http://www.phonearena.com/ PhoneArena.com - Cell Phone Reviews, News, Specs and Info. en-us Copyright 2001-2006 PhoneArena. All rights reserved. phonearena@phonearena.com http://www.phonearena.com/img/logo-en.gif http://www.phonearena.com/ 107 80 http://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-applies-for-patent-on-removable-touchscreen-laptop-displays-or-How-long-until-we-see-an-iPadBook-Air_id41561Basically, there are two different ways that Apple works. Apple will either take a device market that has fallen into the doldrums, and inject it with hype and excitement (see: MP3 players, smartphones, tablets), or Apple will look at how other companies are succeeding and do something similar, but with the extra Apple "magic" (read: marketing). Yesterday, Apple applied for a patent for a removable touchscreen laptop that we don't really expect to become a device, but it does point towards an important question: How long until we see an iPadBook Air?...]]>NewsFri, 05 Apr 2013 11:22:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-applies-for-patent-on-removable-touchscreen-laptop-displays-or-How-long-until-we-see-an-iPadBook-Air_id41561/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Starting-today-the-USPTO-is-a-first-to-file-system_id40942One of the more troublesome aspects of patent law is worrying about if something that you want to patent may have existed before you filed the patent, but starting today, that will no longer be a worry, because from here on, the US is moving to a "first to file" system, rather than the old "first to invent" system, which was much more difficult to defend...]]>NewsSat, 16 Mar 2013 14:40:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Starting-today-the-USPTO-is-a-first-to-file-system_id40942/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/New-Apple-patent-allows-users-to-control-a-device-by-squeezing-the-case_id40509A new patent awarded to Apple on Tuesday allows the user of a mobile device to squeeze the casing to control what is on the screen; besides just responding to touch, a device would now also respond to how hard the touch is and for example, a ringer cold be silenced by putting a certain amount of pressure on the casing...]]>NewsTue, 05 Mar 2013 13:33:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/New-Apple-patent-allows-users-to-control-a-device-by-squeezing-the-case_id40509/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Judge-Lucy-Koh-cuts-jury-award-by-450-million-orders-second-damages-trial-in-Apple-v.-Samsung_id40393Judge Lucy Koh has just entered an order that cuts $450 million from the $1,05 billion that the jury awarded Apple in last year's patent trial; in addition, the judge ordered that a second trial be held to determine the new damage amount to replace the damage award that the judge has just vacated but that triak won't occur until after Samsung's appeal is heard...]]>NewsFri, 01 Mar 2013 15:30:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Judge-Lucy-Koh-cuts-jury-award-by-450-million-orders-second-damages-trial-in-Apple-v.-Samsung_id40393/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Judge-Koh-rejects-Apples-request-to-triple-damages-says-Samsungs-infringement-not-willful_id39250Ruling on some of the post-trial motions from the heavyweight patent battle between Samsung and Apple, Judge Lucy Koh ruled that Samsung's infringement of Apple's patents was not done willfully which means that Apple can not receive triple damages; the judge also refused Samsung's motion for a new trial and denied a pair of claims Samsung made on one of its patents...]]>NewsWed, 30 Jan 2013 00:22:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Judge-Koh-rejects-Apples-request-to-triple-damages-says-Samsungs-infringement-not-willful_id39250/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-sues-Apple-in-Korea-over-Apple-iPhone-Notification-Center_id38001As soon as Apple released a Notification Center in 2011, many expected Google to sue Apple what would appear to be an infringement on an Android feature; now, Samsung is taking Apple to court in Korea over the Notification Center and it appears that the patent at the heart of the suit is not a FRAND related standards-essential piece of IP...]]>NewsSat, 22 Dec 2012 02:29:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-sues-Apple-in-Korea-over-Apple-iPhone-Notification-Center_id38001/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Judge-Koh-shoots-down-Apples-request-for-a-ban-and-Samsungs-motion-for-a-new-trial_id37791Judge Lucy Koh is now starting to hand out her decisions on motions made by Samsung and Apple related to their epic patent trial held earlier in the year; on Monday, Judge Koh ruled against Apple denying the Cupertino based firm's motion requesting that specific Samsung devices be banned in the United States and also denied Samsung's request for a new trial...]]