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German court grants injunction against Apple for infringement of Motorola patents

Oh how we love the tit-for-tat world of patent litigation. A German court has granted an injunction against Apple for infringement of Motorola patents, on Friday as reported by Engadget. This represents a reversal of sorts as Apple has tended to to have most of the luck in the courts so far, following their injunction over Samsung. According to Apple, this is merely a procedural issue and does not translate to a real world ban of iProducts for sale in Germany. Via http://pulse.me/s/2QXR3 (which Read more [...]

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Samsung Offers Software Upgrade to Avoid Sales Ban in Europe

  Reuters reports that Samsung is getting its act together and issuing phone software updates to Android devices that have incurred the wrath of Apple via the European courts. A Dutch court ruled that only one of many Apple patents had actually been breached in August, and subsequently imposed a sales ban on the Galaxy S, S II and Ace smart phones. All other claims were dismissed but Samsung would be forced to comply with the sales ban after the October 14 deadline. Although a date Read more [...]

Apple wins ban on Samsung Galaxy Tab sales in Germany

Apple has successfully applied for an injunction against Samsung over the Galaxy Tab ahead of the IFA trade fair in Berlin. The injunction prevents the sale of the tablet until September 9, when the decision over the intellectual property infringement is heard. However, the ban only applies to Germany due to legal insecurities surrounding the jurisdiction of the court. The Guardian article gives an overview of the whole sorry saga and seems to indicate that the judgment is far more problematic for Read more [...]

Google to swoop in with Android update and avert Galaxy S injunction

Google are riding in on their white horse+ to avert the impending injunction handed out by a Dutch court on Wednesday and brought on by Apple’s litigation. Mountain View are issuing a software update for all Android 2.1 devices in the Galaxy class of Samsung smart phones. The update is currently in progress and due to arrive in the next few days. The patent dispute affects only the gallery application which is one of the areas that Samsung didn’t fiddle with as part of their TouchWiz user interface Read more [...]

Did Apple Photoshop the Galaxy Tab for Court?

Engadget has an interesting story on whether Apple have been sneaky and done some Photoshop work on the documentation submitted to the German court last week that culminated in the EU import ban. “The comparison shot you see up there is lifted from page 28 of a filing made by Freshfields Bruckhaus Derringer, Apple’s European lawyers. Both devices look pretty identical with an aspect ratio of 4:3 — except in reality, the Tab has a 16:10 aspect ratio and is far narrower than Steve’s magical Read more [...]