Chinese company pre-patents iPhone 5 clone

Wonderfully-named mobile phone manufacturer "GooPhone" has patented a very iPhone-like design in China, according to local gadget site GizChina.

Scoble on Apple v. Samsung: ‘This is actually a sizable win for Samsung’

Since when is getting sued, losing, and being forced to pay over a billion dollars in hard-earned cashed a ... win?

Tim Cook: “Samsung’s copying went far deeper than we knew’

One can only imagine how many patents Apple would have brought to the case if Cook seriously means what he says ... and Apple uncovered more during the trial than it expected at find.

Apple, Samsung infringed on each other’s patents, says South Korea court

While we’re still waiting on the jury’s response to the Apple v. Samsung case in San Jose, a South Korean court has issued its own verdict, which finds that both companies infringed on the other’s patents.

What’s at stake in the Apple v. Samsung verdict

Whichever way the verdict breaks, the Apple-Samsung patent trial, which ends this week, will have wide implications throughout the technology industry.

Apple, Samsung CEOs speak but fail to agree

On the eve of their patent trial's closing arguments, the chief executives of Apple and Samsung spoke with one another -- as the judge ordered them to -- but failed to come to an agreement.

Sh*t Judge Lucy Koh says: Our top 5 favorites

Sometimes patent cases are boring. In the Apple versus Samsung patent case, however, there's been one shining, albeit unexpected, entertainer: the judge.

Google vs. Apple equals WWIII: How’s that for thermonuclear, Apple?

It is on. World War III, here we go.

Google is finished with helping Samsung and other Android sellers with its left hand behind the back, in a black box. It's tired of Apple attacking Google by fighting proxy wars with Asian manufacturers. No more cold war, no more semi-civilized conflicts in third-world countries no one has ever heard of.

Google vs. Apple, meet USA vs. USSR, circa 1985.

Chinese teenager: Mom, I sold my kidney for an iPhone, iPad

If there could be a worse part to this tragic story, it's that the teenager received only about 10 percent of the total amount realized from the sale of his kidney. He used his share of the proceeds, about $3,500 U.S., to buy an iPad and an iPhone.

80 ways Samsung tried to copy Apple (according to Samsung) [updated]

Apple should get down on its knees and thank God for whatever corporate traitor gave it Samsung's internal iPhone vs Galaxy S1 comparison document.

Judge to Google, Oracle: tell me which bloggers you’ve paid

Oracle v. Google re: Java found a way to get interesting again. A couple of months after Oracle's billion-dollar fishing expedition went bust when Google's Android was found not to infringe on Java patents, the judge has asked both parties which bloggers they paid.

IPhone vs. Galaxy: Original Apple icon designer Susan Kare confused them

Samsung's Galaxy is bigger, lighter, and constructed with a plastic back. Apple's iPhone 4s is smaller, heavier, and glassy/metallic. But that didn't stop Susan Kare, the designer of the original Mac icon set, from confusing the two.

Apple ahead on points: scoring the Apple-Samsung trial so far

Apple and Samsung are locked into a courtroom battle over patents, look and feel, and massive corporate egos. But it's hard for a legal newbies to know who's winning. So I asked Kevin Taylor, a partner at Schnader Harrison to give us the play-by-play.

Craigslist going thermonuclear on re-listers, reportedly blocking all search engines

Craigslist really, really, really does not want any of its listings showing anywhere else on the web.

Apple v. Samsung: Apple asks judge for immediate judgement in its favor

The Samsung-Apple legal battle just took yet another left turn into soap opera status. One day after Samsung took the dangerous step of taking the case to the media, Apple has asked the judge to issue a summary judgement in …

Apple and Samsung: best of frenemies

We haven’t seen a love-hate relationship like this since the Honeymooners.

Apple and Samsung are fighting tooth and nail in the market, together winning half of the global marketshare and 90 percent of the profit for smartphones.

And they’re mauling …

Apple-Samsung jury selection begins today

Never has the question “Do you use an iPhone?” been so important.

In a Silicon Valley court today, Apple and Samsung are facing off in one of the most significant trials of the extensive iOS-Android legal battles. Apple is seeking …

Kodak loses patent case against Apple, again, then appeals, again

Kodak moments are in short supply right now.

The former photography giant has almost struck out with its bid to prove that Apple infringes on image-preview technologies that the bankrupt century-old company says it invented.

Strike one: January 2011, the

Steve Jobs is too popular to be shown in Samsung-Apple trial

Steve Jobs is still so popular, eight months after his death, that to mention him too frequently would bias jurors in a Samsung-Apple lawsuit.

At least, that’s what Samsung thinks.

According to Reuters, a Samsung attorney told a San Jose …

Poker site CEO arrested on new Ponzi scheme charges

Ray Bitar, Full Tilt Poker’s CEO, was arrested yesterday on new charges that the poker czar has been involved in a Ponzi scheme.

Bitar had been avoiding arrest by living in Ireland; he was taken into police custody Monday as …