>NewsTue, 18 Dec 2012 00:59:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Judge-Koh-shoots-down-Apples-request-for-a-ban-and-Samsungs-motion-for-a-new-trial_id37791/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Head-of-USPTO-to-step-down-in-January-a-look-back-and-forward_id37027Over the years, we have certainly taken our shots at the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) and the increasingly ugly state of software patents in the US. Given that history, we are somewhat torn over the surprising news that the head of the USPTO, David Kappos, will be stepping down from his post in January...]]>NewsMon, 26 Nov 2012 17:23:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Head-of-USPTO-to-step-down-in-January-a-look-back-and-forward_id37027/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-adds-iPad-mini-iPad-4-and-iPod-Touch-to-lawsuit_id36887The first lawsuit between Apple and Samsung was a bloodbath, and round 2 isn't shaping up to be any less of a battle. Last week, Samsung and Apple both added more products to the pending lawsuits, and today Samsung has pushed even more and added the iPad mini, iPad 4, and iPod Touch to its claims...]]>NewsWed, 21 Nov 2012 21:19:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-adds-iPad-mini-iPad-4-and-iPod-Touch-to-lawsuit_id36887/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/U.K.-Court-orders-Apple-to-pay-Samsungs-legal-fees_id36476The U.K. Court that ordered Apple to post an notice on its website and in newspapers stating that the court did not find that the Samsung Galaxy Tab infringed on Apple's design patents is requiring Apple to pay Samsung's legal expenses for the case...]]>NewsSun, 11 Nov 2012 02:20:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/U.K.-Court-orders-Apple-to-pay-Samsungs-legal-fees_id36476/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-now-holds-the-patent-for-rectangular-device-with-rounded-corners_id36400As unbelievable as it may seem, the design for a rectangular device with rounded corners is now officially in Apple's portfolio of intellectual property. Patent number D670,286, which the company filed back in 2010, has been issued by the USPTO on November 6, and within it is described "the ornamental design for a portable display device", as pictured below. In other words, the majority of tablet manufacturers could potentially get sued by Apple for selling products that look too much like an iPad. But is that really going to happen?...]]>NewsThu, 08 Nov 2012 06:40:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-now-holds-the-patent-for-rectangular-device-with-rounded-corners_id36400/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-lawsuit-against-Googerola-thrown-out-with-prejudice_id36292Apple ends up on the short end of the gavel in Wisconsin, as Judge Barbara Crabb tosses out their lawsuit with prejudice over Apple's refusal to be bound to any court-determined licensing agreement...]]>NewsMon, 05 Nov 2012 15:48:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-lawsuit-against-Googerola-thrown-out-with-prejudice_id36292/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-has-lost-their-legal-claim-to-the-iPhone-name-in-Mexico_id36199A court in Mexico City has denied an injunction that would allow Apple to continue using the "iPhone" name, as a lawsuit against telecommunication firm iFone backfires against the tech giant...]]>NewsThu, 01 Nov 2012 15:00:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-has-lost-their-legal-claim-to-the-iPhone-name-in-Mexico_id36199/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-asks-court-to-throw-out-1.05-billion-verdict-saying-jury-foreman-was-biased_id35182Alleging that the foreman of the jury that ruled against it was biased and failed to disclose important personal information, Samsung filed with the court to throw out the verdict that awarded Apple $1.05 billion and ruled that Samsung had infringed on several Apple patents...]]>NewsThu, 04 Oct 2012 11:13:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-asks-court-to-throw-out-1.05-billion-verdict-saying-jury-foreman-was-biased_id35182/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Source-Nokia-seeks-ban-on-HTC-8X_id34833A report says that Nokia is going to be taking HTC to court claiming that the latter's two Windows Phone 8 handsets that have been introduced, copy the look and design of the Finnish based firm's own pair of recently introduced Windows Phone 8 handsets...]]