Google is already getting some stiff competition in the race to develop a wearable computer. Apple on Tuesday was awarded a U.S. patent for a head-mounted display device that's designed to project an image in front of a user's eyes, ...
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IDG News Service - Europe's top regulatory authority will charge Samsung over abuse of patents. The European Commission is very close to issuing a statement of objections against the electronics giant, Competition Commissioner Joaquin ...
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Samsung has lashed out at Apple after losing its high-profile US court battle over patents that led to a $12bn loss in market value for Samsung as investors withdrew support. Samsung's share price fell 7.5% in Seoul, South Korea on Monday ...
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The US judge in the patent dispute between Apple and Samsung has reprimanded the South Korean firm for releasing evidence that had been ruled inadmissible in court. Last week, Samsung lawyer John Quinn defended the move, saying the ...
Apple is to push for US authorities to ban several Samsung devices after its patent case victory, but the South Korean firm has vowed to take all "necessary measures" to keep its products on sale. Samsung is determined to fight the ban ...
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Apple and Samsung's ongoing legal drama, which is currently unfolding in federal court in San Jose, California, has seen Apple produce an accountant who, the company says, has calculated that Samsung owes it $2.75bn (£1.75bn) in ...
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Samsung is able to keep all its products on sale in the US for at least another three months after Apple’s application for a ban on some product sales was rescheduled. Apple plans to apply for a ban on 24 Samsung products including ...
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APPLE'S pinch-to-zoom technology has been ruled as not original enough to be worthy of a patent. A filing in a high-stakes legal battle between Samsung and Apple revealed that a"pinch-to-zoom"patent central to the case had been deemed ...
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A Tokyo court ruled Friday that Samsung did not infringe an Apple patent in a locally filed lawsuit, a minor victory for Samsung in the ongoing legal battles between the two companies. The ruling by Tokyo District Judge Tamotsu Shoji ...
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A Taiwanese university has sued Apple for alleged patent infringement in its Siri voice assistant, as part of an initiative to help Taiwan's local electronic firms fight back against intellectual property disputes brought by their foreign ...
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Samsung dropped all claims pending in European courts in which it asserted patents that are essential for mobile communication devices to prevent the sales of Apple products in Europe. The injunction requests against Apple,which aimed to ...
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Imagine a smartphone that can go weeks without needing its battery recharged. Apple owns the patent for a fuel cell system to power a portable computer, and that patent may be one to watch as the company rolls out new versions of its ...
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Samsung Electronics asked a Californian court on Sunday to lift a preliminary ban on sales of its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in the U.S., after a jury found that Samsung does not infringe on an Apple design patent. Samsung also said it wants ...
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Apple has published a statement on its website acknowledging a High Court ruling that Samsung did not infringe Apple design patents in the UK. However, the unapologetic statement concludes that, while the UK court did not find Samsung ...
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The South Korean mobile manufacturer has claimed its profits will almost double this quarter,despite its high-profile patent battle with Apple. Samsung has given investors a sneak peek at its upcoming results and,despite the massive legal ...