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A previous ruling stating Apple was violating VirnetX patents related to the networking technology used in its FaceTime video chat service has been upheld by a US District Court. (more…)

It looks like Apple may not be able to patent the "pinch-to-zoom" functionality after all. Today the United States Patent Office (USPTO) rejected the "US 7,844,915" patent, otherwise known as the "pinch-to-zoom" patent. This is significant because this particular patent was a key piece of the pie in Apple's $1.049 billion infringement win over Samsung...

Anybody who read Apple's first attempt at an apology will agree with the courts in the UK: nice try, but do it again... this time, with feeling (or at the very least, with accuracy). The revised notice made appearances in UK newspapers earlier this week. (more…)

Even if you've been following along closely, the 'who won what against whom' can be more than a little confusing. The latest news is easy to follow, but may be difficult for Samsung to swallow: according to a U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) judge, the tech giant is guilty of infringing upon four of the...

The fight between Apple and Samsung has reached another milestone: the Tokyo District Court ruled that Apple is not infringing on the two patents asserted by Samsung. (more…)

Apple has applied for a facial recognition locking and unlocking system patent, as Patently Apple describes. Currently Android has applied this system to all 4.0 devices with a front-facing camera. Users are able to essentially use their face to unlock their phones, and if that doesn't work the user can type in a backup password. The...

There comes a time in everyone's life where you have to admit your very own piece of work isn't up to par with another person's. Well the same process apparently is held to big-named companies such as Apple and Samsung. This story is quite awkward for Samsung, but they had to do it to avoid a product...

In the midst of iPhone 5 NFC chip talks, an Apple patent was recently granted earlier today. This patent closely represents what a device with a NFC chip would be capable of. Labeled U.S. Patent No. 8,255,323, this system will provide a "motion based payment confirmation" system. The description mainly talks about a graphical user interface for completing...

According to the Wall Street Journal, an Apple-Samsung verdict has been reached by the 9-person jury in California court. The jury started their deliberations on Wednesday and had to answer over 600 questions on the verdict form. Update: The jury deliberated for 21 hours and 37 minutes according to the WSJ. The verdict by the jury...

Right when we thought the final decision would be given to the jury, Apple and Samsung are now back to settlement talks. Tim Cook will speak to Samsung CEO Kwon Oh Hyun over the phone in attempt to settle various infringement disputes. Hopefully past settlement talks aren't any clue of what's to arise. Bloomberg has the report, via...

After a long hard battle between Apple and Samsung, an end is finally near. On Saturday we noted the testimony portion of the case came to a halt. Since neither side could come to an agreement on any of their patent disputes, the jury will now have to decide who copied the other. The jurors...

AllThingsD reports on some major news that back in 2010, Apple offered to license its patents to Samsung at the cost of $30 per smartphone and $40 per tablet, as revealed in the ongoing patent infringement trial. In October of 2010, Apple had a meeting with Samsung where it told the South Korean company it...