>NewsMon, 24 Sep 2012 21:39:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Source-Nokia-seeks-ban-on-HTC-8X_id34833/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Android-powered-iPhone-knockoff-may-sue-Apple-in-China_id34055This is one of the craziest stories around, but also one that is relatively interesting. We all know that China's smartphone market is rife with iPhone knockoffs, and it seems like one of them, the Goophone, is already threatening Apple with litigation, should Apple try to release the iPhone 5 in China...]]>NewsTue, 04 Sep 2012 11:30:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Android-powered-iPhone-knockoff-may-sue-Apple-in-China_id34055/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Jelly-Bean-already-works-around-Apples-pinch-to-zoom-patent_id33913A close examination of Apple's pinch to zoom patent shows that not only can it be worked around, but Google already has done so in Android 4.1...]]>NewsThu, 30 Aug 2012 20:08:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Jelly-Bean-already-works-around-Apples-pinch-to-zoom-patent_id33913/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-and-Apple-reported-to-be-holding-nuclear-disarmament-talks_id33908According to Reuters, the two technology giants have been holding ongoing talks at the highest levels in an attempt to resolve the mobile patent wars...]]>NewsThu, 30 Aug 2012 15:40:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-and-Apple-reported-to-be-holding-nuclear-disarmament-talks_id33908/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-names-the-Samsung-devices-it-wants-an-injunction-against_id33752Apple's "thermonuclear" strategy continues as it moves to secure injunctions baring the sale of eight of Samsung's Android devices...]]>NewsMon, 27 Aug 2012 15:22:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-names-the-Samsung-devices-it-wants-an-injunction-against_id33752/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-finally-responds-to-Apple-v-Samsung-verdict_id33717It seemed that everyone had a chance to weigh in on Apple's big win over Samsung a few days ago, everyone except for Google that is. We heard from Apple, we heard from Samsung, and we even heard from Microsoft...]]>NewsSun, 26 Aug 2012 23:31:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-finally-responds-to-Apple-v-Samsung-verdict_id33717/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Apples-win-may-be-a-good-thing-for-Android_id33697Let's start out by facing a few facts: first, Apple's win over Samsung was big, but it is not spelling out doom for Android any more than it is likely to catapult Apple to being the smartphone leader again. Second, the ruling was much more a loss for Samsung...]]>NewsSat, 25 Aug 2012 16:41:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Apples-win-may-be-a-good-thing-for-Android_id33697/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Juror-in-Apple-v.-Samsung-patent-trial-says-it-was-Apple-from-day-one-of-deliberations_id33694Manuel Ilagan, one of the nine jurors whose verdict in favor of Apple has shaken up the Android community, had a few words to say to the media on Saturday; Ilagan disclosed that the jury had some heated arguments before coming to a decision...]]>NewsSat, 25 Aug 2012 14:39:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Juror-in-Apple-v.-Samsung-patent-trial-says-it-was-Apple-from-day-one-of-deliberations_id33694/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Apples-thermonuclear-legal-strategy-scores-a-big-win_id33676The verdict is in, and Apple racked up more than $1 billion in damages against Samsung, although it failed to protect the design of the iPad/iPad 2, and probably won't be able to get injunctions against as many devices as it had hoped...]]>NewsFri, 24 Aug 2012 17:00:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Apples-thermonuclear-legal-strategy-scores-a-big-win_id33676/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Split-decision-in-South-Korean-courtroom-leads-to-ban-on-Apple-and-Samsung-devices_id33645The verdict is in and Apple has been found guilty of infringing on two Samsung patents...in South Korea; meanwhile, despite having the home court advantage for this trial, the South Korean jury did find Samsung guilty of infringing on Apple's "bounce-back" patent...]]