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Cops to Apple: Help! We Can’t Decrypt iPhones!
Sometimes, even the cops need a helping hand. According to reports from CNET, law enforcement officials across the country are having a hard time extracting data from iPhones that have been seized as evidence in investigations. Apple has been receiving requests from law enforcement officials to decrypt iPhones, and the list is long. Like seven weeks long. Even the ATF is having trouble, with CNET’s report saying that an ATF agent spent three months last summer trying to find a local, state or federal law enforcement agency with the skills … Read more
Ian Kersey
Ontario may introduce mobile rights law
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) recently unveiled a draft of their proposed “national code for wireless services,” followed by public hearings. The idea is to protect consumers on many levels, creating a structure that all mobile operators would adhere to make clearer service and unlocking terms. According to Tracy MacCharles, Liberal Consumer Services Minister, the legislation hopes to “create new rights for cell phone and wireless contract consumers” and “help consumers understand exactly what they are contracting for.” If everything goes as planned, consumers would get easier to … Read more
Dusan Belic
ITC shoots down Google’s infringement suit against the iPhone
The battle between Apple and Google seems to be coming to a bit of a slowdown, thanks to the ruling of an ITC judge. The United States International Trade Commission ruled that Apple’s iPhone does not infringe on technology Google gained when it acquired Motorola Mobility in 2011. This whole thing started over the search giant trying to get an import ban on all iPhone 4’s for using Motorola’s technology. However judges seen it another way, by deciding to rule that the proximity sensor patent Motorola was asserting is invalid. … Read more
Charles West
Miami judge calls Google, Apple legal spats ‘a business strategy’
Robert Scola, a Miami U.S. District Judge, had lots to say about Google and Apple during a patent dispute between the two. Judge Scola accused the two tech giants of having “no interest in efficiently and expeditiously resolving this dispute” and instead using such proceedings “as a business strategy.” This frustration stems from a long drawn out case between the two companies that has gone on for almost three years. In that time, the state has had to parse through 180 claims. It’s taken such an absorbent amount of time … Read more
Charles West
Apple Taken to Court Over Siri Patent Infringement
A Chinese company is taking on Apple, by filing a lawsuit claiming that Apple’s Siri technology infringes on a previous patent. The company, Zhi Zhen Network Technology, was granted a patent in 2006 for its Xiao i Robot software, which answers questions and provides voice interactions. The company brought the suit last July, after Siri made its debut in China. Zhi Zhen Network Technologies is in use with over 100 million users in China, and is available on iOS, Android, Windows Phone, web and desktop. The Xiao i Robot technology … Read more
Ian Kersey
Congress looks to legalize cell phone unlocking
After the White House said it supported the people’s right to unlock their cell phone, some members of Congress also confirmed they are ready to legalize cell phone unlocking. One Congressman, Sen. Ron (Wyden D-Ore.), has already introduced legislation on the issue, according to a report in The Hill. This issue reared its ugly head last year when the Library of Congress did not extend the DMCA exemptions that gave mobile phone owners the right to unlock their phone. As a result the practice of unlocking your phone, even when … Read more
Kelly Hodgkins
Apple’s second lawsuit against Samsung might get postponed
Judge Judy Koh, who presided over the first major lawsuit between Apple and Samsung, asked both companies whether Apple’s next lawsuit against Samsung over search technology should be postponed until an appeals court comes to a verdict regarding the first suit. While Apple won $1.05 billion from Samsung in the first suit, Judge Koh denied Apple’s request for a complete sales ban on a number of Samsung devices. Apple of course appealed and a verdict won’t be reached until at least September, according to the report originally from Reuters. On … Read more
