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Apple Acquires Many LTE Patents To Prevent Possible Samsung Lawsuit

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...

Here are the First Interviews with Jurors from the Apple vs Samsung Trial

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...

How Apple’s Accountants Calculated the $2.5 Billion Samsung Owes Them

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...

Apple Secures Multi-Touch Patent from Canadian Inventor

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 Praises Apple, Says Apple Should Share Its Inventions

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...

HTC Successfully Challenges Apple Patents in British Court

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...

FlatWorld Sues Apple For All Of Its Touch-Devices Including iPhone, iPod, iPad & Magic Mouse

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...

Apple CEO To Meet Samsung CEO In San Francisco Court To Settle Patent Issues

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...