>NewsFri, 24 Aug 2012 01:53:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Split-decision-in-South-Korean-courtroom-leads-to-ban-on-Apple-and-Samsung-devices_id33645/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-vs-Samsung-closing-arguments-It-took-you-three-months-to-copy-what-weve-been-developing-for-five-years_id33572The Apple and Samsung legal teams took the stage yesterday for their closing speeches, giving them one last shot to convince the ragtag jury crew, before they enter the final deliberations stage today and come up with a verdict...]]>NewsWed, 22 Aug 2012 08:59:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-vs-Samsung-closing-arguments-It-took-you-three-months-to-copy-what-weve-been-developing-for-five-years_id33572/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-scores-major-victory-regarding-jury-instructions_id33483Samsung was able to even the score on jury instructions, as Judge Koh overturned a ruling that would have singled out the Korean tech giant for having failed to preserve evidence...]]>NewsMon, 20 Aug 2012 13:37:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-scores-major-victory-regarding-jury-instructions_id33483/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Judge-Koh-to-Apple-lawyers-Are-you-smoking-crack_id33371Judge Koh hit her limit today with Apple's lawyers, asking them if they'd lost their minds when submitting nearly two dozen witnesses and 75 pages of paperwork for their 4 hour rebuttal period...]]>NewsThu, 16 Aug 2012 14:05:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Judge-Koh-to-Apple-lawyers-Are-you-smoking-crack_id33371/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Judge-tells-Samsung-and-Apple-its-time-to-make-peace-before-both-companies-get-hurt_id33324Judge Koh has asked both sides to make a last-ditch effort to find a way to settle their differences, warning that both companies may stand to lose if they cannot come to an agreement before letting a jury decide...]]>NewsWed, 15 Aug 2012 15:54:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Judge-tells-Samsung-and-Apple-its-time-to-make-peace-before-both-companies-get-hurt_id33324/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Apples-internal-research-revealed-why-customers-chose-Android-over-the-iPhone_id33252Another casualty of the patent wars is leaked, as Apple's internal study of why people choose Android phones is uncovered in court...]]>NewsMon, 13 Aug 2012 15:36:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Apples-internal-research-revealed-why-customers-chose-Android-over-the-iPhone_id33252/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/The-devices-Apple-managed-to-get-banned_id33155The trial between Apple and Samsung might have just started, but the legal battles fought by the company from Cupertino have been going on long before that...]]>NewsThu, 09 Aug 2012 08:41:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/The-devices-Apple-managed-to-get-banned_id33155/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/The-lead-story-Apple-v.-Samsung-trial_id32903It would be safe to say that the lead story these days is... you guessed it, the trial between Apple and Samsung - two companies, which have been accusing each other over patent infringements for quite some time now, and have finally managed to get a real trial going...]]>NewsWed, 01 Aug 2012 08:21:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/The-lead-story-Apple-v.-Samsung-trial_id32903/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Heres-what-instructions-Judge-Koh-gave-to-Apple-v.-Samsung-jurors_id32900Judge Lucy Koh who's presiding the Apple v. Samsung has sent out a document to the nine selected jurors, explaining them the rules of the case, and giving them guidance as to how they should react to what's happening in the court in order to be able to reach the right verdict...]]>NewsWed, 01 Aug 2012 06:40:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Heres-what-instructions-Judge-Koh-gave-to-Apple-v.-Samsung-jurors_id32900/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-claims-Samsung-knew-its-Galaxy-line-took-its-design-cues-from-Apple-and-was-warned-by-Google_id32656An unredacted (no blacked out spots) copy of Apple's trial brief shows that when the Apple v. Samsung patent battle goes to trial next week, the Cupertino based tech firm will claim that Samsung knew that its designs copied those belonging to the Apple iPhone and Apple iPad...]]