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Apple loses appeal of ebooks case ruling, will pay $450 million in damages
A federal appeals court today has upheld the 2013 ruling in Apple’s long-winded and high-profile ebooks case. The case, which centered around Apple price fixing content in the iBooks store, went...
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AppleCare+ customers seek new class-action suit over subpar replacement hardware
A disgruntled Apple customer is attempting to bring a new class-action suit against the company, claiming that replacement devices received under the AppleCare+ protection plan were not “like new,”...
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Is Apple’s bold stance on encryption setting the company up for civil suits?
Apple’s strong support of user privacy — specifically including end-to-end encryption uncrackable by the government — could be setting the company up for civil suits based on the Antiterrorism Act and...
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Court rejects Samsung’s latest appeal request in never-ending patent case
In its seemingly never-ending legal battle between Apple, Samsung earlier this summer asked a federal appeals court to reconsider the U.S Federal Circuit Court’s decision to uphold damages from a 2012...
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Samsung plans appeal to U.S. Supreme Court in never-ending patent war with Apple
Following a request for a rehearing of its battle with Apple earlier this summer, Samsung last week had its plea denied by the U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, putting the case on its last leg....
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German court says ‘swipe-to-unlock’ not sophisticated enough to be awarded...
Germany’s top civil court today has ruled against Apple in a case pertaining to the company’s swipe-to-unlock input method. Judges in the case explained that swipe-to-unlock is not sophisticated...
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Apple to pay University of Wisconsin $234M for infringing on its chip...
Earlier this week, Apple was found guilty in an ongoing patent lawsuit initiated by the University of Wisconsin-Madison. At the time, Apple was said to potentially owe the university’s patent...
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What OS X El Capitan’s license really says, according to a programmer/lawyer
We all know the features of OS X El Capitan pretty well by now: Split View multitasking, new San Francisco system font, overhauled Notes app, and smaller changes throughout. Before anyone upgrades to...
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DOJ says Apple should be forced to unlock encrypted user data if asked by...
Earlier this week, Apple stated that it would be nearly impossible for it to access the data on a passcode-locked iOS device running iOS 8 or later. The company also noted, however, that even if it...
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Apple hit with class action lawsuit over iOS 9’s performance on older iPhones
In a new class action lawsuit, Apple is being accused of deceptive trade practices and false advertising due to its claims of iOS 9 being compatible with older iOS devices, primarily the iPhone 4s....
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A proposed bill in New York would force Apple to allow backdoor access to...
A new bill proposed in New York could see that all phone manufacturers be required to implement a way for law enforcement agencies to access and decrypt user devices. This bill is somewhat similar to...
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Patent troll VirnetX seeking $532 million from Apple over VPN, FaceTime, &...
According to a report out of Bloomberg, notorious patent troll VirnetX is seeking $532 million from Apple, claiming that Apple has taken its intellectual property without permission. VirnetX holds a...
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Apple asks Supreme Court not to hear Samsung’s latest appeal, says the case...
In the patent battle that feels as if it will never end, Apple has today asked the Supreme Court not to review Samsung’s latest appeals request in the two companies’ ongoing patent feud. Back in...
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Senate Intelligence Committee considering bill to penalize companies refusing...
Following Apple’s refusal to unlock an iPhone 5c used by one of the San Bernardino gunmen, the Wall Street Journal reports that the Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, a Republican...
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Appeals court overturns Apple’s $120M victory in quick links patent case with...
An appeals court on Friday overturned a ruling that would have forced Samsung to pay $120 million in damages to Apple for patent infringement, reports Reuters. In this specific case, one of several...
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Apple lawyer Ted Olson says creating unlock tool would lead to an ‘Orwellian’...
Following the revelation that Apple’s top lawyer Bruce Sewell will testify before Congress this coming week over encryption, another attorney for the company has sat down with CNN to discuss the...
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Over 40 companies to back Apple in court battle over iPhone encryption...
Apple and the FBI are set to start its court battle for the San Bernardino case in a couple of weeks, March 22nd. In support for Apple’s position, over 40 companies, organizations and individuals will...
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DOJ fighting NY ruling that said All Writs Act can’t be used to force Apple...
As Apple continues to fight a court order asking it to unlock the iPhone of one the San Bernardino gunmen, the company is also involved in a similar case in New York. Last week, a New York judge ruled...
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Eddy Cue talks Apple’s battle with the FBI, says goal is always to protect...
As Apple’s battle with the FBI drags on, the company’s senior vice president of software and services Eddy Cue has sat down with Univision to discuss the case. In the interview, Cue echoes much of...
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In new filing, DOJ says its request ‘invades no one’s privacy,’ Apple’s...
Update: Apple general counsel Bruce Sewell has said that the FBI’s latest filing is a “cheap shot” and notes that the tone of it “reads like an indictment.” Sewell went on to add that the FBI is “so...
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Poll: Should Apple talk FBI case/encryption at its event, or stick to product...
Will Apple stick to business as usual later this month at its press event for the new iPhone SE, Apple Watch, and Mac updates? Or will it use the very public stage to also address the ongoing FBI/San...
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DOJ asks that hearing w/ Apple be vacated, says it found ‘possible method’ to...
Update #2: Apple has responded to the latest filing from the Department of Justice saying that if the government is unable to succeed in unlocking the device on its own, Apple will demand to know...
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Immersion expands patent lawsuit against Apple over haptic feedback technology
Earlier this year Immersion Corporation, one of the leading companies in haptic feedback technology, filed a lawsuit against Apple over haptic technology used in the iPhone 6, iPhone 6s, and Apple...
