patent war

Last week a US judge ordered tech industry heavyweights Apple and Samsung to meet in order to put an end to their patent war. In the spirit of moving forward, both parties agreed that their respective chief executives would meet in San Francisco to talk and hopefully bring an end ...

You know a dispute is real when a judge orders CEOs of two of world's the largest tech companies to meet face to face. Yup, Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics agreed that their respective chief executives would meet in San Francisco to talk and hopefully bring an end to their ...

Yahoo! claims that Facebook is infringing on between 10 and 20 of its patents -- and if the social networking site doesn’t pay licensing fees, it will pursue legal action.According to a report by the New York Times, Yahoo! accused Facebook of using its patented technology without paying license fees ...

The topic in the latest Apple patent war is the slide-to-unlock feature on some of Motorola Mobility’s Android devices. A Munich court ruled in favour of Apple, who patented the feature in 2010, and placed an injunction on the sale of Motorola devices with the technology in Germany.It’s unclear ...

Just in time for the integral Christmas sales period, despite Apple’s claims of copyright infringement, courts have ruled that Samsung can sell the contentious Galaxy 10.1 tablet in Australia.The sales ban, first instituted in October of this year, was one amongst many South Korea’s Samsung has suffered in its global ...

Apple has rejected an undisclosed peace-offering from Samsung which would have finally seen the Galaxy Tab 10.1 hitting Australian shelves. Australia is one of the ten nations where the Apple vs. Samsung legal saga is playing out.The hopes of any Australians eager to try out the Galaxy Tab ...