>NewsWed, 25 Jul 2012 19:08:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-claims-Samsung-knew-its-Galaxy-line-took-its-design-cues-from-Apple-and-was-warned-by-Google_id32656/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-says-Apple-stole-some-of-its-technology-for-the-Apple-iPhone_id32647On Tuesday, it was revealed that Apple filed a motion in court seeking $2.525 billion from Samsung and valued the Korean manufacturer's patents at less than half a cent; Samsung's filing attacks Apple ands says that without stealing Samsung technology, not one Apple iPhone would ever had been sold...]]>NewsWed, 25 Jul 2012 10:57:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-says-Apple-stole-some-of-its-technology-for-the-Apple-iPhone_id32647/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-asks-for-2.5-billion-from-Samsung-to-cover-amount-it-unjustly-enriched-itself-by_id32605In a recent filing in California District Court, Apple has requested that Samsung pay them $2.5 billion to cover the amount of money that Apple claims the Korean based manufacturer "unjustly enriched itself" by from illegally using patents owned by Apple...]]>NewsTue, 24 Jul 2012 14:24:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-asks-for-2.5-billion-from-Samsung-to-cover-amount-it-unjustly-enriched-itself-by_id32605/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-had-lawyers-send-letters-to-retailers-to-halt-sales-of-certain-Samsung-products_id32261Trying to do the work of the court, following Judge Lucy Koh's recent injunctions on the Samsung Galaxy Tab and the Samsung GALAXY Nexus, Apple sent out letters to retailers, asking them to stop selling those two devices including any left over inventory...]]>NewsFri, 13 Jul 2012 23:20:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-had-lawyers-send-letters-to-retailers-to-halt-sales-of-certain-Samsung-products_id32261/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-Samsung-each-cut-back-on-claims-for-Judge-Koh-Apple-has-a-big-decision-to-make_id31935Even though yesterday was the fourth of July, attorneys for Apple and Samsung were hard at work, trying to cut back on the number of claims that both sides want to present to the court; Apple must decide between moving forward with the trial or adding a motion claiming patent infringement with the Galaxy S III...]]>NewsThu, 05 Jul 2012 06:18:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-Samsung-each-cut-back-on-claims-for-Judge-Koh-Apple-has-a-big-decision-to-make_id31935/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Judge-in-U.K.-says-HTC-doesnt-infringe-on-Apple-patents-calls-three-Apple-patents-invalid_id31909It's becoming increasingly apparent that one court's infringement is another court's non-event; in the U.K., Judge Christopher Floyd ruled that HTC did not infringe on four Apple patents, saying that three of the patents were invalid...]]>NewsWed, 04 Jul 2012 12:08:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Judge-in-U.K.-says-HTC-doesnt-infringe-on-Apple-patents-calls-three-Apple-patents-invalid_id31909/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Galaxy-Nexus-no-longer-available-in-the-Play-Store_id31884It appears that Apple has been at least temporarily successful with their injunction, as the Galaxy Nexus is now listed at "Coming Soon" in the Google Play Store...]]>NewsWed, 04 Jul 2012 00:05:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Galaxy-Nexus-no-longer-available-in-the-Play-Store_id31884/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-bid-for-stay-on-GALAXY-Nexus-denied-but-Google-has-software-update-for-workaround_id31882Last night, Judge Koh denied Samsung's request for a stay on the Samsung GALAXY Tab 10.1 injunction and tonight it is the injunction on the Samsung GALAXY Nexus that Judge Koh upheld by denying Samsung a stay...]]>NewsTue, 03 Jul 2012 22:40:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-bid-for-stay-on-GALAXY-Nexus-denied-but-Google-has-software-update-for-workaround_id31882/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-pays-60-million-to-settle-suit-with-Proview-and-to-keep-Apple-iPad-name-in-China_id31792Apple has apparently agreed to pay Proview $60 million to use the iPad name in China; while Proview will receive a nice chunk of change, the company regards the settlement as being just O.K. but for Apple it will allow them to launch its new iPad in one of its biggest markets...]]>NewsMon, 02 Jul 2012 00:14:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-pays-60-million-to-settle-suit-with-Proview-and-to-keep-Apple-iPad-name-in-China_id31792/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-files-appeal-on-Samsung-GALAXY-Nexus-injunction_id31788Samsung has just filed with the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit for a stay of the injunction against the Samsung GALAXY Nexus; the motion asks for the stay to cover the entire 'duration of the appeal' or until the Court rules on the stay...]]