Samsung’s got some new friends in its legal battle against Apple — including farmers, African American small businesses and an electronics retailer. Legal experts, nonprofit organizations and technology companies have filed amicus, or “friend of the court,” briefs in support of Samsung, urging the US Supreme Court to consider the patent-infringement case. They want the …
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Samsung has been ordered to stop selling a handful of older smartphones in the US that have already largely vanished from the market. In the latest round of the Apple v. Samsung patent war, US District Judge Lucy Koh on Monday granted an Apple motion for permanent injunction against devices that use technology covered by patents Samsung was found to …
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Apple asked Samsung for a very big Christmas present this year: $180 million more in damages stemming from a long-running patent case. Just weeks after Samsung agreed to pay Apple $548 million for infringing iPhone patents and designs, Apple filed papers in court Wednesday claiming its rival owes an additional $180 million in supplemental damages and interest. Cupertino, California-based Apple …
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A drone may one day deliver your selfies to Twitter. The San Francisco-based company was granted a patent last week for an unmanned aerial vehicle, or UAV, for capturing photos and videos that can then be shared through users’ accounts on the microblogging network. The drone’s movements would be controlled by Twitter users’ likes, tweets and replies, determining what images …
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Samsung’s taking its suit against Apple all the way to the Supreme Court — if the justices will consider the case, that is. The South Korean electronics giant on Monday filed a request with the highest court in the US, asking it to re-examine the decisions made in the patent infringement lawsuits pitting Samsung against Apple. The trial, which ended …
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Google Glass could return in the form of a monocle. A potential version of the techie specs has made an appearance in a patent, granted to Google this week by the US Patent and Trademark Office. The device appears to rest on one side of the face, tucking over one ear with the display perched just above the eye. Images …
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Enlarge ImageSamsung’s Galaxy S5 from 2014 was among the devices Nvidia said used technology that infringed its patents. Juan Garzón / CNET Nvidia was handed a major setback Friday in its lawsuit with Samsung over the improper use of its graphics technology. Thomas B. Pender, an administrative law judge for the US International Trade Commission, wrote that Samsung didn’t infringe …
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Asus will pre-install unspecified Microsoft “productivity services” on its Android-based smartphones and tablets. Sarah Tew/CNET I’m starting to wonder whether Microsoft has a new strategy when it comes to signing patent-licensing deals with device makers that use Linux, Android or Chrome operating systems. On Thursday, Microsoft announced it had signed an “expanded” patent-licensing deal with Asus that covers the latter’s …
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Enlarge ImageThe Amazon Fire TV can pull in Internet video compressed with HEVC/H.265 technology, but Amazon is also backing development of a competing technology. Nate Ralph/CNET A hurdle standing in the way of streaming high-quality video to your TV and devices just got a little bit lower. That’s because an industry group called HEVC Advance that was seeking to profit …
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This Apple Macbook Pro could one day be powered by a fuel cell system. CNET One of the most oft complaints about electronics is battery life. Digital cameras, smartphones and laptops can all run out of power when you’re least prepared. It appears Apple is searching for a way to fix this problem. The tech giant filed a patent application, …
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