A report by Apple Insider points out that Apple has been awarded a universal adapter patent for media players that will communicate with accessories using wireless technology. This may actually provide a solution for all cable and adapter incompatibility issues faced by iPhone 5 buyers that sports the new 8-pin Lightning connector, suggests the source. The U.S. patent...
We have learned from Reuters this morning that Samsung is currently under investigation by South Korean regulators over abusing wireless technology patents. We learned previously that Samsung owns a majority of the industries LTE patents and had plans to sue Apple if a 4G capable iPhone was released. Considering LTE is an industry standard, Apple...
Apple has recently acquired many LTE patents in effort to deflect a potential lawsuit from the South Korean Samsung. After losing the case against Apple; Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee mentioned striking back if the iPhone was released with LTE. Considering the iPad has LTE, the iPhone without question should include LTE. Chosun has details on Apple and Samsung's LTE...
Earlier today CNET and Reuters published some first hand interviews with jurors from the Apple vs Samsung trial. Juror Manuel Ilagan told CNET the jury took their time to come up with a final verdict and at times 'heated' debates occurred. Moreover, Ilagan notes the jury knew Samsung had infringed on Apple's patents after the...
This afternoon the Apple vs Samsung jury released their verdict--Samsung infringed on Apple's patents and they are to pay just over $1 billion dollars in damages. Apple's official reaction to the case is below (via CNET): "We are grateful to the jury for their service and for investing the time to listen to our story...
CNET reports on some interesting information in the ongoing tech trial of the decade, Samsung versus Apple. According to Apple, they allege Samsung owes them $2.5 billion based on selling clones of their iPhone and iPads. Today in court, Terry Musika, a certified public accountant reports on how the $2.5 billion number was calculated, which was...
The ongoing Apple vs Samsung court battle over patents has revealed further interesting information about how Apple operates. Just the other day it was revealed Apple had offered to license its patents to Samsung to settle back in 2010, but the South Korean company declined them. Those offers didn't include Apple's prized 'unique user experience'...
It appears Apple has secured a number of patents from Canadian inventor Timothy R. Pryor (from Tecumseh, Ontario), with one particular patent granted yesterday that relates to multi-touch, notes Engadget: Described rather broadly as a "method for providing human input to a computer," the patent (filed in July of 2009) is a continuation of one...
Google General Counsel Kent Walker has argued in a letter to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee that proprietary technologies that become extremely popularity with consumers should be considered "de facto standards", reports AllThingsD. In simple worlds, Google thinks that simply because an Apple technology is extremely popular with consumers e.g multitouch technology or slide-to-unlock, doesn't mean Apple has...
In a British high court today, Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC managed to defeat Apple in a series of legal challenges relating to patents, most notably the prized “Slide to Unlock”. Apple’s patent relating to the “Multi-touch” was also found to be partly invalid. HTC also successful challenged an Apple patent on the use of different...
As reported by Patently Apple, a company from Pennsylvania named FlatWorld, has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple in the California Northern District Court which covers Apple's entire line-up of touch related products. The source however notes that FlatWorld's claim doesn't relate to Apple's multi-touch technology in any way. FlatWorld alleges that Apple's iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, iPad Nano (sixth...
A new publication by FOSS Patents (via MacRumors) has revealed that Apple CEO Tim Cook is going to meet Samsung CEO Gee-Sung Choi in the next 3 months at a San Francisco courthouse for a court-moderated discussion. The purpose of the meeting is to settle the long-standing patent dispute between the two companies. The report also points out that the settlement...