Apple CEO Tim Cook has promised great things are in store for the company. Josh Lowensohn/CNET Apple CEO Tim Cook on Wednesday again promised that exciting new products are ahead for Apple and that investors should be patient as the company perfects all the details. He noted that it takes longer for Apple to make …
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Samsung has accused Apple’s FaceTime of infringing a video-transfer patent. Apple SAN JOSE, Calif. — Venice isn’t just a picturesque city in Italy. It’s also the code name used for Apple’s FaceTime technology. Roberto Garcia, an Apple engineer currently in charge of iMessage, on Tuesday revealed details about the company’s development of the FaceTime video calling program. Along with the …
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Apple and Samsung are battling over patent infringement in a San Jose, Calif., court. Shara Tibken/CNET SAN JOSE, Calif. — Google has provided funding to help Samsung defend itself against Apple’s patent-infringement claims, emails between the two companies revealed Tuesday. Google patent attorney James Maccoun, in deposition testimony presented by Apple in court here, authenticated emails between Google and Samsung …
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CNET Here we go again. Almost two years after Apple and Samsung faced off in a messy patent dispute, the smartphone and tablet rivals will return to the same San Jose, Calif., courtroom and appear before the same federal judge who presided over their 2012 case to argue once again over patents. The trial, which begins March 31, is the …
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Apple and Samsung are battling over patent infringement. Josh Miller/CNET SAN JOSE, Calif. — Samsung on Tuesday revealed that it has reduced the amount of damages it wants for Apple’s accused infringement of two patents because it dropped the iPad from the list of infringing devices. Apple should pay Samsung about $6.2 million, testified Brigham Young University economics professor James …
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Apple and Samsung are battling in a San Jose, Calif., court. Shara Tibken/CNET SAN JOSE, Calif. — If Samsung infringed all five of Apple’s patents, the Korean company should pay only about $1.75 per unit in royalties, not the $40 Apple has demanded, an expert testified Monday. Judith Chevalier, a professor of economics and finance at the Yale University School …
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Apple and Samsung are battling in court over patents. CNET SAN JOSE, Calif. — Samsung on Monday kicked off its patent infringement suit against Apple, presenting evidence and testimony to argue the iPhone maker copied two of its patents. The Korean electronics maker rested its defense against Apple shortly before 2 p.m. PT Monday before starting arguments for its own …
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Apple and Samsung are back in court. Josh Miller/CNET SAN JOSE, Calif. — An Apple study to determine whether people would buy phones to get certain Apple patented features is similar to asking people to choose a car based on its cup holders, an expert hired by Samsung testified Friday. David Reibstein, chaired professor of marketing at the University of …
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Shazam may be partnering with Apple on a song-identifying feature for iOS. Shazam Siri may soon be able to tell you what song is playing. Apple plans to update its iOS mobile operating software with a feature that identifies the title and artist of a song, according to a report from Bloomberg. The Cupertino, Calif., electronics maker will partner with …
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Apple and Samsung are facing off in a San Jose, Calif., court. Shara Tibken/CNET SAN JOSE, Calif. — Samsung didn’t infringe on Apple’s patents for quick links, universal search, slide-to-unlock, and autocorrect, several expert witnesses hired by the Korean giant testified Tuesday. Kevin Jeffay, professor of computer science at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, said that Apple’s ‘647 …
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