose of cutting the claims was to keep a proposed July 30 trial date for the...
Apple: Samsung owes us ‘billions’ in damages
Claiming every trial delay is costing them money, Cupertino turns up the rhetorical heat
FORTUNE -- In a motion filed in California federal court Monday, Apple (AAPL) accused Samsung of not only stealing its intellectual property, but using courtroom delaying tactics to steal more of the iPhone's market share.
FOSS Patent's Florian Mueller has the money quote:
"While...
RIM announces new COO, CMO following anti-Apple ‘Wake Up’ reveal
The big May 7 uncloaking that revealed Research in Motion is behind the seemingly anti-Apple “Wake Up” flash mob from last week occurred on schedule, but not too many people appeared to care as the steam from the confusing campaign already ran its quick course. The “Wake Up. Be Bold” marketing scheme unveiled yesterday at wakeupbebold.com by BlackBerry Australia...
Samsung sales injunction won’t kick in prior to patent validity check
Stick with us here. A German court has ruled that Samsung will be able to fight to protect the sale of its products before an argument over the actual patent involved in those products is resolved in favor of either company.
If that sounds confu...
Apple tests Samsung 32nm process on A5-equipped iPad 2 and Apple TV
As noted recently by Chipworks, Apple is now shipping some iPad 2 models (and all third-generation Apple TV devices) with a 32nm A5 processor built on Samsung's power-efficient "high-dielectric metal gate"...
Apple in court: iPhone data collection, Samsung/iPad patent case, & double iTunes billing
When we reported on Apple’s courtroom woes in March, we told you lawmakers were sending letters to iOS devs (Apple included) and questioning them on their privacy policies about how apps access contact data without explicit user permission. Despite promises, Apple has yet to carry out an update requiring apps to ask for user-approval, but...
