The Apple and Samsung court cases grind ever onwards in the way that legal cases often do, but today’s hearing has unearthed one interesting section: Samsung prepared an affidavit that could bring other tablet makers into the firing line. More »
This is going to get messy. Really messy. Apple’s been granted a patent on slide to unlock. You know what uses slide to unlock? Just about every other touchscreen UI out there, in one way or another. More »
Federal Court Justice Annabelle Bennett has just delivered her verdict on the temporary injuction against Samsung selling the Galaxy Tab 10.1. Apple has won the injunction, with the comment from the judge being that it was “appropriate” to grant a temporary injunction. Samsung’s issued its statement on the ruling, and Apple’s repeated its position from earlier in the case as its statement. More »
Federal Court Justice Annabelle Bennett is due to deliver her verdict on the temporary injunction against Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 at Midday today. We’ll report the verdict later today as soon as she’s finished delivering it. More »
Apple and Samsung are back in court in Sydney today, contesting the fate of the Galaxy Tab 10.1. Apple says Samsung is “crashing through” its patents, but Samsung states that design should have nothing to do with the patent case. More »
This was pretty inevitable; Samsung’s following up on legal actions it’s taken in other countries with a countersuit against Apple, alleging it infringes seven Australian patents held by Samsung. More »
The ongoing patent lawsuit shenanigans between Apple and Samsung got a tad bit simpler this week after Samsung withdrew its coutersuit against Apple over some patents or something. The whole thing is—oh hey look new iPhones in October! [AppleInsider]
Nokia and Apple are no longer suing each other over multiple cases of patent infringement. The two have entered an agreement and Apple will be paying Nokia both a lump sum amount and on-going royalties. Needless to say Nokia is happy with this arrangement. [Nokia]
