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Apple wants six more Samsung products added to lawsuit, including Galaxy Note II

Android Thanksgiving and the days following the holiday are viewed by many as a time for rest (as well as feasting and shopping, of course), but it looks like Apple and Samsung have been keeping themselves busy with legal dealings instead. Just...

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Samsung gains approval to look over Apple and HTC settlement, requests new iPads be added to lawsuit

News The legal war between Apple and Samsung continues! This was a big day for Samsung, as the company not only got approval to check out Apple and HTC's recent settlement, but it also has requested permission to add a few more devices to its...

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U.S. International Trade Commission to review ruling in patent case between Apple and Samsung

Ios A couple of months after a U.S. International Trade Commission judge ruled that Apple had not violated Samsung patents in one of the many legal battles between the two companies, the ITC today confirmed that it will review the judge's...

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Apple and Motorola discussing arbitration as a way to settle patent lawsuit

Android Not long after Apple and HTC managed to reach a settlement that resolved its patent disputes, a new filing has revealed that Apple and Motorola may also be interested in quickly ending the legal tiff between them. According to a filing...

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Sprint files documents with FCC for approval of SoftBank deal

News Just a little over a month after Sprint and SoftBank announced a deal that would see Japanese carrier SoftBank purchase a 70 percent stake in Sprint, the Now Network has filed documents with the FCC for approval of the agreement. As noted...

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Apple and Samsung given approval to add Galaxy S III, Jelly Bean and iPhone 5 to lawsuit

Android Apple and Samsung have sought to add one another's new devices to a court battle in San Jose in recent months, and now the judge has given them both the green light. As noted by Reuters, U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal has allowed Apple...

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Google and Dish rumored to have discussed launching wireless service [UPDATED]

News We've heard a couple of times that Dish is interested in building a wireless service of its own in the past, and today a new report has named one of the companies that may be in talks to help Dish fulfill its plan. Sources speaking to the...

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Samsung has no plans to negotiate with Apple for HTC-like agreement, exec says

Android Apple and HTC recently found patent peace, reaching a settlement that ended all of their lawsuits against one another and kicked off a 10-year licensing deal. Anyone hoping for a similar deal between Apple and Samsung shouldn't hold their...

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Apple and HTC come to global settlement, all patent lawsuits dismissed

Android Apple and HTC have thrown their fair share of legal blows against one another in the past, but it appears that the two companies were finally able to set aside their issues and reach a patent licensing agreement. Apple announced this...

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Sprint agrees to purchase U.S. Cellular spectrum and customers in the Midwest for $480 million

4g Sprint and U.S. Cellular have struck a deal that will see Hesse and Co. snag some spectrum and customers from USCC in different parts of the Midwest. The will cost Sprint $480 million and will give it 20MHz of 1900MHz PCS spectrum in...

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Apple requests Galaxy Note 10.1, Jelly Bean be added to Samsung lawsuit [UPDATED]

Android Time to add another chapter into the ever-growing legal story between Apple and Samsung. Apple today said that it would like to add the Galaxy Note 10.1 and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean to an lawsuit against Samsung, Bloomberg reports, because...

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Apple patent lawsuit against Motorola dismissed by judge

Android Today was supposed to be the day that another trial would be kicking off between two major mobile companies in Apple and Motorola, but thanks to the judge in the case, that trial will no longer go down. Judge Barbara B. Crabb in Wisconsin...

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Samsung brand refresh rumored for CES 2013 in January

News Samsung's been keeping itself pretty busy in the second half of 2012, launching both the Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note II on multiple carriers and creating the Nexus 10 tablet for Google, and a new report has claimed that the company won't...

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Apple posts new notice of Samsung Galaxy Tab ruling on U.K. website, says original was "inaccurate"

Android A couple of days after a U.K. court of appeal ordered Apple to rewrite its notice of a recent ruling related to the designs of the Samsung Galaxy Tab and iPad, the company has indeed posted a new statement on its U.K. website. On the home...

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New Apple notice of U.K. Samsung Galaxy Tab ruling appears in newspapers

Android Earlier this year, a U.K. judge ruled that Samsung did not copy the design of the iPad with its Galaxy Tab products, and after making the decision he ordered Apple to post a notice of the ruling both on its website and in local newspapers....

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FTC staff reportedly supports suing Google for violating antitrust laws

News Well, this is interesting. A new report has claimed that Google may be the target of a U.S. Federal Trade Commission lawsuit for violating antitrust laws. Sources speaking to Bloomberg allege that a majority of the FTC's group of five...

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Apple ordered to rewrite notice of U.K. Samsung Galaxy Tab ruling

Android It appears that Apple's notice about a U.K. ruling for a battle between it and Samsung didn't sit well with some judges. A new report from The Guardian claims that a U.K. court of appeal has decided that the statement, which explained that...

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Apple posts notice of U.K. Samsung ruling, makes sure to include judge's "not as cool" statement

Android In one of the more interesting outcomes we've seen in the legal war between Apple and Samsung, a U.K. judge ruled earlier this year that some Galaxy Tab models didn't infringe upon the design of the iPad and that consumers weren't likely...

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ITC judge's initial ruling says Samsung infringed on Apple patents

Android Today may be a big day for Samsung thanks to the company's Galaxy Note II event, but a U.S. International Trade Commission judge just handed down a ruling that may put a slight damper on Samsung's day. Judge Thomas Pender today handed down...

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Early USPTO ruling invalidates Apple rubber banding patent used against Samsung

News One of the Apple patents that played a big role in the company's courtroom victory over Samsung in late August was claim 19 of the 7,469,381 patent, which covers the "rubber band" or "overscroll bounce" effect found on iOS devices. Some...

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