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Apple and Google CEOs said to be having conversations about patent disputes

Android There have been a number of legal battles involving Apple and various Android manufacturers, but apparently that hasn't stopped the CEOs of Apple and Google from having conversations about the patent issues that the two companies' products...

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Samsung to take "all necessary measures" to avoid injunctions, has some software workarounds ready

Android Yesterday we learned exactly which Samsung smartphones that Apple intends to try and ban following its victory in a California trial between the two companies. Included in that list are several of Samsung's Galaxy S II smartphones, like...

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Apple reveals the Samsung devices that it wants to ban

Android Last Friday evening, the jury in the trial between Apple and Samsung delivered its verdict, which saw Apple come away with a fairly strong win. Now the Cupertino firm has revealed which devices it plans to try and have banned as a result....

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Jury in trial between Apple and Samsung rules that Samsung infringed upon Apple patents

Android There's been quite a bit of news coming out of the trial between Apple and Samsung in California in recent weeks, but the biggest news of all emerged, as the jury has come to a verdict. While all of the verdicts are still being read right...

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Apple and Samsung found to have violated one another's patents by South Korean court

Android The jury in the trial between Apple and Samsung in California may still be working on coming to a verdict, but tonight some decisions were made in legal battles between the two companies in a completely different part of the world....

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Apple and Samsung battle over Galaxy Nexus ban, Samsung argues Apple not harmed by "minuscule" sales

Android It's been a while since we've heard anything in the battle between Apple and Samsung related to the Galaxy Nexus, but today a bit more information about the case came out as the lawyers for the two companies were duking it out in appeals...

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Motorola files new ITC complaint against Apple, seeks import ban on several Apple products [UPDATED]

Android Apple and Motorola Mobility are no strangers to filing lawsuits against one another, and today a new complaint was added to the list of legal battles between the two companies. According to Bloomberg, Motorola (which is owned by Google)...

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Samsung Galaxy S, Galaxy S II and Galaxy Ace cut from Apple trial

Android There are over 20 Samsung-made devices currently involved in the company's trial with Apple that's currently going on, but today Samsung managed to get three of its products axed from the case. According to reports from The Verge and...

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Details of 2010 Apple patent licensing offer to Samsung revealed

Android Apple and Samsung are currently going at it in a California courtroom, with each side accusing the other of patent infringement. However, new documents from the trial have shown that the year before the initial shot in this battle was...

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Apple and Samsung U.S. device sales figures revealed in court documents

Android We've already seen several interesting documents surface in the trial currently going on between Apple and Samsung, including one that compared the Galaxy S to the iPhone and suggested ways that Samsung could improve its handset. Today...

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Internal Samsung document suggests ways to improve Galaxy S by comparing it to iPhone

Android The big Apple-Samsung trial is currently underway in California, and while we've already seen several documents surface as evidence in the case, an internal Samsung report from 2010 that's surfaced may be the most interesting piece yet....

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U.S. GAO would like FCC to reassess phone radiation limits and testing requirements

News Earlier this year, it was revealed that FCC chairman Julius Genachowski planned to propose that the agency review its standards for mobile phone radiation, and now another government entity has gotten on board with that idea. After...

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 hit with EU-wide ban, Apple seeks $2.5B in damages in U.S.

Android The Apple-Samsung legal battle wages on today, as Apple has won a new preliminary injunction against one of Samsung's Galaxy Tabs. A German appeals court has hit Samsung with an European Union-wide ban against the Galaxy Tab 7.7, with the...

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Samsung's motion for stay of Galaxy Tab 10.1 preliminary injunction denied by court

Android Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 has been having quite quite a bit of legal success lately in a battle with Apple over in the U.K., but it doesn't appear that those fortunes are extending across the Atlantic. Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for...

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Apple must post notice of ruling that Samsung's Galaxy Tab doesn't copy iPad, U.K. judge says

Android Earlier this month a U.K. judge ruled that the multiple Samsung Galaxy Tab models do not infringe upon the design of Apple's iPad, saying that Samsung's tablets are "not as cool" as Apple's. The case got even more interesting today, as the...

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HTC hits Apple with countersuit using patents gained from HP

Ios Brace yourself for more mobile patent news, folks, because it's been revealed that HTC has filed a countersuit against Apple here in the U.S. The case in question actually began in 2010 when Motorola sued Apple, and then that battle was...

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Motorola devices to face import ban tomorrow, but the company has plan to keep them available

Android Remember that International Trade Ruling commission from back in May in which Motorola was hit with an import ban on several of its Android devices? The ban was subject to a 60-day Presidential review that ends tomorrow, and since there...

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Motorola XOOM doesn't infringe on Apple iPad design, German court rules

Android Nearly a year ago we learned that Apple had filed a suit against Motorola in Germany, alleging that the XOOM was infringing upon the design of the iPad. Now we've got a ruling on the matter, and it seems that neither side had much luck....

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Court agrees to expedite Samsung Galaxy Nexus injunction appeal process

Android More news concerning the legal battle between Apple and Samsung today, as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has issued an order that'll speed up the evaluation of Samsung's appeal of the Galaxy Nexus injunction. According...

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Samsung Galaxy Tabs found not to infringe on iPad design in U.K., judge says they're "not as cool"

Android The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 may be facing a preliminary injunction here in the U.S., but the slate appears to be having much better luck in the courtroom over in the U.K. Judge Colin Birss today ruled that the Tab 10.1, along with the Tab...

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