Apple Patent

Apple Wins Patent For Remote Control -- On Your Car's Steering Wheel

The Huffington Post | Jason Gilbert | Posted 05.16.2012

You didn't think Apple would let Google have all the fun in the car, did you? The Patently Apple blog discovered that Apple has won a patent for a ...

Court Tosses Out 2 Apple-Samsung Patent Suits

Reuters | Posted 05.02.2012

MANNHEIM, Germany (Reuters) - A German court on Friday dismissed two cases brought by Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics against each other as part of ...

Court Sides Against iPad Rival In Patent Battle

Reuters | Posted 03.20.2012

By Miyoung Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - A German court ruled against Samsung Electronics Co in a patent suit versus Apple, another leg in a lo...

Apple Wins Legal Battle Against iPhone Competitor

Posted 12.19.2011

‪‬ By Ina Fried, Trade Body Says HTC Is Violating Apple Patent, Bans Some Imports via All Things D In a closely watched case, the U.S. Inte...

Apple Rival Redesigns Tablet Said To Copy iPad

Posted 11.17.2011

SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics said on Thursday that it would launch a redesigned version of its 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab model in Germany as ear...

Apple's New Patent Could Be Big Problem For Android

The Huffington Post | Jason O. Gilbert | Posted 12.26.2011

Apple has won a patent on its "slide-to-unlock" feature, according to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The patent request was filed in June 2009 ...

Apple Wins Ban On Another Samsung Tablet

Posted 11.09.2011

By Nicola Leske DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) - A German court upheld an injunction sought by Apple Inc barring Samsung from selling its Galax...

Apple Blocks Another Rival Tablet

Posted 11.05.2011

SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co has stopped promoting its new tablet computer at Europe's biggest consumer electronics fair after a court...

Samsung Cites '2001: A Space Odyssey' In Apple Patent Case

Posted 10.24.2011

By Don Clark of the Wall Street Journal. If something about Apple's iPad had a back-to-the-future vibe to it, court documents by Samsung assert one...

Google Slams Microsoft; Microsoft Counters

Posted 10.04.2011

By Edwin Chan LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Google Inc, fresh from losing a bid to buy thousands of patents from bankrupt Nortel, lashed out at its big...

Apple Loses Key Patent Battle To Kodak

AP | BEN DOBBIN | Posted 09.18.2011

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The U.S. arbiter for trade disputes has spurned Apple Inc.'s digital-camera patent claims against Eastman Kodak Co., a 131-yea...

Apple Goes After Another Android Phone Maker

AP | Posted 09.17.2011

NEW YORK — Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC Corp. said it believes it has a strong case for an appeal of a U.S. International Trade Commission rul...

Federal Regulators Rule On Kodak's $1 Billion Suit Against Apple

AP | BEN DOBBIN | Posted 08.31.2011

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The U.S. International Trade Commission issued a mixed verdict Thursday in Eastman Kodak Co.'s high-stakes patent-infringement...

Amy Lee

Suing Samsung: Apple's Bid To Protect Its Brand Has Big Risks

HuffingtonPost.com | Amy Lee | Posted 06.20.2011

Apple's lawsuit against Samsung makes it obvious the Cupertino company is fiercely protective of its intellectual property. A win would force Samsung ...

Apple Granted Its First Patent Using 'Space-Age' Metal Alloy

Cult of Mac | Posted 05.25.2011

Apple has been granted its first patent related to Liquidmetal, a space-age metal alloy. But the patent isn't for a new iPad enclosure or iPhone anten...

Apple Ordered To Pay $625 Million In Mirror Worlds Patent Suit

AP | JESSICA MINTZ | Posted 05.25.2011

SEATTLE — Apple Inc. is challenging a federal jury's order that it pay $625.5 million in damages for violating a small technology company's pate...

Apple Nokia Lawsuit Alleges iPad Violated Patent

AP | ANDREW VANACORE | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — Finnish cell phone maker Nokia Corp. said Friday that it has extended its patent-infringement claims against Apple Inc. to include th...

Apple Patents "Enforceable" Ads: iPods, iPhones May Carry Ads

Telegraph | Martin Evans | Posted 05.25.2011

A patent application filed in the United States suggests that the leading technology firm is considering introducing commercials in order to sell its ...

Apple Working On 3D 'Hyper-Reality' Displays, Patent Suggests

Mac Rumors | Posted 05.25.2011

Apple's patent applications always provide an interesting peek into what Apple researchers have been working on. In one of the more interesting patent...

Apple Remote Control Patent: Control Your Computer With An iPhone

mashable.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Yesterday the USPTO published a unique granted patent, filed on behalf of Apple, that gives some insight into the company's potential plans. The paten...

Growing Patent War: Nokia v. Apple

businessinsider.com | Dan Frommer | Posted 05.25.2011

Nokia's patent war with Apple is getting ugly. The Finnish mobile giant just filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission, alleging ...

Apple Patents Head-Mounted Video Display (PHOTOS)

Gawker | Posted 05.25.2011

Apple today received a patent on a head-mounted laser video display. Now that the three-year old application has finally been approved, Steve Jobs can...

Apple Patent Fuels Talk Of iFlip Phone

TechCrunch | Erick Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

When is Apple coming out with a flip version of the iPhone? Unwired View created some nice Photoshop images of what an iFlipPhone might look like base...