Google agrees to defend Samsung, pay some of its costs in patent infringement case against Apple
While testifying in the Samsung vs Apple case on Tuesday, it was revealed that Google has agreed to help Samsung…
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Apple spends hundreds of millions to sue Android makers, is it working?
Newsweek‘s Dan Lyons reported today that Apple’s “thermonuclear war” on Android smartphone manufacturers is fading fast, while a new rumor…
Apple joins Google, Samsung and other adversaries to buy Kodak patents, perhaps signaling intent to curtail litigation
It must be a cold day in Hell. Apple is consorting with Google, Samsung, LG Electronics, and various ventures and…
What are the five iOS features Apple is claiming that Samsung (or Google) stole?
With the second patent battle between Apple and Samsung now underway, we thought it would be useful to look at each…
Report: Judge who dismissed Apple’s case against Motorola disputes legal protection for tech industry
Reuters interviewed the U.S. judge today who dismissed Apple’s patent court case against Motorola, and the details behind the jurist’s…
Is Android the real target of latest Apple vs Samsung patent battle that starts today?
Pieces in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal suggest that the real target of Apple’s second courtroom patent battle…
Judge dismisses Allen's Apple patent violation lawsuit
Billionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s patent trolling lawsuit filed against Apple, Facebook, Google, YouTube and others has been dismissed by…
Death of Steve Jobs prompted Samsung’s U-turn on Apple attack ads
We learned yesterday from patent trial evidence that Samsung was worried about running ads that directly attacked Apple, wanting Google…
Apple and Google agree to settle patent litigation, but will not cross license
According to a court filing discovered by Reuters, Apple and Google’s Motorola Mobility unit have agreed to settle their ongoing…
Large tech companies side with Samsung in its appeal against award for infringing Apple’s patents
In the latest news in the patent case that feels like it will never end, a number of tech giants…
Opinion: Should Apple settle its Android disputes and move on?
With Apple in the midst of its second major court battle with Samsung over alleged patent violations, and all but…
Samsung bought two patents specifically for use in Apple trial, say attorneys
In the ongoing patent trial where Apple is claiming Samsung infringed five of its patents, and Samsung is claiming Apple…
Apple, Google, Microsoft, Nokia, Samsung and others meet with UN’s ITU for patent peace talks
Update: While the meeting apparently didn’t result in any resolution, ZDnet reports the ITU’s Malcolm Johnson said the ‘heated debate’ “has gone a…
German patent troll demands $2B from Apple for using a mandatory emergency phone standard
Demands from patent trolls – companies that invent nothing, but simply buy up patents in order to demand cash – are…
Apple in talks with Samsung to settle all future patent disputes out of court
Korea Times (via Fortune) is reporting that Apple and Samsung are in talks designed to settle all future patent disputes out…
Judge says Apple and Google are using litigation as a business strategy, have ‘no interest’ in settlement
In an ongoing case in which Apple and Google’s Motorola have accused each other of infringing various mobile related patents…
Apple submits ‘invalid’ patents to W3C to delay Touch Events standard
International web standards organization W3C last year created the Web Events Working Group to create a standard for the way…
Patent jury foreman advises Apple to sue Google directly
The foreman of the jury that awarded Apple just 5.5 percent of the $2.2B it claimed Samsung owed for patent…
Apple vs Samsung patent jury selected, Phil Schiller confirmed as first witness
The jury for the second Apple vs Samsung patent case has now been selected after a number of potential jurors were…
Apple, Microsoft and others group to lobby against upcoming patent troll legislation
Reuters is reporting that Apple, Microsoft, Ford, General Electric, IBM and other companies are forming a lobbyist group called the ‘Partnership…
Samsung wanted Google to do its dirty work in attacking Apple
Another interesting revelation from the ongoing Apple vs Samsung patent trial: concerned about launching attack ads on a company that…
Apple requests Android source code documents from Google in ongoing Samsung patent suit (update: Apple wins)
Update: Bloomberg reports Apple has now won an order granting its request for Google to provide more information about its process…
Apple did not violate Motorola patent, appeals court rules
Apple did not violate a push notifications patent held by the Google-owned Motorola Mobility according to a ruling posted today…
Apple, Google, Samsung and more team up in $525M purchase of Kodak patents
Today, Kodak announced the $525 million sale of its patents to two firms, Intellectual Ventures and RPX Corporation. It is interesting that…