Tag archive for "legal"
It’s been over a year since we first reported that Oracle was looking into a suit against Google for its perceived infringement of their Java code, and we’ve finally come to a point where it appears that both parties are willing to reach, maybe, perhaps, a settlement. This settlement may well come in this newest [...]
It appears that Google’s Seoul offices have been raided today by Korean trustbusters looking for information on the possible stoppering of search opponents in the company’s mobile operating system Android. Search engine company NHN (popular in the area) and Daum Communications this past April asked the country’s Fair Trade Commission to investigate Google’s mobile search [...]
Samsung has denied that the launch of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is on hold in Australia, clarifying that the company’s agreement with Apple only covers the US version of the tablet. According to Samsung’s official statement, given to AusDroid, the original Apple complaint covered “a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 variant that Samsung Electronics had no plans [...]
Google is currently facing multiple patent battles as the amount of litigation against the popular Android OS continues to grow. Google’s Eric Schmidt says that he’s not too worried about the litigation, but at least one person on the Google legal team seems to be bothered by the litigation. At the same time Larry Page, [...]
Apple’s demands to have Amazon barred from describing its Android software download store as an “app store” have been rejected, with courts throwing out an injunction request this week. While US District Judge Phyllis Hamilton didn’t necessarily agree with Amazon’s claims that the term had become generic, Reuters reports, she nonetheless felt that Apple had failed [...]
Android device manufacturer General Dynamics Itronix has agreed a patent licensing deal with Microsoft, the latest company to cough up cash despite many assuming that Android, being open-source, liberates them from patent concerns. According to the rather smug Horacio Gutierrez, corporate vice president and deputy general counsel of Intellectual Property and Licensing at Microsoft, the deal [...]
The patent holder targeting iOS App Store developers over their use of in-app purchasing systems has apparently turned its attention to Android developers now, with at least one coder claiming to have received a legal threat over their software. Lodsys grabbed headlines after issuing independent App Store developers with demands for patent licensing over some of [...]
Google is in a unique spot that only Microsoft can hope to appreciate. This spot entails having an extremely popular operating system and balancing compatibility with numerous manufacturers who operate it. Where Microsoft went wrong is since they worked with so many hardware manufacturers, compatibility and security became epic problems. Where Google may be going [...]
Google has been fined $5m after a Texas court found the company guilty of infringing a Linux kernel patent, in a move that experts believe could significantly hamper open-source software’s growth. The fallout of the case, filed by Bedrock Computer Technologies, could see users of Android eventually chased for licensing fees, reports the BBC. The [...]
Samsung has filed ten suits against Apple alleging patent infringement, in a response to the Cupertino company’s legal blast earlier this week. Apple had alleged that Samsung willfully copied the look and feel of iOS devices like the iPhone in the design of its Galaxy range of tablets and smartphones, as well as the TouchWiz [...]
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