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‘Every Android Device’ Affected By HTC Patent Infringement

9:20AM July 18, 2011 | Jack Loftus

Hyperbole ahoy! Friday’s ITC pro-Apple patent ruling against HTC is creating waves this weekend because it theoretically means a number of Android handsets could be barred from sale within the U.S. beginning in December. More »


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Apple Expands Patent Lawsuit Brawl With Shot Against HTC

3:35AM July 12, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Apple’s already trying to get Samsung products yanked off shelves for infringing upon its right to manufacture black rectangles – and now they’re going after HTC for the same thing. For the second time. More »


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Apple Demands Sales Ban Against Samsung In Growing Trade Battle

2:41AM July 7, 2011 | Sam Biddle

The slapping match between electronic giants (and major rivals) Apple and Samsung took another jump upward, with the former filing suit against the latter to execute an import ban. This would take Samsung products off shelves – a major defeat. More »


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Samsung Wants To Ban All iPods, iPhones, iPads From The US

4:51AM June 30, 2011 | Michael Zhao

Last we heard, Apple brought the you-copied-our-shit fight to Samsung’s home turf. Now Samsung’s firing back, asking the International Trade Commission to ban US imports of every iPod, iPhone and iPad. More »


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Microsoft Sues Barnes & Noble Over Nook’s Android Look

6:48AM March 22, 2011 | Brian Barrett

Welcome to the mobile patent wars, Barnes & Noble! It’s a unfortunately rite of passage for anyone with a phone or tablet, and it was really only a matter of time before Nook caught somebody’s stink-eye. Specifically, Microsoft’s. More »


Apple’s HTC Complaint Is Officially Moving Forward

4:32AM April 2, 2010 | Brian Barrett

The ITC has agreed to investigate Apple’s complaint against HTC, an indication that they feel Apple’s suit has at least some merit. It’ll be a long process, but an Apple victory could mean a US ban of HTC phones. More »


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The Mobile Patent Mexican Standoff

1:18AM March 5, 2010 | Brian Barrett

Apple’s patent theft accusations against HTC got a lot of press this week, as they should! But it’s just the most recent case in a gun-slinging mobile landscape riddled with patent lawsuits. This’ll end about as well as Reservoir Dogs. More »


ITC Opens Second Apple Investigation In Three Weeks

9:07AM February 18, 2010 | Brian Barrett

First, Nokia successfully got the ITC to investigate Apple over patent infringement claims. Now the regulatory body has taken Kodak’s complaint seriously enough to open investigations against Apple and RIM. The stakes? A ban on US iPhone and BlackBerry imports. More »


Nokia Wins First Strike Against Apple With Official ITC Investigation

6:58AM January 27, 2010 | Brian Barrett

In the adorable he said/she said that is the Nokia-Apple patent spat, the ITC has begun an investigation of Apple. So what? The ITC can ban the sale of Apple products in the US, that’s what. More »


Nokia Moves To Ban Apple Imports; Apple Moves To Ban Nokia Imports

9:55AM January 17, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

First Nokia sued Apple. Then Apple sued Nokia. Last week, Nokia went to the International Trade Commission and requested a ban on the importing of infringing Apple products. Today, Apple asked ITC to ban the importing of infringing Nokia products. More »