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As part of its bid to resolve an ongoing dispute with the European Union, Samsung has reportedly proposed to EU to stop suing other companies over “standard-essential” patents (SEPs) for the next five years. The Korean giant submitted its proposal in September, after regulators accused it of stifling innovation by seeking injunctions against Apple and…
The world’s largest phone maker title comes with a caveat. Before you know, a number of regulatory bodies from all around the world are breathing to your neck, asking for various commitments to protect consumers. Samsung has this rather sweet problem in Europe and has submitted a set of commitments seeking to address concerns of…
About 2 months ago, embattled social gaming company Zynga sued the creators of the Bang with Friends app in federal court. The suit alleged that the casual sex app’s name was an intentional play on Zynga’s trademarked “with friends” properties such as Words with Friends and Hanging with Friends. Today the suit was dropped and…
Patent trolling has become such a lucrative business for many companies out in all corners of the world. Apple being arguably the most visible company is probably the biggest patent target of them all, as the tech giant finds itself continuing to fight lawsuits from all over. In the latest developments, Apple is being ordered…
LG Display and Samsung Display, which are the world’s top and number two display panel manufacturers respectively, agreed to end their year-long battle over next-generation display technologies for TVs and other devices. Previosly, the two firms had accused each other of stealing LCD and OLED technology and key engineers. LG said that some Samsung products,…
US Senate Judiciary Subcomittee Chairman Al Franken is known for being a staunch privacy advocate. The comedian turned Senator from Minnesota is known for writing official letters asking the hard questions of governmental agencies and corporations alike. The latest letter from his office, with several other Senators signed on in support, is to Apple CEO…
Brazil’s Ministry of Labor is suing Samsung over working conditions in one of its factories. The lawsuit, which seeks a compensation of about $110 million, came after an assessment done by the ministry and found Samsung factory to have unfriendly working conditions. Located in Zona Franca de Manaus, the factory had workers working for 10-15…
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled this week that cell phone location data is not protected by the Fourth Amendment and can be accessed by authorities without a search warrant, according to PC World. The ruling claims this information is a business record owned by the carriers and can be turned…
The Guardian obtained a secret court order that reveals the NSA is collecting bulk telephone call records from all Verizon customers regardless of whether they were the subject of an investigation or not. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court granted the order to the FBI, which began collecting the data on a daily basis in April.…
Apple has been mum about any new product developments over the last few months, but the company is certainly not rolling over to the likes of Samsung in its ongoing patent infringement battle. Interestingly, Apple is now claiming that Samsung is violating Siri patents, via an amendment in its current court case. Apple is claiming that Samsung…