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Samsung Wins Temporary Stay of Ban for Galaxy Nexus, Google to Resume Selling

Kellen July 6, 2012 71

The Galaxy Nexus saga continues. Today, a judge gave Samsung a temporary stay ban on the device, allowing it to be sold again in the U.S., well, until next week. Apple gets to respond on July 12. This is far from over, so go purchase your new G-Nex while you...

Chalk One Up for HTC, Wins Slide-to-Unlock Patent Dispute Against Apple in U.K.

Tim July 5, 2012 55

HTC has won a recent patent battle. A judge in the U.K. has ruled that HTC is not infringing on four of Apple's patents, the main one being a slide-to-unlock feature. The judge ruled that the feature was an "obvious" enhancement on other technology that was...

Judge Who Threw Out Motorola V. Apple Thinks We Don’t Even Need Software Patents

Eric July 5, 2012 68

One of the best things about this ongoing patent war between every mobile phone company in the business, is that it's finally starting to attract attention to how crazy it is all getting. Judge Richard Posner recently threw a case out of his court that...

Judge Denies Samsung’s Request to Lift Ban on Galaxy Nexus

Kellen July 3, 2012 220

Not much else to say beyond what the title already says. According to Reuters, a judge denied Samsung's request to have an import ban removed on the Galaxy Nexus that was handed down last week. This matches a similar ruling she made yesterday in regards to the...

Nokia Claims Nexus 7 Infringes Upon Some of Their Patents, Will it Ever End?

Eric July 2, 2012 51

Hot off the heels of the Galaxy Nexus getting slapped with an injunction, the Nexus 7 is now under attack based on another patent dispute. Nokia is claiming that neither ASUS nor Google asked to use a WiFi patent that the company owns. One would think that the...

U.S. Judge Grants Motion in Favor of Apple to Ban Galaxy Nexus

Kellen June 29, 2012 253

Well, this is unfortunate news to end the week with. Back in February, Apple targeted the Galaxy Nexus for their next patent battle, claiming it infringed on 4 of theirs (one being slide-to-unlock), and today, a judge ruled in favor of them. The actual ruling...

Samsung Wins 3G Patent Dispute in Holland, Apple May Have to Pay Up

Eric June 20, 2012 17

The patent wars seem never ending at this point, but there is good news for Samsung just before the launch of their Galaxy SIII around the world. In a patent dispute in Holland over European Patent EP1188269 which is an "apparatus for encoding a transport...

Apple and Motorola Given One More Chance to Prove Their Arguments

Eric June 14, 2012 19

Judge Richard Posner gave us some hope that patent wars might start to receive the attention they deserve (which is being tossed out of court) when he dismissed the case between Motorola and Apple last week. He has since softened his stance slightly and...