In legal battles of a patent infringement nature, there’s one key thing to always keep in mind. Whether or not a company can sue another for infringement depends on the kind of patent involved. “Standard Essential” patents are those that are necessary for achieving specific tasks, and are required to be licensed in a ‘Fair, Reasonable and…
You may or may not remember, around a year ago Apple was forced to switch off the push email function of its iCloud service in Germany. The reason being that Google/Motorola was suing Apple for infringing on its patented technology. It secured an injunction against Cupertino, forcing Apple to switch it off. Good news for the short term at least:…
Last month, we reported that in a lawsuit against Apple, Motorola (or Google) over the patent that covers proximity sensors, Google had used a quote by the late Steve Jobs in an effort to gain an advantage over Apple. Google believed that when Jobs told his biographer, Walter Isaacson, “nother breakthrough was the sensor that figured out when you put…
Some of you bigger Apple fans may have heard of Guy Kawasaki. He is one of the minds behind the marketing of the Macintosh computer in 1984. Well, for those of you who are big supporters of loyalty, you may not be happy to hear that Kawasaki has accepted a job with Motorola, which is now owned by Google. Kawasaki will apparently be an advisor for the…
Back in August, Motorola accused Apple of violating seven of its patents with several iOS and Mac OS X products, and filed a lawsuit against the folks in Cupertino. Now, news has emerged that Apple has defended itself from the attacker by favor of U.S. International Trade Commission judge Thomas Pender’s ruling. The case can still be reviewed, but…
It’s fair to say, Apple (and all us fans) are getting sick to the back teeth of being involved in patent lawsuits. We recently heard that Cupertino managed to patch up its relationship with HTC, with the two companies agreeing to a 10-year cross-licensing deal. It looks now as if Motorola and Apple could be heading along similar lines….
Google (and therefore Motorola) has just issued a statement indicating that a case against Apple in a Wisconsin federal court has just been dismissed “with prejudice.” According to the report, Apple brought this case forward to try and determine “fair and reasonable” licensing terms for the Motorola patents acquired by Google through that ordeal. The…
Apple has done something rare; it says that it will license Motorola’s standard-essential patents. But, only for the price it has set. Apple just told a Wisconsin court that it will begin paying Motorola immediately if it sets a FRAND rate at, or lower than, $1 per iPhone. However, according to the report over at FOSS Patents, if the court decides…
As many of you may know, last month (or I guess two months ago now, in August) the now Google owned Motorola Mobility filed suit against Apple in the form on an International Trade Commission (ITC) patent-infringment case. It asked the ITC to ban a large amount of Apple’s most popular products from being imported into the US. Eventually, the ITC got…
Over at PCMag.com earlier today, a list of numbers and figures were published showing just how well the iPhone 5 performs against its competition and against older iPhones. In almost every category and test, the iPhone smokes its competition. Just goes to show, you don’t need to boast about specs to have a great device. The most recent benchmark to make the…
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