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Pennsylvania man claims Apple infringes upon his patent for web carousels,...
Apple today has been revealed as the target of yet another lawsuit. This time, Pennsylvania resident Samuel Lit is suing Apple over a 2008 patent covering web carousel technology. Lit claims that the...
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Patent troll comes after Apple over battery charging technology used in...
Apple today has been hit with a lawsuit by Texas-based Somaltus LLC, which claims that the charging system used by the iPhone violates a patent it acquired from Snap-On Technologies. Snap-On...
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Apple could brand own Facebook-killer with fruity logos used by the Beatles
In a strange turn of fate, California-based Apple is moving to trademark the famed fruity logos once used by the Beatles, following a 23-year legal dispute between the two companies. Furthermore,...
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Updated: Samsung Responds… Apple stops Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 distribution...
Update: Samsung has issued the following statement (via TNW) addressing the court’s decision to grant Apple the preliminary injunction: Samsung is disappointed with the court’s decision and we intend...
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Steve Jobs figurine legal in most states, begins to hit eBay
We reported yesterday that Apple was requesting Chinese manufacturer In Icon to cease production of what is probably the most realistic Steve Jobs figurine to date. While we already knew CEO Tandy...
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Apple gets a break as EU antitrust watchdog launches full-blown probe into...
European Union regulators today announced the launch of a formal investigation of Samsung over mobile patents to determine whether the South Korean conglomerate breached EU antitrust rules in its...
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Proview tries to block iPads from coming in or going out of China
Not content with officials yesterday confiscating iPads in Shijiazhuang over an ongoing litigation on the iPad moniker, Taiwanese company Proview Electronics is now looking to put a ban on both iPad...
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Fighting Proview in Shanghai Showdown, Apple highlights iPad’s benefits to...
An important update as a Shanghai court hearing this morning confronted Shenzhen, China-based LCD display maker Proview and Apple of California, the maker of the widely popular iPad tablet. The...
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Apple: iPad has become brandnomer for tablets, letting Proview use the...
The iPad maker is defending its moniker by insisting the device became synonymous with both the company name and the tablets. PCWorld quotes Apple’s legal representatives who argued at the Guangdong...
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The Justice Department probing Apple and five major US publishers over...
The Wall Street Journal reports that the United States Justice Department threatened to launch an antitrust lawsuit against Apple and five of the nation’s biggest book publishers over an alleged...
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Apple to pay $53 million in class-action suit following iPhone warranty policy
Bring your faulty iPhone into your local Apple Store and probably the first thing the technician behind the Genius Bar troubleshooting your device will do is check the status of Liquid Contact...
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iPhone 4 owners begin receiving their $15 ‘Antennagate’ settlement checks...
. Payday has come for some of the first responders to the iPhone 4 class action lawsuit. Last February a settlement was reached that granted iPhone 4 owners who had not previously received a free...
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Apple requests Android source code documents from Google in ongoing Samsung...
Update: Bloomberg reports Apple has now won an order granting its request for Google to provide more information about its process of turning over documents in an ongoing lawsuit with Samsung: U.S....
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Apple seeks to add Galaxy S4 to ongoing Samsung patent suit in California
In its ongoing second major patent trial against Samsung, Apple yesterday filed a statement with the US District Court in California claiming that after examining the recently released Galaxy S4 it...
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US DOJ/States wins e-book pricing case against Apple, damages to follow
Update: Apple provided a comment to AllThingsD and confirmed it will appeal the decision: “Apple did not conspire to fix ebook pricing and we will continue to fight against these false accusations....
View ArticleApple, Google, and more join forces to request NSA data be made public
After having their reputation damaged by the National Security Agency controversy earlier this year, Apple, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and many more are joining forces to demand more transparency...
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Apple’s request to remove court-appointed ebooks antitrust monitor rejected
A motion by Apple to halt the operations of a court-appointed antitrust monitor has been rejected, the Wall Street Journal reports. The lawyer, Michael Bromwich, was appointed by the court to ensure...
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Oops! Apple revealed confidential deal with Nokia while seeking damages from...
Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic FOSS Patents discovered that while Apple was asking a court to sanction Samsung for using confidential information about a patent deal between the Cupertino company and...
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Bill allowing smartphone unlocking approved by the House of Representatives,...
After the decision last year to make unlocking smartphone and tablet devices illegal, the US House of Representatives today voted yes to allow the practice to become legal once again. This is already...
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EFF files petition with U.S. Copyright Office to ensure that jailbreaking...
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) announced this week that it has filed a petition with the U.S. Librarian of Congress and the Copyright Office to extend and expand the exemption that makes...
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Canadian Federal Court orders Apple to turn over records in anti-competition...
Reuters reports that The Federal Court of Canada agreed on Wednesday to force Apple’s Canadian subsidiary to hand over records to the country’s Competition Bureau as part of an ongoing investigation...
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Court throws out $533 million verdict against Apple over data storage patent
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit made a decision today to throw out the verdict of a two-year old legal case against Apple based on data storage patents. The original verdict reached...
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Apple lawyers fined or detained? Qualcomm offense intensifies over China...
As the heated legal saga between Apple and Qualcomm only continues to intensify, the California chipmaker is now insisting that after asking Chinese courts to impose an all-out iPhone ban in the...
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Judge rules law enforcement can’t force suspects to unlock their iPhone with...
Several months ago, we heard of the first known case of law enforcement requiring a suspect to unlock their phone with Face ID. Forbes reports today, however, that a California judge has ruled that,...
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