Bloomberg said that the final arguments tomorrow on the second US patent infringement trial could determine whether Apple Inc's intention all along was to mar the position of Google Inc as the top supplier of mobile smartphone software.
Bloomberg reported that Apple Inc has presented a videotaped testimony of a Google lawyer yesterday to support the iPhone maker's claims that Samsung Electronics Co was indeed seeking indemnification from Google.
Samsung Electronics Co yesterday presented a couple of its expert witnesses in the patent infringement trial, of which they argued that the Apple Inc patents allegedly infringed by the Galaxy maker are exaggerated.
Former president Samsung Telecommunications America Dale Sohn gave his testimony yesterday to block arguments that Apple Inc might launch against Samsung Electronics Co that it was indifferent to its latest patent claim, Bloomberg said.
Judge Michael Chagares of the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the computer and identity fraud conviction of computer programmer Andrew Auernheimer, who was one half of the duo that exposed Apple Inc's mobile operating system breach by manipulating AT&T's mobile data plan into "slurpering" 114,000 email addresses.
Apple Inc yesterday presented an expert witness whose survey reportedly proved that customers were purchasing Samsung Electronics Co's mobile phones because of its patent-infringing features, Bloomberg said.
Andrew Sorkin for the The New York Times questions in his article whether the $9 billion sought by 100,000 complainants about the hiring practices in Silicon Valley was just right.
Yesterday, Samsung Electronics Co managed a small victory in its patent infringement trial after a judge declined Apple Inc's request to show evidence mostly from its previous case to prove its competitor had used some of its patents in dispute, Bloomberg said.
Apple Inc recently informed the US District Court in San Jose, California that it has requested the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington to review US District Judge Lucy Koh's rejection of the iPhone maker's sales injunction of Samsung smartphones, Bloomberg said.
Judge Lucy Koh of a California court ruled that agreeing with Apple Inc for an injunction of all Samsung Electronics Co products that has the infringed patents would be unfair not only to the latter but would provide unfair competition advantage to every petitioner who claims that its patents are being infringed, 9 To 5 Mac said in a blog post.
The lawsuit filed by IPCom GmbH & Co KG against Apple Inc for the use of its patented methods that help place emergency calls in mobile networks had been dismissed by a German court today.
The Telegraph said in its report that three senior officers, including the lead detective of the investigation of Oscar Pistorius fatal shooting of his girlfriend last year, went to the headquarters of Apple Inc to access messages of an iPhone 5 mode found on the scene of the crime to shed light to the events leading to Reeva Steenkamp's death.
In its filing with the US Court of Appeals in New York yesterday, Apple Inc claimed that it has no knowledge that the publishers mentioned in the anti-trust lawsuit lodged against them have conspired to manipulate e-book prices.
IPCom has been pursuing mobile phone companies, Apple, Vodafone Group Plc, Ericsson AB, Nokia Oyj and HTC Corp for licensing rights of its patent "100A," the technology used in mobile networks whenever more than one call has been placed at a single time.
The Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reaffirms an earlier court ruling that Apple Inc should be subject to court-appointed monitor lawyer Michael Bromwich.
Motorola Mobility, said EU competition commissioner Joaquin Almunia, will be expecting a prohibition ruling regarding the mobile phone patents lawsuit Apple Inc has filed against the Google phone unit.
A growing number of big-named investors and firms are not liking the the aggressiveness of patent assertion entity, or patent trolls, to collect licensing fees for inventions that are utterly nonsensical.
Tech giants Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co are expected to provide a leaner list of patents both companies claimed to have been violated by each other. Information Week believes that it is most likely that the two companies will not come to an understanding after the March 31 hearing.
