Samsung Brief Dismantles Heinous Apple Patent Claims, States The Facts
This is fascinating stuff so I thought I would share. A lot has been said about the legal wrangling between Apple and Samsung and as the case rages on BGR gave us an intimate look at what is going on inside this court case. Below are a series of quotes pulled directly from that legal brief and frankly Samsung destroys Apple’s ridiculous claims and provides plenty of evidence to support their own case against the Cupertino company. The truth is Samsung has been around a long time, invented a... Read The Rest →
Could A Cross Licensing Deal Be Imminent? Samsung And Google Team Up To Fight Apple
9 to 5 Mac is reporting that Google and Samsung will team up and have a “game plan” to get more money out of Apple Inc for use of patented technologies. Of course this comes on the heels of the announcement that Apple has won a preliminary injunction banning both the original Galaxy Tab and the flagship device for Google”s latest versions of the Android OS the Galaxy Nexus. Cross licensing agreements are a fairly common method to settle these disputes and I think Google getting involved openly is... Read The Rest →
Apple Still Trolling: Files An Additional Complaint Against HTC With The ITC
Apple Inc. has filed an enforcement action at the U.S. International Trade Commission , seeking an emergency order that would block imports of HTC’s smartphones….again. The reason is the same “data tapping” feature covered in Apple’s patent 647 which has held since the early nineties but only recently has opted ot weild against HTC smartphones and tablets. This is an interesting turn of events as after the original ban of HTC products that kept the HTC EVO LTE and the HTC One X, which HTC informed AndroREV... Read The Rest →
Judge Orders Apple And HTC To Talk It Out HTC EVO LTE Begins Moving
If you listen carefully you can hear the feint sound of those boxes beginning to move out of the Sprint/UPS warehouse as our favorite mole over at Inside Sprint Now is reporting that there is movement on those jailed EVO LTE handsets. In related news a judge is forcing Apple and HTC to talks in the meantime and an August 28 th date has been set for said discussions. Full details on this hearing can be found on FOSS Patents . So it looks like the word we got of... Read The Rest →
EVO 4G LTE and HTC One X Delayed And Tied Up In Customs?…. Thank Apple
The U.S. Customs Office is enforcing an import delay on the HTC One X and HTC EVO 4G LTE due to alleged Apple patent infringement according to the Verge. Way back in December Apple won a wide ranging exclusion order against HTC devices because of Apple patent #5,946,647 which covers turning phone numbers and etc into actionable links. The ban was supposed to be delayed for HTC to get around the issue and remove the violations from their software. However if you have knowledge of Sense 4.0 you... Read The Rest →
Samsung And Apple To Have A Sit Down, End Disputes?
We have been covering the patent disputes between the various OEM’s for ages now. If you look i’d estimate 80 percent of those stories chronicle the specific patent war being waged between the top two smartphone makers in the world Samsung and Apple respectively. FOSS Patents is reporting the two have finally agreed to sit down and have a meeting. The meeting is scheduled to occur within the next 90 days, will be presided over by a judge and both parties will have attorneys present. The meeting is... Read The Rest →
Motorola (Googlerola) About To Get Another Big Pay Day, Hey Microsoft Remember Android?
We reported on Monday here that Motorola could potentially see a big pay day from apple to the tune of over 2 billion dollars for violations of 3g patents. It now turns out the German courts are not done awarding Moto victories. According to Fosspatents, its appears Microsoft is also about to have to pay up. 2.25 % on sales of their products ranging from the Windows operating system all the way to the Xbox 360. There seems to be a technology that involves video compression and decompression... Read The Rest →
The Empire Strikes Back: Apple Sues Samsung Over Slide To Unlock Feature
I was sort of wondering when this would happen. If you recall last year Apple patented the slide to unlock feature which is basically the method used to unlock your Android phone. However, Apple’s patent is pretty specific about how this is done. To proceed from the lock screen a slide motion in the Android OS can be used in every direction taking you your phones home screen or even to a specific app or function. Apple’s lawsuit is targeting Samsung and is specific to the Galaxy Nexus but the interesting part... Read The Rest →
Sammy Finally Gets A Break: Galaxy Tab To Resume Australia Sales
Samsung Computer Electronics company won approval to sell the Galaxy Tab in Australia with an appeal court overturning a ruling sought by Apple that would stop the sale of its tablet based on patent violations. This is a story we have long chronicled here at AndroREV and patent disputes rage throughout the entire mobile industry as companies jockey for position in the lucrative mobile phone market. Federal Court Justice Lindsay Foster issued the decision on behalf of a three judge panel overturning the ban. Marvin Ferrell El Editor in Chief AndroREV... Read The Rest →
