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Turns out Apple has already signed a contract with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) to manufacture the A6X chip that currently drives the iPad 4. According to Taiwan's Commercial Times (via 9to5mac), the trial production will start in the first quarter of this year. (more…)

According to a report by Reuters, Apple has removed the Samsung Galaxy S III Mini from the list of of recently added devices it had patent claims against: Apple Inc has agreed to withdraw patent claims against a new Samsung phone with a high-end display after Samsung said it was not offering to sell the product...

If Apple decides to definitely stop sending Samsung processor orders, the South Korean manufacturer isn't likely to be affected, a Digitimes Research estimation shows. Horace Dediu of Asymco was quick to take the numbers under his loop, only to find that the transition would end in 2014. (more…)

BrightWare reports through the Korean online news site iNews24 that Samsung has today brought a lawsuit against Apple in a court in South Korea over its 'Notification Center' patent infringement (via Patently Apple). No more details have been made available. A lot of Android users have blamed Apple for copying their notification system, which was first introduced by Google in...

Now we know why Samsung decided to withdraw its patent lawsuits against Apple that sought to ban iDevices in the EU. Samsung thought it would be better to withdraw the suits, as most of them were based on SEP patents owned by the South Korean company. Why did they decide this was the best option?...

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...

Bloomberg reports the bankrupt Kodak finally agreed to secure its route out of bankruptcy by selling some of its digital-imaging patents for $525 million to a group led by Intellectual Ventures and RPX Corp. (more…)

Samsung, the company that went to court with Apple in the fight for mobile market share, has become the leading cellphone manufacturer on a global scale at the end of 2012, ending Nokia's 14-year reign and pushing Apple into third place. (more…)

In an unexpected move, Samsung announced today that it will withdraw its patent lawsuits seeking to block Apple's iDevices in European countries, Bloomberg reports. The decision comes, in just hours after Judge Lucy Koh rejected Apple's request to block 26 Samsung products in the US. (more…)

Just two weeks after Samsung stated that it did not find any under-age workers while auditing its suppliers, China Labor Watch discovered child labour, in its supply chain, questioning the South Korean manufacturer's claims and audit effectiveness. (more…)

While Apple has already moved to the top of enterprise market, thanks to the popularity of the iPhone and iPad with professionals, Samsung is still playing catch up. In a recent article, Bloomberg Businessweek points out how the Korean tech giant captured an enterprise order by creating a custom version of its popular Galaxy S II smartphone....

Although, in a recent interview pointing to the mobile device sales numbers, Eric Schmidt said Android is clearly winning the mobile war against Apple, the picture looks different when it comes to the online presence of Android devices (per manufacturer in the US and Canada), as seen through Chitika's latest studies. (more…)