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A Texas woman going by the name of Tina King is suing Apple for $75,000/€57,000 in a personal injury / product liability lawsuit after her iPod touch reportedly blew up in her face, causing burns to one of her eyes.
The plaintiff filed a formal complaint in a court in Eastern Texas alleging that “On Febru... |
1 March 2013
08:59 GMT |
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If you purchased one of several iPod models directly from Apple between September 12, 2006 and March 31, 2009, your rights may be affected by a class-action lawsuit, Apple has announced. Apple asks customers to read the materials on this website, including the Notice, as their rights may be affected by ongoing devel... |
9 May 2012
15:11 GMT |
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Samsung has a new tablet for the German market, the Galaxy Tab 7.0N Plus that sports many of the specs of the non-N version but was redesigned so that Apple would no longer call it an iPad clone as happened with the previous version.By taking just a quick look at the new Samsung tablet it becomes apparent that the mo... |
12 January 2012
05:33 GMT |
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Kodak has issued a complaint to the International Trade Commission (ITC) claiming that Apple’s smartphones and tablets are infringing patents related to technology for transmitting images. Taiwan’s HTC is also targeted by the suit. Eastman Kodak Company has filed separate lawsuits against Apple Inc. and ... |
11 January 2012
13:21 GMT |
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A Spanish Android tablet vendor going by the name of NT-K has managed to win a lawsuit Apple had kickstarted last year attempting to shutter its business.The Google-translated announcement says “Needless to clear all the damage it has caused this unjust accusation, both economically and emotionally to our compa... |
2 November 2011
09:29 GMT |
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Apple has won an injunction against Mac cloner Psystar following a three year long trial that ended with Apple being granted the right to continue to restrict its operating system to Macintosh computers.In late 2009, US District Judge William Alsup ruled that by distributing Mac OS X with its machines, Psystar violat... |
30 September 2011
03:07 GMT |
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VIA subsidiary S3 Graphics, soon to be engulfed by HTC, has filed two new lawsuits against Apple Inc. with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) and with a Delaware court, citing patent infringement.It is pouring with patent suits targeting Apple as of late, and the most recent ones come from S3 Graphics, an Am... |
26 September 2011
06:31 GMT |
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VIA Technologies, Inc, makers of x86 processors, are suing Apple Inc. in the US District Court of Delaware for patent infringement by the chips found inside the iPhone, iPad, iPod, and Apple TV.VIA is a fabless supplier of power-efficient x86 processors that, according to the company, “are driving system innova... |
23 September 2011
03:53 GMT |
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Samsung has reportedly filed its opposition brief to Apple's motion for a preliminary injunction in the United States which attempts to ban sales of the former’s tablet computers and smartphones. According to Foss Patents, a resource of patent issues with a particular focus on wireless, mobile devices, th... |
24 August 2011
07:21 GMT |
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Like sharks smelling blood in the water, 27,000 South Koreans are suing Apple over the location tracking bug discovered in its iOS operating system earlier this year.Following the example of Kim Hyeong-seok, a lawyer who had found that Apple could be sued over the mistake of allowing iOS to record copious amounts of ... |
18 August 2011
09:01 GMT |
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HTC Corporation is suing Apple Inc. alleging that the Cupertino giant’s Mac computers, iPhone, iPad and iPod players are infringing on several key patents owned by the Taiwanese smartphone maker.HTC this week filed a complaint with the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) and the U.S. District Cou... |
17 August 2011
04:05 GMT |
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Hagens Berman, a consumer rights class-action law firm, today announced it has filed a nationwide class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, claiming that Apple Inc. and five of the top U.S. publishers illegally fix prices of e-books.In addition to Apple, other parties ta... |
12 August 2011
13:11 GMT |
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Apple has filed a motion for a preliminary injunction with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to stop sales of Samsung’s Infuse 4G, Galaxy S 4G, Droid Charge and Galaxy Tab 10.1.
The move comes in light of Samsung going to the International Trade Commission to try to ban the impo... |
4 July 2011
10:31 GMT |
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Kodak has announced that the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) modified key findings of an ITC judge’s initial recommendation in its patent infringement claim against Apple and Research In Motion (RIM), in response to the company’s request.
The patent in question relates to a method invented by... |
1 July 2011
05:20 GMT |
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U.S. Circuit Court judge Lucy Koh has denied Samsung's request to see the unannounced iPhone 5 / iPhone 4S and the third-generation iPad, citing the Korean company’s failure to request reasonable discovery.According to a post on Foss Patents, judge Lucy Koh said that "If Samsung had requested reasonable di... |
22 June 2011
10:31 GMT |
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The spat between Apple and Samsung is taking new proportions with court documents now showing that Apple is reinforcing its copycat accusations with heavier and more detailed phrasing, as well as the addition of new Samsung products and patents that are subject to infringement.
