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It looks like Motorola’s preliminary injunction against iPhone and iPad products in Germany has translated to a full-blown win. While the specific damages have yet to be dallied, it’s safe to assume that since the patent is an integral part of the GPRS standard, and the case win relates to all 3G Apple products released…
In a rare occurrence, AT&T and Sprint have come to an agreement to begin their own legal battles in court after an upcoming trial between AT&T and the U.S. Department of Justice. Both carriers decided they don’t want to interfere with the case, which will begin on February 13, 2012. The U.S. Justice Department originally filed…
After extensive coverage of Samsung‘s war with Apple overseas, there’s a bit of a twist today: the legal battles don’t always involve Samsung and they aren’t taking place overseas. Welcome back to the legal battles between HTC and Apple. On December 14th, the smartphone manufacturer may face a giant ban against U.S. imports. If so, it…
Listen, I understand it’s tough. That new H1Siri port is out and it brings Siri to your iPhone 4. You really don’t want to spend the money to get an iPhone 4S just so you can talk to your phone. Instead, you’d like to have it on your mint-condition iPhone 4 for free. I get…
Late last month, the BlackBerry Bold 9790 was introduced in Jakarta, Indonesia, and drew quite the crowd on launch day thanks to the half-off sale they were offering the first thousand people in line. Unfortunately, the queuing system was a complete mess, and some people got injured as the throng grew restless. Now it looks…
Once Senators starting demanding answers about what Carrier IQ was tracking, you just knew that lawsuits wouldn’t be far away. Carrier IQ, HTC and Samsung are all facing class-action lawsuits for allegedly violating federal wiretapping statutes. The Carrier IQ software bills itself as a tool for mobile operators to better manage their networks and it…
Finally, a governing body is waking up to the reality that a growing number of mobile phone lawsuits are used as weapons against their rivals. According to a report in Reuters, the EU is “concerned” that intellectual property rights are being used to shut down the sales of a competitor’s products and stifle innovation. Speaking…
Apple’s war with Amazon over the “Appstore” name has not finished yet. Apple widened its lawsuit a bit recently, claiming that Amazon made some changes to the way it advertises its Appstore after the Kindle Fire came out. Previously, Amazon added the tagline “for Android” to make the platform on which it’s available clear, but…
If you walk into an AT&T store and plan to pick up the 4G LTE-capable HTC Vivid, would you be confused into thinking this is part of a porn company? Well, Vivid Entertainment seems to think so, as it asking HTC to change the name or it will be sued. HTC told The Verge that…
Imagine seeing an advertisement on television boasting about the new 4G smartphones on AT&T. Wow! They sure look cool, don’t they? You head on over to your local AT&T store and pick one up. Just as you are eagerly about to confirm the purchase, you notice some fine print in the contract. It says you…