Apple has agreed to pay out a weighty $53 (£35) million to settle a lawsuit which saw the company accused of not correctly honoring warranties of iPhone and iPod Touches, reports Wired. Read More >>
Featured comment by SteamingPenguin:
"A) This doesn't apply to the 4S. B) They were stupid, because even out of warranty, Apple will only charge £130 to replace the broken handset." More »
Back in 2011 we first heard of BT's attempt to sue Google over its use a broad series of tech patents supposedly under BT's ownership. Now Google's striking back in what looks like little more than a revenge attack to gain some bargaining chips. Read More >>
Last month HTC and Apple decided to play nice when they reached a settlement over a patent license. While Apple was forced to tell Samsung how much that deal was worth, it thought the rest of the case was secret — but it turns out that might not quite be the case. Read More >>
Featured comment by tc789:
"I can't deal with Giz US's commenting system, but I guess state side there is more love for Apple. Once he said the 10 year thing I was been keeping a..." More »
As the courtroom battles continue, Samsung yesterday went for Apple by arguing that several iOS-wide UI features were actually developed well before the iPhone came into existence. Read More >>
The latest word out of the epic saga that is Apple vs. Samsung is that in October 2010, Samsung passed up on an offer from Apple to license certain of their patents for royalty rates: $30 per smartphone and $40 per tablet device. Additionally, Apple was willing to offer Samsung a 20% discount if they agreed to cross-license their own patents back to Apple. Read More >>
Featured comment by Kat Hannaford:
"Just had a proper look at our spam filter, and yes, one comment from you was caught -- I'm so sorry! Really not sure why that is, so I'll speak to our..." More »
It's quite a whopper: 132-pages of envy and scheming. In sum, this internal document compiled by Samsung is a long, slobbering iPhone jealousy fest. A highly detailed and deliberate comparison of Samsung's Galaxy against Apple's coveted iPhone. Read More >>
Featured comment by Udimion:
"That's just one of the reasons British Leyland doesn't exist and why Ford had to rescue a number of british automotive companies." More »
In the legal battle between Apple and Samsung, the latter's fate rests on how much it can claim it never needed or wanted to plagiarise. But after reading memos like these, that's going to be very, very hard to buy. Read More >>
Featured comment by Sam.Amiri.021:
"They look nothing like iPhone and the so called Ireen looks like iPhone.
What you need to take into account is that the iPhone's prototype was availa..." More »
Having been warned by Twitter that it was going to have to hand over details of the owner of an anonymous spoof account of a Daily Mail group executive, said owner won out on appeal. Now Northcliffe Media has backed down, but does this mean parody is OK again? Read More >>
Samsung has a tough time on its hands battling Apple over tablet patents. But in the process of fighting hard, it seems to have made some questionable calls when it comes to choosing evidence — including the use of sci-fi footage to prove its case. Read More >>
Featured comment by stickyfiddle:
"Perhaps, but if this evidence isn't being allowed that is a fuckup on the part of Samsung's lawyers, no doubt." More »
In a court case kicking off today in San Jose, Apple is tackling Samsung over software and hardware patent infringements in an attempt to win over $2.5 (£1.5) billion in damages. But behind all the claims and counter-claims, is this court case really a fight between Apple and Google? Read More >>
Featured comment by Darrell Jones:
"It's not ALL about Google, or even Android. Many of the points rest on "Trade Dress", That is the look of the phone and it's packaging. Stock Android ..." More »
Featured comment by tomgnichols:
"In all of this, from what I've seen, Samsung have been nothing but sensible throughout, and actually willing to work with all parties involved to come..." More »
Bad news for anyone who's running some sort of parody account. Twitter's being forced to give up all the information it has on the owner of a spoof account of Steve Auckland, chief executive of Northcliffe Media, sister company to Associated Newspapers. Seems parody is no longer safe. Read More >>
A Californian federal judge has sanctioned Samsung for destroying evidence which makes up part of a case it's fighting against Apple over patent infringement. Naughty, Samsung. Read More >>