In the documents, obtained by Foss P... |
17 June 2011
14:51 GMT |
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A motion filed by Apple Monday in the District Court for the Northern District of California asks the judge to deny Samsung’s requests to see the "final, commercial versions" of unreleased Apple hardware, as well as its retail packaging.Apple sued Samsung in May for "slavishly" copying the design of its iPhone ... |
15 June 2011
09:33 GMT |
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iCloud Communications is suing Apple over the iCloud trademark used to advertise the forthcoming Internet-based set of services, claiming it is dependent on the name in order to advertise its offerings profitably, as it has been doing for years.In its filing, iCloud Communications says its "software applications and ... |
13 June 2011
13:31 GMT |
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Lodsys is accusing several iOS developers of patent infringement and is now ramping up its efforts to obtain licensing fees from the studios whose applications use the in-app purchase mechanism.
Lodsys filed a suit against seven developers, including Combay, Iconfactory, Illusion Labs, Machael G. Karr, Quickoffice... |
1 June 2011
09:25 GMT |
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Apple has fired back at Lodsys, the patent trolls targeting independent iOS developers with threats over the use of Apple’s in-app purchasing mechanism, sending the company’s CEO a letter that states there is no ground for any legal battle.
Bruce Sewell, Apple’s senior vice president & general coun... |
24 May 2011
02:54 GMT |
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Apple has sued its own partner, Samsung, alleging that the latter’s Galaxy line of phones looks too much like the iPhone, both from a hardware point of view, and from a software standpoint.
Apple’s court filing, obtained by Mobilized, is reportedly filled with examples of core technology rip-offs, incl... |
19 April 2011
05:43 GMT |
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Walker Digital, LLC has filed a suit against Apple and dozens other companies to stop the unauthorized use of its intellectual property rights and to recover its “investment in innovation,” the company said in a report.
Filed in Delaware, a total of 15 suits have names like Apple, Google, Microsoft, eB... |
14 April 2011
02:51 GMT |
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Apple’s lawsuit against several companies selling unauthorized accessories for iPods, iPhones, and iPads can continue, a federal judge has ruled.
Accessory makers looking to make a buck in the iDevice business must agree to Apple’s specific licensing and certification program called MFi, in order to ha... |
8 April 2011
04:51 GMT |
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Apple is targeted by a lawsuit filed this week in a U.S. District Court in Delaware by a company called Robocast, whose founder claims the Mac maker has infringed on his invention relating to an "Automated browsing system for publishers and users on networks serving internet and remote devices."The Apple TV, iTunes a... |
25 March 2011
08:28 GMT |
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Indicted in August 2011 over taking kickbacks from Apple’s Asian suppliers, Paul Devine pleaded guilty in a San Jose federal court to accusations of wire fraud, conspiracy and money laundering.
In April 2010, Apple reportedly found evidence of the kickback scheme on Devine’s laptop.
Various email co... |
1 March 2011
06:25 GMT |
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A California man has filed a class action lawsuit against Apple claiming the company is falsely advertising its controversial iPhone 4, after having its glass enclosure shattered as the result of a drop.
LA Weekly reports that California resident Donald LeBuhn is accusing Apple of knowingly selling a faulty gadget... |
28 January 2011
06:11 GMT |
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The Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) in the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) action brought by Kodak against Apple Inc. and Research In Motion (RIM) has issued an initial determination. ALJ notes that the patent claim at issue is invalid and did not find proof of infringement, Eastman Kodak Company (Kodak) rev... |
25 January 2011
04:34 GMT |
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Ancora Technologies, a company based in Sherman Oaks, Calif., has filed a lawsuit against Apple in a U.S. District Court in the Central District of California, claiming ownership of U.S. Patent No 6,411,941, entitled "Method of Restricting Software Operation Within a License Limitation," which Apple’s iOS devic... |
5 January 2011
06:29 GMT |
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An ex Apple store staffer is suing her former employer on discrimination grounds. Following a medical leave of absence, during which time she sought psychiatric assistance, Nicole Sullivan, 22, returned to the SoHo Apple Store (New York City) where her colleagues, and especially the human resources director, began tr... |
30 December 2010
05:57 GMT |
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Apple and several third-party application vendors have been hit with lawsuits over disclosing customer information, such as age, gender and whereabouts, without the latter’s consent, reports said this week.
