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Samsung wins temporary stay on Galaxy Nexus injunction

Android While Samsung didn't have much luck getting stays on the injunctions against the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Galaxy Nexus from Judge Lucy Koh, things appear to have gone slightly better with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit....

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HTC cleared of Apple patent infringement by U.K. judge

Android Apple may be stringing together several courtroom wins here in the U.S. as of late, but things aren't going quite as well for the company across the Atlantic. A U.K. judge has ruled that HTC products do not infringe on four Apple patents,...

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Samsung's request to stay Galaxy Nexus injunction denied by judge [UPDATED]

Android Remember last night when Judge Lucy Koh denied Samsung's request for a stay on the preliminary injunction against the Galaxy Tab 10.1? Well, it looks like Judge Koh has made a similar decision regarding the Galaxy Nexus. A report out of...

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Judge rejects Samsung request for stay on Tab 10.1 ban, ITC denies Apple emergency ban on HTC devices

Android It was just under a week ago when Judge Lucy Koh granted Apple's request for a preliminary injunction against the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 here in the U.S., and now Judge Koh has made another decision in the case. Samsung had requested that...

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Samsung files an appeal of Galaxy Nexus injunction

Android Late on Friday, a U.S. judge granted Apple a preliminary injunction against the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Fast-forward 48 hours, and now it's been revealed that Samsung has appealed the ban. Samsung is also asking that the Galaxy Nexus...

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Apple wins preliminary injunction against Samsung Galaxy Nexus [UPDATED]

Android Looks like things are going Apple's way in court this week. Just a few days after the Cupertino firm was granted a preliminary injunction against the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, Reuters legal reporter Dan Levine has revealed that today Apple...

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T-Mobile CEO Philipp Humm resigns, COO Jim Alling to take over on an interim basis

News And the big news just doesn't stop coming. T-Mobile has announced that CEO Philipp Humm has resigned, explaining that he plans to pursue a career outside of Deutsche Telekom, which owns T-Mobile USA, so that he can reunite with his family...

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Apple granted preliminary injunction against Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the U.S.

Android Big news in the ongoing legal battle between Apple and Samsung tonight, as a judge has granted Apple's request for a preliminary injunction against the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 here in the U.S. The decision was handed down by Judge Lucy...

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Judge dismisses case between Apple and Motorola in its entirety

News The legal battle between Apple and Motorola has been on a bit of a roller coaster this month, with the judge in the case first tentatively canceling the patent trial between them that was scheduled for early June and then changing his mind...

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Apple files counterclaim against HTC for alleged abuse of standards-essential patents

News We've already seen a couple of tidbits of news related to the legal battles between Apple HTC so far this month, and now we've got another to add to the list. It's been revealed that Apple has filed counterclaims against HTC in response to...

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Judge in Apple v. Motorola battle has a change of heart, schedules hearing for June 20

News Looks like this one's not over just yet. Last week, Judge Richard Posner tossed the trial in a case between Apple and Motorola after rejecting the damage arguments that both sides made. The decision was just a preliminary one, though, and...

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Apple's attempt to block Samsung Galaxy S III launch rejected by judge

Android Last week, we learned that Apple has filed for a preliminary injunction against the Samsung Galaxy S III here in the U.S., with the company requesting a block on the device before it begins hitting U.S. shelves later this month. Samsung...

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ITC judge prevents HTC from using Google patents against Apple

News Last year, HTC last year gained a handful of patents from Google to be used in an ITC complaint against Apple. However, the Cupertino firm recently filed a motion asking that five of the patents be tossed out, and unfortunately for HTC,...

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Will Samsung's strong LTE patent portfolio hurt Apple's next iPhone sales?

Android If you thought the mobile patent wars would quickly subside once Google's purchase of Motorola Mobility was completed, think again. Even with previous patent lawsuits settled, others coming to a close and some even being thrown out, Apple...

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Judge cancels trial between Apple and Motorola before June 11 start date [UPDATED]

Android A patent trial between Apple and Motorola was scheduled to kick off next Monday, but according to a new report, the judge involved has decided to just toss it before then. Bloomberg explains that a federal judge has decided to cancel the...

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Apple files another ITC complaint against HTC, claims 29 devices infringe on patent

Android Shipments of both the HTC One X and EVO 4G LTE were recently delayed by U.S. Customs for review due to an ITC exclusion order related to a decision on by Apple back in December. The two devices eventually cleared Customs and began...

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C Spire hits AT&T with federal antitrust lawsuit

4g The list of lawsuits going on in the mobile world has grown again, as C Spire Wireless (also known as Cellular South) has filed an anti-trust suit against AT&T, Motorola and Qualcomm. The suit was filed last month and claims that AT&T,...

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Deutsche Telekom CEO says sale of T-Mobile is unlikely, but a merger is a possibility

News Last year, AT&T and Deutsche Telekom entered into an agreement that would see the Big Blue carrier acquire T-Mobile USA from DT for a cool $39 billion. AT&T eventually abandoned its plans after facing opposition from the government. Now...

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Jury rules that Google did not infringe upon Oracle patents

Android Today's a good day for the folks at Google, as a jury has ruled that the company did not infringe upon Oracle patents related to Java with Android. The suit from Oracle alleged that Google was guilty of eight counts of infringement on two...

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Apple and Samsung unable to reach agreement in settlement talks

News This past Monday and Tuesday were the days that Apple CEO Tim Cook and Samsung CEO Choi Gee-sung were scheduled to meet for settlement talks in San Francisco. So what did the meetings accomplish? Not much, unsurprisingly. According to a...

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