Apple and Samsung are battling over patents. James Martin/CNET SAN JOSE, Calif. — Samsung’s future relied on beating Apple in the mobile market, the company’s top executive said in a 2012 memo revealed in a court here Monday. During cross-examination of Dale Sohn, the former CEO of Samsung’s US mobile business, Apple attorney Bill Lee …
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Apple and Samsung have sued each other for infringement. CNET SAN JOSE, Calif. — Google engineers have never copied Apple’s iPhone features for use in Android, an executive from the software giant said Friday during testimony in the Apple v. Samsung patent-infringement trial. Hiroshi Lockheimer, Google vice president of Android, walked the jury through early development of Android and said …
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Samsung wearables, such as the Gear Fit, only work with Samsung phones and tablets. Sarah Tew/CNET Samsung needs to let its Gear family of smartwatches off its tight Galaxy leash. The Gear Fit, Gear 2, and Gear 2 Neo, which will hit the market Friday and range from $199 to $299, are the latest attempts by Samsung to breach the …
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Apple and Samsung are feuding over patents in a San Jose, Calif., courthouse. Shara Tibken/CNET SAN JOSE, Calif. — Apple on Friday rested its patent-infringement suit against Samsung after an expert detailed the $2.19 billion in damages the company says it’s due from Samsung. Samsung will kick off its defense later Friday with Google Android executive Hiroshi Lockheimer taking the …
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One Apple patent involves the slide-to-unlock feature. James Martin/CNET SAN JOSE, Calif. — An expert hired by Apple argued Tuesday that the company’s patented features made Samsung’s devices more appealing and that fewer people would have purchased the gadgets if the features were missing. However, Samsung, in its cross examination, sought to poke holes in expert John Hauser’s methodology. Its …
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Apple and Samsung are battling in court. SAN JOSE, Calif. — Apple should receive about $2.191 billion in damages from Samsung for patent infringement, an expert for the iPhone maker argued Tuesday. Apple earlier said it wanted about $2 billion, but the testimony Tuesday marked the first time the company disclosed the precise total and the factors that went into …
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iOS 7 arrived on the iPhone 5S and 5C late last year. Apple If you’re not using iOS 7 yet, you’re in the extreme minority. About 87 percent of Apple mobile users have downloaded the company’s newest operating system for iPhones and iPads, the company said on its developer site Monday. The figure is up from 83 percent a month …
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Apple and Samsung are battling over patents. CNET SAN JOSE, Calif.–Judge Lucy Koh late Thursday denied Apple’s request to talk about how it uses several of the patents at issue in an infringement suit against Samsung. Apple filed a motion Thursday asking a court here to let it present previously banned evidence and testimony. At issue is whether Apple itself …
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Greg Christie is one of the inventors of Apple’s slide-to-unlock iPhone feature. CNET SAN JOSE, Calif. — Apple took great pains to make its first iPhone as simple as possible, a company engineer told a court here, as Apple sought to add weight to its patent infringement suit against Samsung. A key argument for Apple throughout its various trials involving …
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Gregory Lee, president of Samsung Telecom America, opens up the New York version of Unpacked in September, sporting the Galaxy Gear smartwatch and holding a Note 3. Scott Stein/CNET Samsung has a mini-exodus on its hands. At least five high-ranking executives from Samsung’s US mobile business — known as Samsung Telecommunications America, or STA — have left the company or …
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