One suit, brought by KamberLaw on behalf of a California resident, alleges that the companies cited ar... |
29 December 2010
03:04 GMT |
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The Korea Herald is reporting that a 13-year-old has turned down Apple’s attempts to settle a lawsuit under the table. Lee Chul-ho had filed a suit on behalf of his 13-year-old daughter in October, seeking 294,000 won (US$251) in compensation after an Apple service center refused to fix her water-damaged iPhone... |
27 December 2010
06:42 GMT |
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A former Apple staffer has sued the Cupertino, Calif. company after being denied a promotion which he had reportedly sought on several occasions. According to suit filings, Michael Katz, a man in his 60s, was denied climbing the ladder because of his age. He believes he was subjected to discrimination based on his ag... |
6 December 2010
03:45 GMT |
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Reports say that Apple's MagSafe charger / adapter used with the company's laptops is the object of a newly filed lawsuit claiming the charger, attached to a 2007 MacBook Pro, caused a major fire at a home in Connecticut.AppleInsider has learned that the lawsuit was filed last month in a U.S. District Court... |
1 December 2010
09:08 GMT |
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In a lawsuit filed last week, a California Woman is accusing Apple of engaging in "unsavory, dishonest and deceptive business practices" by offering the iOS 4 update to iPhone 3G users labeling it as an “upgrade”, whereas the software update actually downgraded the functionality of iPhone 3G handsets, cou... |
4 November 2010
07:50 GMT |
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Following Motorola’s preemptive launch of a declaration judgment action against Apple earlier this month, the Mac maker has fired back, launching patent infringement lawsuits against the cell phone maker.As the licensing negotiations between the two failed to produce an agreement, PatentlyApple reports, Apple f... |
30 October 2010
12:51 GMT |
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Sanho is forced to stop selling the charging cables that go with its HyperMac line of external batteries, as they rely on original MagSafe adapter parts. The move comes in response to a lawsuit recently filed by Apple against the accessory maker.Sold under the HyperMac name, the multiple external batteries sold by Sa... |
18 October 2010
09:03 GMT |
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Analysts quoted by China’s Guangzhou Daily say the people behind the Apple Peel 520 are likely to face a legal challenge, as the device interfaces with the iPod touch using Apple's proprietary 30-pin dock connector without a license. The Apple Peel 520 is a slide-on case that contains the necessary hardwar... |
14 October 2010
06:48 GMT |
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MeizuMe, an independent resource for all things Meizu, reveals via a forum post that the CEO of Meizu, Jack Wong, is feeling pressure from Apple. The portable devices company reportedly copied the design of Apple’s iPhone, including the user interface.Identified as Err0r on the MeizuMe forums, the founder of th... |
5 October 2010
04:48 GMT |
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A company going by the name of Multi-Format has filed a lawsuit against Apple Inc. alleging patent infringement over its invention of the concept of selling and enabling of downloaded video content like movies and HDTV programming on iTunes, a report reveals.A site focused on Apple’s patent applications breaks ... |
22 September 2010
13:29 GMT |
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Documents regarding the Apple vs Sanho lawsuit have emerged, confirming that Apple is not happy with the practices carried out by the accessory maker, especially those involving the use of 30-pin connectors found on its MagSafe charger and cables.Apple alleges violation of patents it owns related to these products, a... |
22 September 2010
03:16 GMT |
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Advertising the iPad as “an outside computing device” is unlawful, maintains Scott Cole & Associates, APC. The firm is known to have already filed a lawsuit against Apple in San Francisco last month.“Apparently undeterred by a rash of consumer complaints and the filing of a national class action law... |
17 August 2010
10:03 GMT |
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Accused in a civil suit by Apple of taking more than $1m in kickbacks from Asian suppliers, Paul Devine pleaded not guilty during a hearing in San Jose federal court on Monday, and was returned to jail thereafter.Citing a report by the San Jose Mercury News, Softpedia reported last week that a a mid-level Apple manag... |
17 August 2010
02:55 GMT |
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Mason & Mason, LLP, a law firm that provides legal solutions in major practice areas such as Medical Malpractice, Wrongful Death, and Personal Injury, has filed a lawsuit against Apple over the iPhone 4 reception issues, being unimpressed by the company’s open letter regarding iPhone 4. Mason is the third law f... |
3 July 2010
08:11 GMT |
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Since Kershaw, Cutter & Ratinoff, LLP posted its inquiry on Monday, June 28, over 1250 people responded, the law firm claims on its web site. Their great majority are experiencing problems with their iPhones’ reception and agree that Apple should be held accountable, the company says. A leaked document now show... |
1 July 2010
10:19 GMT |
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