Huawei filed a lawsuit in a Chinese court, alleging that MediaTek has committed patent infringement
Chipmaker MediaTek confirmed that it has been slapped with a lawsuit from Huawei that alleges the former is guilty of patent infringement. While further details — such as which patents...
Amazon and HP aren't "playing by the rules," said Nokia's chief licensing officer
Nokia has filed lawsuits in the U.S., Germany, India, the U.K. and the European Unified Patent court against Amazon and HP for allegedly infringing several of its patents related to video...
Verizon has pledged to provide high-speed internet service to 500,000 additional NYC households
A lawsuit involving Verizon and the city of New York, which originated in 2017, was quietly settled over the Thanksgiving holiday, resulting in the operator pledging to provide high-speed internet service to...
A group of state attorneys general are suing to block the proposed merger of Sprint and T-Mobile US, taking the merger to the courts even before any decisions are handed down from the Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission.
The 10 states joining...
25,000 users join Europe v. Facebook suit
An Austrian law graduate and 25,000 other Facebook users in Europe are taking on the social media giant claiming the company invaded their privacy by participating in the NSA’s PRISM dragnet surveillance program, among other invasions.
The case is being...
A decision about whether Apple can continue to use the iPhone name in Brazil will be released this week. On February 5, the Brazilian Institute for Industrial Property (INPI) will announce its decision on the matter in the Industrial Property Magazine, which serves as...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.
We all know and care about physical security. Whether we are walking on the street, shopping, paying bills at the...
After releasing a non-cash impairment charge of $8.8 billion related to its acquisition of the British software company Autonomy in 2011, Hewlett-Packard is now being sued by investors who are claiming the deal has contributed to the company’s plummeting stock price.
According to the Financial...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.
Much was said in September this year about the arrest of Fábio Coelho, Google Brazil's CEO. To understand his arrest,...
The president of Google Brazil, Fabio Coelho, was arrested and later released on September 26, for not removing two videos from YouTube that allegedly contain slander and defamed a mayoral candidate in Campo Grande, Alcides Bernal (PP).
The detention followed a Mato Grosso do Sul...
A new chapter in the Oracle versus Google lawsuit: A federal jury said Wednesday that Google (GOOG) did not infringe Oracle (ORCL) patents that protect Oracle's Java technology. The decision came after the jury found earlier in May that Google had infringed Oracle's copyrights...
One of the most wrestled with subjects in the Brazilian ICT industry is network neutrality regulation in the Brazilian Internet Civil Mark, a legislative project which defines principles, guarantees, rights and duties on Internet use in Brazil.
The Chilean Constitutional Tribunal (TC) has approved a law that regulates the installation of towers and antennas for mobile telephony. The decision was announced last Wednesday and now telecom companies need to modify their towers to be in compliance with the law. For example,...
Mobile phone giant Nokia said it has filed claims involving 45 of its patents in the United States and Germany. The patent lawsuits take aim at products by HTC, ViewSonic and BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion.
"Though we'd prefer to avoid litigation, Nokia had to file...
Korea JoonAng Daily | August 16, 2011
A Korean law firm representing nearly 27,000 iPhone users on Wednesday filed a class-action suit against Apple Inc., demanding compensation for privacy violations inflicted by the smartphone’s user location tracking.
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Wall Street Journal | August 12, 2011 | Philipp Grontzki
FRANKFURT (Dow Jones)--Samsung Electronics Co. (SSNHY, 005930.SE) will go to court on August 25 to appeal an earlier decision banning the South Korean technology giant from selling its Galaxy tablet computer in most of the...
Last week Apple persuaded an Australian court to ban sales and promotion of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1. Now a court in Germany has also sided with Apple, resulting in an Europe-wide ban on sales of the device.
The ongoing patent lawsuit between Apple and Korean electronics giant Samsung has put a ban on sales and marketing of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia, following a court ruling.
Reuters | July 11, 2011 | Clare Jim
Shares in the world's No.5 handset maker, HTC Corp, tumbled more than 4 percent on Tuesday, after Apple Inc sued the company in a fresh complaint with a U.S. trade panel.
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Reuters | July 11, 2011 | Clare Jim
Shares in the world's No.5 handset maker, HTC Corp, tumbled more than 4 percent on Tuesday, after Apple Inc sued the company in a fresh complaint with a U.S. trade panel.
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Apple Inc. (AAPL) said the company is working to fix security flaws highlighted by the German Federal Office for Information Security (GFOIS) this week. The agency said “critical weaknesses” in Apple’s iOS allows software viruses to infiltrate the mobile operating system when users open...
For a little over a year Microsoft has been extracting license fees from HTC for their use of Google's Android operating system, on the basis that Android infringes several of Microsoft's patents. While their claims have yet to be tested in court, Microsoft has been dangling the threat of lawsuits in front of other Android manufacturers, including Motorola and Barnes & Noble.
The second biggest liquid crystal display (LCD) manufacturer in Taiwan has sued Dallas-based AT&T Inc. (T) and South Korean-based Samsung Electronics Co. (SSNLF) alleging patent infringement.
AU Optronics Corp. (AUO) alleges that AT&T and Samsung disregarded intellectual property rights in flat panel display product lines...
