TVE (Trans Video Electronics) has filed a suit in the District Court of Columbia accusing Apple of violating two of its patents related to the way Apple distributes digital video in iTunes. The two patents (US 5,991,801 and US 5,594,936), which were awarded in 1993, relate to a ëglobal digital video news distribution system.í One of the patents also relates to the delivery of an ëon demandí video service.... Read more...
Dutch court: Samsung can’t sue Apple over 3G again
A District Court in The Hague ruled Wednesday that Samsung could no longer try to sue Apple over 3G. The partial decision reaffirmed a view that Samsung can't sue as long as Apple is willing to reach a licensing deal for 3G. Read more...
Dutch court: Samsung can’t sue Apple over 3G again
A District Court in The Hague ruled Wednesday that Samsung could no longer try to sue Apple over 3G. The partial decision reaffirmed a view that Samsung can't sue as long as Apple is willing to reach a licensing deal for 3G Read more...
Dutch court: Samsung can’t sue Apple over 3G again
A District Court in The Hague ruled Wednesday that Samsung could no longer try to sue Apple over 3G. Read more...
Google, Motorola must hand Android and merger info to Apple
Google and Motorola together were given a blow Monday after a Chicago district court judge determined they had to hand information over in Apple's lawsuit against Motorola. The ruling, following a request by Apple last week, would see both hand over Android development details. Information behind the Google-Motorola merger was also being handed over.... Read more...
Apple, Google denied dismissal of anti-poaching lawsuit
Northern California district court judge Lucy Koh ruled late Thursday that multiple technologies can't dismiss a lawsuit over anti-poaching deals. Adobe, Apple, Google, Intel, Intuit, Lucasfilm, and Pixar will have to face the allegations that they unfairly hurt compensation and job chances by making informal pacts to avoid recruiting each other's staff. Judge Koh's view echoed those of the raw evidence, which confirmed individual deals but didn't show that the industry at large was colluding against recruiting attempts... Read more...
Apple appeals ITC’s ruling in first complaint against HTC
Apple is appealing a US International Trade Commission ruling on its first complaint against HTC, notes FOSS Patents. The appeal is actually said to have been filed with the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on December 29th, but remained out of the limelight until it was referenced today in a filing with the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Read more...
Quanta sues AMD over allegedly bad chips
Contract manufacturer Quanta has filed suit against chip maker AMD. Taiwan-based Quanta alleges that AMD breached its contract by providing defective products that caused the computers, into which they were installed, to malfunction. The complaint, filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, specifically identifies the problem as being rooted in NEC laptops... Read more...
Openwave files against Apple, RIM over mobile Internet
Software company Openwave has filed complaints with the International Trade Commission and a Delaware district court, accusing Apple and Research in Motion of patent infringement, Reuters reports. In particular the electronics firms are charged with violating five patents used to connect smartphones and tablets to the Internet. "Before filing these complaints, we approached both of these companies numerous times in an attempt to negotiate a license of our technology with them and did not receive a substantive response," says Openwave CEO Ken Denman... Read more...