Politics

AT&T rumored to be thinking about acquiring a European carrier

News A big piece of news that stayed with us for most of 2011 was the potential AT&T-T-Mobile merger. The deal was announced in March of that year and faced quite a bit of opposition throughout 2011, and ultimately AT&T decided to axe its plans...

Jan 17th by Alex Wagner 2

Apple and Amazon to meet for settlement talks in 'Appstore' battle

Android One portion of Apple and Amazon's App Store/Appstore battle may have been taken care of earlier this month, but there's still plenty of battling left to do in this case. Before the two companies can begin duking it out in the courtroom,...

Jan 16th by Alex Wagner 0

RadioShack and Target putting an end to their mobile partnership

News Looks like this week is kicking off with a break-up, as RadioShack has announced that it and Target have decided to put an end to their mobile partnership. RadioShack had been helping Target to manage the postpaid arm of Target Mobile, but...

Jan 14th by Alex Wagner 2

FTC and Google reach agreement on standard-essential patent issue

News The FTC has spent the past 19 months or so investigating Google on matters related to alleged misuse of standard-essential patents and claims that the company's search results were biased against other websites. Today those investigations...

Jan 3rd by Alex Wagner 1

Apple's claim of false advertising concerning Amazon Appstore dismissed

Android Amazon and Apple have been going back and forth in the courtroom about the former's use of "Appstore" to identify its marketplace for Android apps. Apple's own app storefront is dubbed "App Store," and so the Cupertino firm argued that...

Jan 2nd by Alex Wagner 0

Samsung request to keep sales stats confidential in Apple case denied by judge

Android Samsung will soon have to spill some sales stats of some of its products, as Judge Lucy Koh has denied the company's request to keep those details sealed while it tries to appeal an earlier order that said that it must reveal the sales...

Jan 2nd by Alex Wagner 0

RIM's initial patent agreement payment to Nokia comes in at $65 million

News Nokia and RIM may have opted not to divulge any of the financial information of its recent patent licensing agreement, but that doesn't hasn't stopped the world from finding out some of the juicy details anyway. In a recent Securities and...

from 2012 by Alex Wagner 0

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Apple agrees to withdraw its claims against Galaxy S III mini in Samsung case

Android Well, we can officially strike one device from the ongoing legal battle between Apple and Samsung. Reuters notes that Apple has officially agreed to drop its patent claims against the Galaxy S III mini, a device that it sought to add to...

from 2012 by Alex Wagner 3

Samsung files ITC complaint against Ericsson, asks for ban on some devices

News It may be the holiday season, but that doesn't mean that the patent battles are going to stop. It's been revealed that Samsung Electronics has filed a complaint against Ericsson with the U.S. International Trade Commission and has asked...

from 2012 by Alex Wagner 1

European Commission deals Samsung charge of standard essential patent abuse [UPDATED]

News Looks like the European Commission just put bit of a damper on Samsung's Friday. As noted by Reuters, the EU has decided to charge Samsung Electronics with abusing one of its standard essential patents against Apple. The Commission has...

from 2012 by Alex Wagner 1

Nokia and RIM strike patent licensing agreement

News Time to put on your patent agreement party hats! Nokia announced this morning that it and RIM have entered into a new patent licensing agreement that will put an end to all patent-related lawsuits going on between the companies....

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Deutsche Telekom CEO René Obermann to exit the company

News Looks like T-Mobile USA isn't the only magenta operator that's announcing some major executive change-up news this year. Deutsche Telekom, the parent company of T-Mobile USA, revealed this morning that CEO René Obermann will be leaving the...

from 2012 by Alex Wagner 0

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office rejects another one of Apple's patents

Ios Looks like the list of Apple patents that've been rejected by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office grew by one today. As noted by The Verge, the USPTO has rejected all 21 claims of U.S. Patent No. 7,844,915, which relates to an application...

from 2012 by Alex Wagner 3

Apple did not infringe upon Motorola patent, rules ITC judge

Ios Just one day after some decisions were handed down in the legal battle between Apple and Samsung, a U.S. International Trade Commission judge has made a preliminary ruling in a case between Apple and Motorola. Judge Thomas Pender today...

from 2012 by Alex Wagner 0

Judge denies Apple's request for permanent ban on Samsung products, Samsung's motion for new trial

Android It's been a while since there have been any major developments in the legal battles between Apple and Samsung here in the U.S., but tonight Judge Lucy Koh changed that by handing down two decisions that are worth taking note of. First up,...

from 2012 by Alex Wagner 2

Sprint enters into agreement to acquire 100 percent stake in Clearwire for $2.2 billion

News Less than a week after we began hearing rumblings that Sprint may be interested in acquiring the remaining portion of Clearwire that it didn't already own, the carrier has announced that just such a deal has been made. Sprint revealed this...

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