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.
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 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.
Google is reportedly ready to sell of Motorola Mobility's Home & Cable division for an estimated price of $2 billion.
Guest Post Considering the similarity of Apple and Samsung products, Samsung may have a difficult time convincing the jury that there is more than meets the eye and that Samsung should not be held liable for infringement.
Guest Post When you're neck deep in starting a new business, you may not take the time to properly protect your inventions. Here are five easy tips on how to quickly develop an intellectual property strategy.
Patent trolls cost the U.S. economy almost $30 billion each year. But now Congress has an opportunity to save that money and help innovators sleep a little better at night.
The SHIELD act – Saving High-Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal …
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 …
While the Apple v. Samsung trial in San Jose has been high on drama, it’s also given us the best look yet at Apple’s early designs for the iPhone and iPad.
Apple designer Christopher Stringer, the company’s first witness in …
Just how desperate is Samsung in its legal battle against Apple? Enough to make a risky move that could land its lawyers in serious trouble with the court.
After being denied the chance to argue that the design of the …
Apple and Samsung’s highly publicized trial began today, with opening statements from either company that lasted 90 minutes each.
“Samsung had two choices: Accept the challenge of the iPhone, come up with its own designs, and beat Apple fairly in …
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 …
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 …
Does this Microsoft patent make my Android smartphone look fat? That’s the question Motorola Mobility is asking today after yet another German court ruled its mobile phones were infringing patents owned by the software giant. The decision by the Mannheim …
Ahh, the world is a wonderful place. And truth is indeed sometimes stranger than fiction.
Mark Zuckerberg, the man who some believe has done more to erode privacy than anyone else, has been awarded his first ever patent … for …
As the patent soap opera between Apple and Samsung continues, Apple is now seeking $2.5 billion in damages from Samsung to settle in the U.S.
In a filing made this morning, Apple claims Samsung was “unjustly enriched” by copying Apple’s …
Neither Apple nor Samsung can agree on what their rival’s patents are worth. That was the outcome of a last-minute court-ordered discussion chief executive Tim Cook and his Korean counterpart held last week, Reuters reported this morning.
Just days from …
Apple won a split-decision in a German court against Samsung’s Galaxy tablets. The Dusseldorf Higher Regional Court banned Samsung’s smaller Galaxy Tab 7.7 in all EU countries, but the iPad maker lost an appeal to block sales of the Korean …
In the apparently never-ending back-and-forth courtroom battle between Apple and Samsung, the South Korean electronics firm told an Australian judge Monday that the Cupertino, Calif. iPad maker “refused to negotiate” about licensing 3G-related patents.
Instead, Apple sued the Galaxy tablet …
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 …
