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Four Companies Turned Things Around After Facing Rough Starts in Early 2014
Sep 23, 2014This year is proving to be a pretty good year for many medtech companies. The majority of the largest 40 have seen their stock prices rise by double-digit percentages in 2014, according to a Qmed analysis. Meanwhile, only eight have seen ...
Tags: Medtech Companies, Medical device
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Samsung Will Pay US$290 Million to Apple for Infringement of Several of Its Patents
Nov 25, 2013A jury has ordered Samsung to pay US$290 million to Apple for infringement of several of its patents in multiple Samsung smartphones and tablets. The verdict, reached on the third day of deliberation by the eight-person jury, is less ...
Tags: Apple, Samsung, Patent Battle
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Sustain Dow Corning Patent for LED Optical Silicone Encapsulants
Sep 25, 2013Signaling the end of a patent battle lasting for almost three years, Korea’s Intellectual Property Tribunal (IPT) rejected an attempt to invalidate Dow Corning patent 10-976075. The patent is among Dow Corning’s rich ...
Tags: LED Optical Silicone, Lighting
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Apple Will Not Face an Import Ban on Its iPhones After It Persuaded a US Trade Agency
Apr 24, 2013Apple has ensured that it will not face an import ban on its iPhones, after it persuaded a US trade agency that it did not infringe a sensory patent, owned by Motorola Mobility. Google acquired Motorola's mobile phone unit last year for ...
Tags: apple, Google, Computer Products
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Apple Has Received a Blow From The US Patent Office with The News
Apr 8, 2013Apple has received a blow from the US Patent Office with the news that its "bounce-back" patent has been rejected, handing a victory to Samsung in the latest stage of the two firms' seemingly never-ending IP battle. The decision, which ...
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China Crisis for Apple - Over Its After-Sale Service
Apr 3, 2013The Chinese media have accused Apple of treating the nation's consumers as second-class citizens over its policy for replacing or repairing damaged iPhones under warranty. While Apple insists that its policies are broadly equivalent ...
Tags: Apple, Computer Products, Consumer Electronics, smart phone
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Samsung Is to Release Its Galaxy S4 Smartphone at an Event in New York This Week
Mar 12, 2013Samsung is to release its Galaxy S4 smartphone at an event in New York this week, a move that could see it beat Apple's iPhone 5 in terms of both sales and technology. The once dazzling Apple brand has been tarnished in recent months by a ...
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Apple and Samsung Are to Enter a New Jury Trial
Mar 5, 2013Apple and Samsung are to enter a new jury trial after it was revealed that the $1.05bn (£698m) award given to Apple in the US courts last August was miscalculated. Judge Lucy Koh (pictured), who ruled on the case last year, has ...
Tags: Apple, Samsung, jury trial
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A U.S. International Trade Comission Judge Is Recommending Sanctions Against Samsung
Jan 5, 2013A U.S. International Trade Comission judge is recommending sanctions against Samsung that include an import and sales ban on products found to infringe Apple patents, and the posting of a bond for 88% of the value of some of the devices ...
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The Jury Charged with Evaluating The Case Has Decided to Work an Extra Hour
Dec 31, 2012IDG News Service - As it begins a second day of deliberations in the Apple vs. Samsung patent battle, the jury charged with evaluating the case has decided to work an extra hour. The nine-person jury had been scheduled to work from 9 a.m. ...
Tags: Apple, Samsung, patent battle, phone maeket
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The Patent Battle Between Samsung and Apple Moves to a Federal Court in California Today
Dec 27, 2012The patent battle between Samsung and Apple moves to a federal court in California today. The technology firms have each accused the other of intellectual property infringement, which has led to several court battles around the world in ...
Tags: patent battle, Samsung, Apple, mobile device
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HTC Claimed a Patent Victory Over Apple in The Latest Legal Battle in The Patent Turf War
Dec 27, 2012HTC claimed a patent victory over Apple in the latest legal battle in the ongoing smartphone patent turf war. In a London court yesterday the judge ruled that HTC had not infringed four technologies that Apple had claimed as its own and ...
Tags: HTC, Apple, legal battle, smartphone patent
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US Judge Denied Apple's Request to Ban Sales of Samsung Smartphones
Dec 27, 2012A judge in the US has denied Apple's request to ban sales of Samsung smartphones that Apple claims violated its patents. The decision was made due to the lack of evidence to prove the infringed patents had hurt Apple's US sales. "The ...
Tags: judge, Apple's request, sales of Samsung smartphones, patents
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Yahoo Has Appointed Henrique De Castro as Chief Operating Officer
Dec 26, 2012Yahoo has appointed Henrique de Castro as chief operating officer (COO), just three months after appointing another Google executive, Marissa Mayer as chief executive officer (CEO). De Castro is to oversee global sales, operations, media ...
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Earlier This Month,Apple and HTC Signed a 10-Year Licence Agreement
Dec 26, 2012A US judge has ordered Apple to disclose details of its patent-sharing deal with HTC to rival Samsung. Earlier this month, Apple and HTC signed a 10-year licence agreement, but did not disclose the details. Samsung, which is involved in ...
Tags: Apple, HTC, Samsung, Consumer Electronics