Apple Lost the eBooks Trial, But It Can Still Win the eBooks Market
Amazon is beating Apple in the eBooks racket by using Apple’s own pricing strategy for music. But Apple can still clobber Amazon by out-Appling not the iTunes pricing strategy, but the Apple marketing...
View ArticleApple faces $862 million fine for infringing university’s patent
Apple may face $862 million in damages for allegedly infringing on a patent owned by the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s patent-licensing wing, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. The Apple...
View ArticleApple asks Supreme Court to reject Samsung’s ‘unexceptional’ appeal
In a petition to the Supreme Court, Apple says the high court shouldn’t waste its time with Samsung’s high-profile appeal in the two companies’ long legal battle over patents. Samsung filed an appeal...
View ArticleItaly investigates Apple and Samsung for slowing down phones
Italy is the latest country to throw its hat into the ring when it comes to investigating Apple for its purposeful slowing down of older iPhone devices. In doing so, it joins countries including...
View ArticleApp Store antitrust suit might make Supreme Court
Apple’s legal team could soon be headed to the Supreme Court to face an antitrust case being levied against the company. U.S. Supreme Court justices heard an hour of arguments for an antitrust lawsuit...
View ArticleApple hopes iOS update will help overturn costly iPhone sales ban in China
Apple is rushing to release an iOS update in China to resolve potential infringement of Qualcomm patents. The news follows a report stating that a Chinese sales ban of certain iPhone models would cost...
View ArticleQualcomm wants Apple to pay dearly for selling iPhones in Germany
Qualcomm is revving up its legal battle with Apple. In a new court filing in Munich, Qualcomm demanded “significant fines” be put on the iPhone-maker for not complying with a previous court order....
View ArticleFBI cracks iPhone Pro 11, raising doubts about demand for Apple backdoor
Revelations that the FBI has access to a tool that can unlock data on secure iPhones are raising questions as to why the agency is demanding Apple help to create a “backdoor” to recover data on the...
View ArticleHow Apple’s going to make MacBook Pro even MORE Pro, this week on The CultCast
This week on The CultCast: Apple is working on a way to make your existing MacBook Pro far more powerful — we’ll tell you everything we know. Plus: Get your wallet ready … the updated 13-inch MacBook...
View ArticleCourt denies Apple’s appeal in VirnetX patent-infringement case
Cupertino’s seemingly neverending legal battle with patent troll VirnetX Holding Corp. took another turn this week when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied Apple’s request to...
View ArticleJudge protects Unreal Engine during Epic Games’ battle with Apple [Updated]
In an order issued Monday night, a U.S. district judge blocked Apple from revoking Epic Games’ developer accounts as the legal battle between the two companies moves toward trial. The move protects...
View ArticleJudge dismisses Apple’s theft claims against Epic Games
Apple’s two theft claims against Epic Games were on Tuesday dismissed by a federal judge in California. Epic filed the counterclaims filed in September, just weeks after the game-maker sued Apple for...
View ArticleThe US government wants Facebook broken up. Should Apple be worried?
With Facebook facing a federal antitrust lawsuit, and a new administration headed for the White House, should Apple be worried about a crackdown on big tech? While the specifics might be far different...
View ArticleRead Epic Games’ reasonable idea for opening up the App Store
Epic Games suggested a change to the iPhone App Store that might have prevented the lawsuit that put the two tech giants in court. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, reviews and how-tos)
View ArticleMasimo seeks Series 6 import ban in smartwatch fight with Apple
Healthcare technology company Masimo Corp. has upped the ante in its legal fight with Apple. In a patent-infringement complaint filed today at the U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington,...
View ArticleUS states and Microsoft back Epic Games in fight against the App Store
The Department of Justice, 35 U.S. states, and Microsoft have all backed Fortnite developer Epic Games in its fight against the App Store. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, reviews and how-tos)
View ArticleUS judge rules Apple Watch infringes on sensor technology patent
A judge in Washington, D.C., ruled Tuesday that Apple infringes on one of medical device maker Masimo’s patents for light-based pulse oximetry sensor functionality and components used in Apple Watch 6...
View ArticleToday in Apple history: Power Mac 7100 lands Apple in hot water with Carl Sagan
On March 14, 1994, Apple introduced the Macintosh 7100, a solid midrange Mac that landed the company in court with astronomer Carl Sagan. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, reviews and how-tos)
View ArticleToday in Apple history: Apple pays to use ‘iPad’ name
March 26, 2010: Apple ends a trademark dispute with Japanese multinational Fujitsu over the name “iPad” in the United States. It comes two months after Steve Jobs first showed off the iPad, and around...
View ArticleAppeals court agrees App Store doesn’t violate US antitrust law
A United States appeals court agreed with a lower court’s ruling that Apple App Store does not break U.S. antitrust law. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, reviews and how-tos)
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