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Since the $1 billion ruling hit the company, Samsung has been continuously struggling to raise doubts about the jury's patent infringement verdict. The most interesting thing of all -- and the most provocative -- is the South Korean manufacturer's claim that the jury's decision was tainted because the jury foreman, Velvin Hogan, withheld information about...

Turns out Apple didn't regain the top spot in the US as the most popular mobile handset manufacturer, but it increased its market share, retaining second spot, comScore's latest study shows. (more…)

Apple has decided to limit the terms of one of the patents successfully asserted in the $1 billion verdict against Samsung. First reported by Florian Müller of Foss Patents, Apple filed a so-called "terminal disclaimer" with the US Patent Office yesterday, as a reply to the Samsung motion claiming Apple's US Patent No. D618,677 is...

The semiconductor industry is already concerned about Apple's potential move from Samsung to TSMC for manufacturing the chips for the iPhone and iPad as a result of the ongoing legal battle between Apple and Samsung. (more…)

Apple and Samsung are making sure the courts won't have a vacation on December 6 when the injunction hearing is scheduled. After the dispute over the HTC and Apple settlement was partly solved, Apple's latest claim is that Samsung's workaround is still infringing the '915 Apple patent for "application programming interfaces for scrolling operations", or...

Following Apple, it was now the turn of Samsung to become the target of nonprofits investigating worker conditions in the South Korean company's Chinese suppliers. After being accused of enforcing excessive overtime, allowing exhausting working conditions, treatmenting workers inhumanely and abusing underage workers, Samsung has been forced to take action. (more…)

Foss Patents reports Apple filed a motion on Friday evening to add six more Samsung devices to the ongoing patent lawsuit between both companies: Both Apple and Samsung keep exercising their rights under the Northern District of California's permissive rules governing the timing of infringement contentions. After Samsung added the iPhone 5 and Apple brought...

Apple has been forced to change its battery suppliers for the MacBook Pro lines and the iPad to Amperex Technology Limited and Tianjin Lishen Battery after a Samsung subsidiary in charge of battery production, Samsung SDI, stopped supplying Apple, China Business News (via TechCrunch) reported. (more…)

  According to a report by South Korean newspaper ETNews.com (via Patently Apple), Apple actually owns more US LTE smartphone patents than Samsung, which could play a crucial role as both companies continue to their legal battle over cases of patent infringement. ETN teamed up with TechIPm, a US IP consulting firm to analyze the LTE...

…and the Apple versus Samsung patent battle continues. The accusations continue to fly, as Samsung has now added the iPad mini to its list of Apple devices accused of patent infringements. The list already includes the iPhone 5, along with the most recent iterations of the iPod touch and iPad. After winning a $1.049 billion...

Last week Samsung asked U.S. court Judge Paul Grewal for access to the Apple-HTC settlement deal, specifically the patents included in the deal and the financial terms HTC is paying Apple in their 10 year deal. Earlier today we heard how Apple and HTC had agreed to show a redacted copy of the settlement to...

Apple and HTC have recently reached a global settlement that includes the dismissal of all current lawsuits and a ten-year license agreement, with HTC agreeing to pay a speculated licensing fees of $6-8 for each Android device it sells to Apple. Today, a report published by FOSS Patents is claiming that Apple and HTC have agreed to...