As part of an ongoing German patent struggle, Motorola on Thursday won a ruling from the country’s Federal Patent Court, which said found all claims of Apple’s “slide to unlock” user interface property invalid, though the decision can be appealed.
As part of an ongoing German patent struggle, Motorola on Thursday won a ruling from the country’s Federal Patent Court, which said found all claims of Apple’s “slide to unlock” user interface property invalid, though the decision can be appealed.
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Just a few days ago, Apple filed a handful of patents that deal with adding some cool, new features to the camera function of the iPhone and iPad.
Just a few days ago, Apple filed a handful of patents that deal with adding some cool, new features to the camera function of the iPhone and iPad.
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Apple has filed a case with the U.S Bankruptcy Court in N.Y stating that it intends to file a complaint against Kodak at the International Trade Commission and a corresponding suit in U.S. District Court in Manhattan based on patent-infringement claims.
“Apple requests express authority from this court before it initiates the actions out of an abundance of caution,” the company’s lawyers wrote in the filing.
The allegations state that Kodak infringes on patents that Apple says cover technologies used in printers, digital cameras and digital picture frames.
Reuters reports that Apple has filed a lawsuit in San Diego against Motorola over usage of a Qualcomm patent. The Cupertino-based tech giant argues that the lawsuits currently in action in Mannheim, Germany are in breach of the license between Motorola Mobility and Qualcomm as the patent to which the arguments pertain have also been licensed to Apple.
Motorola’s German lawsuit is in direct breach of a Patent Licensing Agreement between Motorola and Qualcomm. As a Qualcomm customer, Apple is a third-party beneficiary of that contract.
The patent in question is related to the usage of the Qualcomm MDM6610 baseband chip that Apple uses in the CDMA-compatible versions of its iPhone 4S.
That was fast. Just hours after word began to spread that Apple was forced to pull most of its 3G devices from its German online store following an injunction awarded to Motorola, the iPhone maker successfully had the ruling suspended and has recommenced sales.
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Last week we informed you of a case in which Apple faced Samsung over patent issues relating to the 3G connection implemented within the iPhone and 3G iPad devices. These issues between Apple and Samsung have spanned over the past several weeks and are sure to persist for the next few weeks too.
This week, the Cupertino company has been forced to remove the iPhone 3G[s], iPhone 4, and iPad 3G products from its online store. The news comes from Florian Mueller over at FOSSpatents after he attended a hearing which saw Motorola beat Apple in hotly-contested court proceedings.
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I’m sure you all know of the constant patent war raging between various tech companies & their competitors. Of all involved, none are more fierce than the differences (or lack of) between Apple & Samsung.
Judge Andreas Voss from the Mannheim Regional Court in Germany ruled in favour of Apple in the second of five 3G/UMTS patent suits levied against the tech giant by Samsung, reports Florian Mueller of FOSS Patents.
Mueller, who attended the hearing on Friday, explains the decision may be based on the validity of the specifics regarding the case, and also notes that Samsung’s two losses thus far don’t necessarily mean the company’s three pending claims will be unsuccessful.
According this chart ( based on an estimation of Mobile Communications Related Patents that have been granted by the USPTO and European Patent Office ) Apple isn’t even in the top 30.
When was the last time you’ve loaded an iOS/Apple related site and didn’t read about a new Apple patent? Seems like they are trying to get something new patented everyday. Patently Apple presents a detailed summary of patent applications with associated graphics for journalistic news purposes as each such patent application is revealed by the U.S. Patent & Trade Office, every… single… day.
This report covers Apple’s “Workflow” patent that is indeed presented as a possible future iPhone OS upgrade consideration.
New day, new Apple patent: a new social workflow that highlights Facebook. Last Wednesday the Business Insider reported that a mobile industry insider confirmed to them that Apple was building Facebook features into iPhone OS 4.Perhaps “Apple’s new hooks into Facebook,” reported Frommer “will make this sync process part of the phone’s operating system and not just a feature of the Facebook app.”
Coincidentally, a recently published Apple patent sheds light on this very subject under the scope of a fuller social networking application concerning various workflows including an “Add Contact” workflow and a “Social Networking” workflow which specifically highlights an exemplary Facebook example. This report covers Apple’s “Workflow” patent that is indeed presented as a possible future iPhone OS upgrade consideration.
Today, The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 10 newly granted patents for Apple Inc.
Over the time we presented you various Apple patents. Today, The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 10 newly granted patents for Apple Inc. The notables within this group include one relating Apple’s touch technology in respect to a soft key interaction indicator, another relating to an SATA storage device, yet another relating to everything you wanted to know about assembling an iPod and finally, a granted patent for the iPhone’s Account Information Display which notes Steve Jobs as one of the inventors.
