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Reports from anonymous sources “close to the matter” claim Samsung is getting ready to block sales of the iPhone 5 in Europe, though they haven’t quite settled in which countries they’ll be launching legal action. South Korea is a natural choice, but Europe is apparently in discussions, and would put a significantly larger wrench into…
Earlier this year, January to be precise, the California Supreme Court made a ruling that “legalized the warrantless search of cell phones during an arrest, regardless of whether the information on the phone is relevant to the arrest or if criminal charges are ever filed.” Those are the words of California Senator Mark Leno (pictured…
Seven states are banding together to prevent the merge between wireless carriers AT&T and T-Mobile. California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Washington along with the U.S. Justice Department all believe this deal would do more harm than good. The government already expressed its concern in a recent lawsuit that took AT&T by surprise.…
After finding the app controversial, Apple decided to ban an iPhone app called “Jew or Not Jew” in France. As you might expect, the app allows users to search for a specific person and find out whether or not the person is Jewish. The database contains over 3,500 well-known people. The developer, Johann Levy, says…
Lately, Google can’t get enough of the patent goodness. The company acquired Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion recently and gained over 17,000 patents as a result, and now they just bought exactly 1,023 patents from IBM. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recorded the transfer on August 17th. The amount Google paid for the patents was not…
For a while, the Samsung Galaxy S II supposedly claimed the title of world’s thinnest smartphone – thinner than even the iPhone 4. We all just assumed this was true but Apple knew the real truth and it continued to advertise the iPhone 4 with this title in commercials. So, the U.K.’s Advertising Standards Authority…
Well, it looks like the shoe is on the other foot now. Samsung has filed a patent complaint against Apple in France and this complaint is not about design, but rather the technology inside Apple’s products. Apple’s famous lawsuit against Samsung was for the design of their phones and tablets, which it says look suspiciously…
You might have been thinking, “What happens to Apple’s lawsuits against Motorola and its patent infringements now that Google is taking over?” Good question! Apple has decided to file motions to stay its two patent lawsuits against Motorola, stating that the DROID maker has ceded control of its patents over to Google. According to Ars…
Apple and Samsung have been in a legal tussle for quite some time now, but it looks like Apple still has the advantage as the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 has been banned from sale in Germany. A German court recently decided to uphold its temporary ban on the Android tablet set last month. But that’s…
Google and Oracle are in a fierce court battle right now over Java, which was developed by Sun Microsystems, who today doesn’t exist since they were swallowed up by Oracle in 2010. Before that acquisition took place, Andy Rubin, who is considered to be the “Father of Android”, was pleading with Sun to make Java…