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Apple Settles iPhone Water Damage Suit

John Paczkowski in News on April 12 at 12:26 pm PT

Apple has agreed to pay $53 million to settle a class action lawsuit claiming it failed to honor warranties on iPhones and iPods. Turns out the Liquid Submersion Indicators built into those devices could be triggered by humidity as well as water damage, and some members of the class may have wrongly been denied repairs or replacements as a result. Wired reports that Apple has agreed to the settlement without admitting wrongdoing. It is expected to be approved in the coming weeks.

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ITC Judge Says Samsung Infringed Apple’s Text-Selection Patent

John Paczkowski in News on April 5 at 12:34 pm PT

Apple has gone one for two in another Samsung patent spat being reviewed by the International Trade Commission. According to a March 26 preliminary decision that was kept confidential until late Thursday, ITC Judge Thomas Pender has determined that Samsung infringed Apple’s patent on text selection on mobile devices, but did not infringe a second patent which allows a device to detect when something has been plugged into its headphone jack. The full commission must now review Pender’s decision. If it upholds it, Samsung could face an importation ban on infringing devices.

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Apple Says Damages Ruling in Samsung Case Is Off by $85 Million

John Paczkowski in News on March 27 at 12:29 pm PT

Apple thinks it may have found an $85 million error in the ruling that carved $450.5 million from the $1 billion in damages it won against Samsung last year. In a new filing in its patent infringement case against Samsung, Apple argues that two devices for which damages were vacated were actually rightfully subject to the original $1 billion verdict. It asks U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh to reconsider her post-trial ruling and reinstate $85.3 million that a jury awarded it for patent violations related to Samsung’s Galaxy S II and Infuse 4G.