Bruce Sewell

Nokia to Apple: From Hell's Heart I Stab at Thee

John Paczkowski in Mobile on March 29, 2011 at 8:55 am PT

Nokia’s obsession with Apple has officially crossed over into the Ahabian. Aghast at the U.S. International Trade Commission’s ruling on its first complaint against Apple, Nokia has filed a second, accusing Apple of infringing its patents “in virtually all of its mobile phones, portable music players, tablets, and computers.”

Apple Countersues Nokia for Copying iPhone (Plus Disputed Patents and Full Text of Counterclaim)

John Paczkowski in News on December 11, 2009 at 7:01 am PT

On Oct. 22, Nokia filed suit against Apple, accusing the company of hitching a “free-ride” on its intellectual property. This morning, Apple filed a searing countersuit accusing Nokia of the same thing. “Other companies must compete with us by inventing their own technologies, not just by stealing ours,” Bruce Sewell, Apple’s general counsel and senior vice president, said in a statement. Details and the full text of Apple’s counterclaim after the jump.

Intel Hires Antitrust Expert as General Counsel

John Paczkowski in News on November 13, 2009 at 10:14 am PT

With Intel’s longstanding legal dispute with AMD resolved, Douglas Melamed, the company’s new general counsel, will have one less thing to worry about when he starts work–not that he lacks the experience to deal with it.

The EC Pay Intel's Legal Expenses? Uh, Good Luck With That One.

John Paczkowski in News on September 16, 2009 at 4:00 am PT

“Manifestly disproportionate.” That’s how Intel describes the record $1.45 billion antitrust fine levied against it by the European Union, one the company evidently believes was meted out in error.

The EC Pay Intel’s Legal Expenses? Uh, Good Luck With That One.

John Paczkowski in News on September 16, 2009 at 4:00 am PT

“Manifestly disproportionate.” That’s how Intel describes the record $1.45 billion antitrust fine levied against it by the European Union, one the company evidently believes was meted out in error.

Former Intel General Counsel Now Apple General Counsel

John Paczkowski in News on September 15, 2009 at 6:02 am PT

Longtime Intel general counsel Bruce Sewell, who left the company without explanation yesterday, evidently had good reason for doing so: He has taken a new job at Apple. That would certainly explain the “surprise” Intel expressed over his departure. And also why the company was so quick to remove his corporate bio from its Web site.

404: Intel General Counsel Not Found

John Paczkowski in News on September 14, 2009 at 4:24 pm PT

Pat Gelsinger isn’t the only Intel veteran leaving the company amid the big management restructuring announced today. Longtime general counsel Bruce Sewell is taking his leave as well. Which is odd, since Sewell has been quarterbacking Intel’s fight against antitrust allegations at home and abroad since, well, since they were first brought against the company.