>NewsSun, 01 Jul 2012 21:34:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-files-appeal-on-Samsung-GALAXY-Nexus-injunction_id31788/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-wins-preliminary-injunction-on-Samsung-GALAXY-Nexus-can-aim-for-Samsung-Galaxy-S-III-next_id31761Judge Lucky Koh has awarded Apple a preliminary injunction against the Samsung GALAXY Nexus; Apple will have to post a $96 million bond and Samsung will most likely ask for a stay on the order which revolves around four patents Samsung allegedly infringed upon with the handset...]]>NewsFri, 29 Jun 2012 18:45:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-wins-preliminary-injunction-on-Samsung-GALAXY-Nexus-can-aim-for-Samsung-Galaxy-S-III-next_id31761/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Judge-issues-injunction-on-Samsung-GALAXY-Tab-10.1_id31625U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh has granted Apple's request for an injunction on the Samsung GALAXY Tab 10.1 tablet after a federal appeals court forced her to reconsider her previous decision not to give Apple the injunction...]]>NewsTue, 26 Jun 2012 21:51:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Judge-issues-injunction-on-Samsung-GALAXY-Tab-10.1_id31625/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-iPhone-and-Apple-iPad-could-be-banned-in-U.S.-following-ITC-patent-review_id31598The ITC on Monday said it would review an April ruling that found that Apple had infringed on Motorola patent relating to Wi-Fi; if so inclined, the Judge could put a ban on the import into the U.S. of Apple's devices that include the offending technology...]]>NewsMon, 25 Jun 2012 22:09:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-iPhone-and-Apple-iPad-could-be-banned-in-U.S.-following-ITC-patent-review_id31598/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/U.S.-Apple-v-Motorola-lawsuit-dismissed-in-its-entirety_id31021In a remarkable move, Judge Richard Posner has handed down a preliminary ruling dismissing Apple and Motorola's lawsuits against one another with prejudice, claiming neither side has proven sufficient damages to merit and injunction or any sort of damages...]]>NewsThu, 07 Jun 2012 20:27:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/U.S.-Apple-v-Motorola-lawsuit-dismissed-in-its-entirety_id31021/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Microsoft-patents-futuristic-detachable-screen-phone-concept_id31018This isn't something that we expect to see on the market any time soon, but it is a phone concept that we'd love to play around with. Unfortunately, the idea of a phone with a detachable screen may now be the sole property of Microsoft because of a recent patent...]]>NewsThu, 07 Jun 2012 18:28:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Microsoft-patents-futuristic-detachable-screen-phone-concept_id31018/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-seeks-ban-on-U.S.-Samsung-Galaxy-S-III_id30974No sooner is the Samsung Galaxy S being pre-ordered in the States, than Apple is back in U.S. Court seeking to add the Samsung Galaxy S III to its request for a preliminary ban on the Samsung GALAXY Nexus; Apple says the Samsung Galaxy S III infringes on two of its patents including one for Siri...]]>NewsWed, 06 Jun 2012 19:22:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-seeks-ban-on-U.S.-Samsung-Galaxy-S-III_id30974/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-files-EU-collusion-complaint-against-Microsoft-and-Nokia_id30790Google is alleging that Microsoft and Nokia colluded with to drive up the cost of smartphones by transferring 1,200 patents to MOSAID, to sue Android OEM's by proxy...]]>NewsThu, 31 May 2012 18:26:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-files-EU-collusion-complaint-against-Microsoft-and-Nokia_id30790/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/German-court-ruling-could-force-Google-to-make-significant-changes-to-Android_id30556Now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Google, Motorola Mobility has been found to have infringed on a Microsoft patent allowing for "multi-part messages between cellular devices using a standardized interface" and could force Google to make extreme modifications to Android...]]>NewsThu, 24 May 2012 13:46:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/German-court-ruling-could-force-Google-to-make-significant-changes-to-Android_id30556/commentsPhone Arena