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Judge: Google Was Excluded, Microsoft Favored in Federal Contract
When the U.S. Department of Interior said it would move to using Microsoft’s cloud-based email and collaboration services, it was seen as a big validation of cloud computing by a big organization. That...
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LG Announces Customs Agent Chaos For PS3
LG Electronics has made good on its threat to block the import of PlayStation 3 consoles into Europe. The Guardian reports that the Hague has granted LG a preliminary injunction against Sony, which it...
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Apple Sues Motorola Over Xoom Design
Apple legal’s been busy in Europe. Turns out Samsung isn’t the only company it has sued there for infringing the design of the iPad. Buried deep in the complaint that led to a preliminary injunction...
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Apple Strikes Another Blow Against Samsung
Another victory for Apple in its ongoing patent battle with Samsung. A Dutch court has ordered an injunction against sales of Samsung’s Galaxy S, Galaxy S II and Ace smartphones across the European...
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Apple Wins German Ban on Samsung Galaxy Tab
Apple scored another victory in its patent battle against Samsung today when a German court upheld the preliminary injunction banning sales of the company’s Galaxy 10.1 tablet computer in the country....
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The Yahoo Lawsuits Begin: Put the Non-Blabby Deals in Your PIPE and Smoke It
What took so long? Actually, it did not take any time at all for someone to start legal proceedings against the current effort by Yahoo to sell itself. In this case, no surprise, it is aimed directly...
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Apple: Motorola Patent Win Won't Keep iPhones From German Holiday Shoppers
Motorola Mobility scored a victory in its ongoing intellectual property battle with Apple today, when the Mannheim Regional Court granted it an injunction banning the import of iPhones and 3G-capable...
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German Court Blocks Motorola's iPhone Injunction
Motorola Mobility suffered a nasty setback for its ongoing patent battle with Apple when a German appeals court ruling temporarily blocked it from enforcing an injunction it won in December. The...
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Motorola Mobility Begins Reality Distortion Field Tests in Germany
So that setback Motorola Mobility suffered in its patent battle with Apple today? The one that saw a German court bar it from enforcing an injunction that would require Apple to remove its iPhones and...
View ArticleBroadcom Scores Permanent Injunction Against Emulex
The tentative ban Broadcom won against Emulex earlier this month is now permanent. The chipmaker said today that a federal court made permanent an injunction that prevents Emulex from selling...
View ArticleGerman Court Backs Motorola's Injunction Against Microsoft
A German court Wednesday upheld Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc.’s request for an injunction to halt sales of Microsoft Corp. products, including Windows 7 and Xbox 360, over alleged patent violation,...
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Apple vs. Motorola Judge: "Just When I Thought I Was Out … They Pull Me Back...
When Richard Posner, the judge presiding over Apple vs. Motorola, tentatively dismissed the case two days before it was scheduled to start, he did so with a caveat: “I may change my mind.” Now, not a...
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Apple Wins Injunction Against Samsung's Galaxy Tab
Apple has won its greatest victory yet in its sprawling intellectual property battle with Samsung: An injunction against U.S. sales of what was until recently the Korean company’s marquee Android...
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Apple Wins Order Barring Sales of Samsung Galaxy Nexus Phone
In another major patent victory on Friday, Apple won an order barring the Galaxy Nexus, a phone designed by Google and manufactured by Samsung. U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh ruled that Apple is...
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Galaxy Nexus Back on Sale at Google Play
Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus has returned to the virtual shelves of the Google Play store almost as quickly as it was pulled from them. On Friday, the injunction barring sales of the Galaxy Nexus was...
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Sprint on Galaxy Nexus Ban: Carriers Suffer Collateral Damage
Samsung has managed to rally another supporter for its motion to stay the Galaxy Nexus ban Apple won against it until a federal circuit court resolves the intellectual-property questions at issue in...
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Galaxy Nexus Sales Will Continue -- For Now
Looks like Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus smartphone will remain on sale in the U.S. for at least another few weeks. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Monday continued the temporary stay of...
View ArticleSamsung Vows to Fight Ban
Samsung Electronics said Tuesday it would fight Apple Inc.’s attempt to ban the sale of some of its smartphones in the U.S. with “all necessary measures.” After winning a jury verdict for patent...
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Judge's Hearing Schedule Offends Apple's Sense of Symmetry
Judge Lucy Koh’s decision to schedule a hearing on Apple’s request for an injunction against at least eight Samsung devices on Dec. 6, weeks after another hearing concerning Samsung’s request to lift a...
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Microsoft Wins Sales Ban Against Google's Motorola in Germany
Google has suffered yet another defeat in its overseas patent battle with Microsoft. A German court ruled Thursday that a number of tablets and smartphones made by Google’s Motorola Mobility division...
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