With Samsung under fire all this time from Apple and its lawyers, we didn’t expect it to stop. However, we also didn’t expect them to go after Google services. When adding the Galaxy S 4 to their lawsuit against Samsung, they also added in a few Siri patents that they claim are violated by Samsung’s inclusion of Google Now. This is not a Samsung… Read more
Apple has confirmed it will add Samsung’s newest flagship, the Galaxy S 4 to its ongoing patent-infringement lawsuit. In a statement filed in the US District Court in California yesterday, Apple says it has analyzed the Galaxy S 4 and “concluded that it is an infringing device and accordingly intends to move for leave to add the Galaxy S 4 as an… Read more
We’ve had a period of time to relax and get our minds off of the court case, but this November, it’s all coming back. The famous case between Samsung and Apple, where Apple sued and won a hefty $1.05 billion, only to have that reduced to $450.5 million by the always interesting Judge Lucy Koh, is returning to court and the public eye. The court case… Read more
According to a new report out of the Financial Times, Google is the next company rumored to be looking at the smartwatch game. If we take a step back in time to October of 2012, it was then that Google was granted a patent for a smartwatch with a flip-up display, as seen in the possible render image above and actual filing image below. The watch is… Read more
Google has been grated a patent for a very interesting idea: multiple LED flashes in a mobile phone. And we don’t mean like the dual LED flash that was available on the original DROID, where they were bunched together as close as possible, we mean many LEDs far apart from each other. Instead of patenting one configuration, they patented many… Read more
In what seems to be some good luck and logical thinking, the Dutch court has sided with Samsung in the case against the Galaxy Tab series. While Apple claimed that Samsung copied the iPad design with the Galaxy Tabs, Samsung argued otherwise using prior art. After a long time of thinking, they ended up agreeing with Samsung. Samsung is slowly… Read more
Apple filed a patent claim against the Samsung Galaxy S III Mini back in November, but it had to withdraw that claim today. Samsung said that Apple can not include the device because it is not being sold in the US, and it seems that Apple has agreed (in court anyway). This is both good news and bad news. It’s good for the obvious reasons: one less… Read more
Despite having the same (and amazing) notification system from the start, Google has only been granted patents for it last month. I guess Samsung jumped at the chance, because they are now suing Apple in South Korea over Notification Center. Notification Center is Apple’s new notification system, introduced in 2011 in the software update iOS5, many have… Read more
Samsung has withdrawn injunction requests against Apple all over Europe today. This includes the UK, Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands. While we don’t doubt there are other factors in play, Samsung claims that it made this decision “in the interest of protecting consumer choice.” They also say that it “remains committed to licensing… Read more
Apple and Samsung found themselves before Judge Lucy Koh last night in another “Duel of the Fates” legal battle. At the end of the evening, it was a good news/bad news scenario for both companies as they can each chalk up one win apiece. Perhaps the most important victory came for Samsung as Apple was denied a permanent sales ban on the 26 Samsung… Read more
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