Looks like Google is going to be facing some legal action in Australia. This week, a judge in the land down under ordered Google to pay $208,000 in damages to a man who accused the company of defaming him with search results that associated him with crime organizations. The alleged victim, 62-year-old Milorad Trkulja, originally approached Google… Read more
Google’s vice president of corporate development David Lawlee sat down and had a nice chat with Bloomberg today, with one of the topics being the recent Samsung/Apple lawsuit. Google believes that Apple’s recent victory is a bit of a wake up call, as they should have been patenting some of their smaller IPs all along. Lawlee goes on to say ‘We… Read more
Ah yes, the subject that just about everyone is sick of hearing about: lawsuits. This time, we have good news, and it’s actual progress in the cases. No, Samsung was not declared the victor in the ongoing lawsuits from Apple, but both sides have dropped some of the charges. Apple cut its number of claims in half, while Samsung opted to take away 5 of the 12… Read more
The lawsuit saga between Apple and Samsung may finally be coming to a close, at least in the US. As many may recall, Apple kicked things off by suing Samsung last year over the Galaxy line of phones and tablets. Our pals at Samsung weren’t going to let that go, and in return hit right back with a countersuit. The battles have been going on all over the… Read more
Yesterday we reported that Apple was going to offer Motorola and Samsung a chance to step out of the lawsuits, instead having Apple license out their patents for Android devices. We have now received word that Samsung isn’t at all interested in the idea. Head of Samsung’s telecommunications division Shin Jong-kyun claims that there will be “No… Read more
Over the past year Apple has targeted just about every major Android manufacturer and hit them with patent lawsuits. It has mostly been slow progress, and the wins for both sides are about even as of now. Apple is looking to call it quits, at least with two manufacturers. Apple has been very strict with the lawsuits, not looking to settle, preferring the… Read more
Last year Apple was successful in getting the Galaxy Tab 10.1 banned in Germany. Samsung had to create a slight redesign of the tablet, naming it the Galaxy Tab 10.1N. Apparently that wasn’t enough, as Apple went after the tablet again by trying to file another ban. The German courts decided that it wasn’t a sufficient reason, and ruled in Samsung’s favor…. Read more
Way back in October 2010, Apple sued Motorola for 3 patents across multiple devices, including the Droid, Droid 2 and Droid X. Their attempt is already losing, as the preliminary hearing went in favor of Motorola. This isn’t the final decision however, as all 6 of the ITC’s judges will need to review the case and draw a conclusion. In other words, the fight… Read more
Hasbro, the toy manufacturer, has sued Asus over the Transformer Prime name. The claim states that the name is too similar to the Transformers brand line, specifically Optimus Prime. Hasbro has also said that they are just trying to defend their product names, and the Transformer Prime came too close. The claim was filed last week, and most of the legal… Read more
Skyhook Wireless, maker of location positioning software, was in contract back in April to use its services in the manufacturer’s phones. The suit they filed yesterday alleges that Google bullied Motorola into breaking the contract. According to Skyhook’s accusations, Google required that its own location detection services be used in Android devices,… Read more
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