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Tricia Duryee in Mobile on May 20 at 5:02 pm PT
Samsung Vice Chairman Gee-Sung Choi and Apple CEO Tim Cook will meet in San Francisco tomorrow to discuss a possible settlement to their intellectual property dispute, Reuters confirmed today. As reported last month, the two companies agreed to go to mediation, but it is difficult to believe that two days of talks will result in a settlement to their legal battles, which span some 50 lawsuits in 10 countries.
John Paczkowski in Mobile on April 24 at 10:05 am PT
The U.S. International Trade Commission handed Motorola Mobility a partial victory in its patent battle with Apple today, ruling that the company’s iPhone and iPad do indeed infringe Motorola’s intellectual property.
John Paczkowski in News on February 10 at 11:40 am PT
Tech companies plotting to use standards essential patents to bolster their market power best think twice before doing so.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on December 8, 2011 at 8:59 pm PT
Tech prognosticator Mark Anderson is back in New York with his annual predictions for the world of tech in 2012.
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John Paczkowski in News on December 3, 2011 at 8:31 am PT
An early win for Samsung on the U.S. front of its intellectual property battle with Apple. Late Friday a Northern District of California judge
denied Apple’s request for a preliminary injunction prohibiting sales of some of Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones and tablets. Importantly, the court didn’t reject Apple’s claims of design patent infringement, but it didn’t see any need for an immediate ban, either. “It is not clear that an injunction on Samsung’s accused devices would prevent Apple from being irreparably harmed,”
the court wrote.
John Paczkowski in News on November 16, 2011 at 11:08 am PT
Or maybe it stands for “Nothing Like an iPad, Really!”
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on October 10, 2011 at 6:00 am PT
After taking five months off from releasing any games, Playdom has a dozen new releases in the pipeline, some of which will finally leverage Disney’s big brand names.
John Paczkowski in News on September 19, 2011 at 7:45 am PT
Another twist in the sprawling intellectual property battle raging between Apple and Samsung.
