IPNews® – The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board on Wednesday foreclosed on Apple Inc.’s hopes of registering the square, orange music player app icon for its iPhone and iPad as a trademark.
The proposed trademark is too similar to a square, orange icon — also featuring a double musical note
IPNews® – Samsung Electronics Co. and Motorola Mobility LLC on Friday escaped Apple Inc.’s claims in a German court that their Android devices infringe one of its European patents for a touch interface.
Samsung and Motorola do not infringe because Android does not store a multi-touch “flag” in association with each user interface component, Judge
IPNews® – Unwired Planet LLC attacked Google Inc. and Apple Inc. in Nevada federal court Wednesday over the tech giants’ alleged infringement of its patent portfolio covering mobile internet technology.
The company was an early innovator in mobile internet browsers for phones, but was pushed out of the market by infringing competition, the complaints say.
IPNews® – The U.S. International Trade Commission on Tuesday kicked off a probe into whether Apple Inc. is importing iPhones, iPads and other products into the U.S. that infringe patents held by Motorola Mobility LLC.
Motorola asked the ITC to investigate the alleged infringement a month ago. The ITC emphasized that its decision to institute
IPNews® – VirnetX Holding Corp. filed a new patent infringement complaint against Apple Inc. on Monday in the U.S. International Trade Commission alleging the tech giant wrongly poached VirnetX’s wireless security technology for its latest iPhones, iPads, iPods, and Macintosh computers.
Science Applications International Corp., which sold VirnetX part of its patent portfolio in 2006
IPNews® – A U.S. International Trade Commission judge on Friday delivered Apple Inc. its latest win in its patent war with Samsung Electronics Co.
None of the accused devices Apple is importing into the U.S. infringe Samsung’s patents, Administrative Law Judge James Gildea’s initial determination in Samsung’s Section 337 case against Apple said. To continue
IPNews® – Apple Inc. does not owe anything for allegedly infringing Mirror Worlds LLC’s computer operating system patents via features in its Mac OSX operating systems, the Federal Circuit ruled Tuesday, affirming that a lower court was right to throw out a $626 million jury verdict against Apple in the case.
The case focused on
IPNews® – Apple Inc. was issued 26 new patents on Tuesday including patents for a multi-touch capable liquid crystal display screen and a new process for molding carbon fiber that could be used to make more durable computer housings.
The touch screen patent discloses LCD touch screens that integrate the touch sensing elements with the
IPNews® – Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy S III phone and 20 other products came under attack from Apple Inc. in a new amended complaint on Friday in the electronics giants’ mountains of patent infringement litigation, just a week after Apple won a $1 billion verdict against Samsung in a related case.
Apple is asserting eight
IPNews® – Apple obtained a patent on Tuesday for a method of automatically triggering settings on a wireless device like an iPhone or iPad based on the device’s location.
The patent, titled “Apparatus and methods for enforcement of policies upon a wireless device,” allows for ways of changing device settings when an event occurs like