A US appeals court has refused to reconsider an appeal from Apple that sought a ban on Google-branded Samsung smartphones. As part of a series of legal battles in the case, the US Federal Appeals Court panel in Washington rejected Apple's ...
US regulators have closed a lengthy antitrust probe into Google, saying there is not enough evidence to show the internet giant manipulated its search results to harm its competitors. The Federal Trade Commission said it lacked a legal ...
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A jury in Pennsylvania has ordered chip maker Marvell Technology to pay $1.17 billion for patent infringement in one of the largest awards of its kind. The jury found that Marvell infringed two patents related to hard disk drive ...
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Nokia has won its dispute with Research In Motion (RIM) after a year of fighting over its patent-licensing agreement. Nokia and RIM have a history of licensing patents to one another, and agreed a cross-license in 2003 for ...
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Two days ahead of the first post-trial hearing in the patent infringement fight between Apple and Samsung, a federal court judge has signaled to lawyers for both companies that she expects them to follow her instructions and work by her ...
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Apple has been taken to task by UK judges for not complying with orders following its patent case with Samsung. The Cupertino company claimed the rival manufacturer had copied aspects of its market dominating iPad tablet in the designs ...
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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'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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Lawyers for Apple and Samsung Electronics have begun choosing the 10 people that will make up the jury to which they will argue claims of patent infringement. The jurors are being selected from a pool of people called in to the U.S. ...
Apple will seek billions of dollars in damages from Samsung when a high-profile patent lawsuit between the companies goes in front of a California jury next week. Details of Apple's claim were included in documents submitted overnight to ...
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HTC could get Apple’s iPhone and iPad banned in the US because of patents, which of course would include the new iPhone 5 set for release today. A US judge has said that Apple may have trouble invalidating two patents held by HTC ...
Yahoo and Facebook announced Friday they have settled a high-profile patent dispute with a deal that analysts said would likely be good for both sides. As part of the agreement, Yahoo and Facebook have signed a cross-licensing deal ...
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lululemon athletica canada inc., a subsidiary of lululemon athletica inc., Calvin Klein, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of PVH Corp., and G-III Apparel Group, Ltd., a Calvin Klein, Inc. licensee for Calvin Klein Performance, have entered ...
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A highly anticipated patent infringement case between Apple and Motorola Mobility was dismissed Monday by a federal court judge in Wisconsin,hours before the trial was due to begin. The two companies were arguing over license rates for ...
Apple has followed up its recent patent victory over Samsung, which saw it awarded $1.05bn (£650m) in damages by a Californian court, by filing a sweeping injunction late on 21 September against the sale in the US of dozens of Samsung ...
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