GigaomApple and Google declare patent truce, will dismiss all current lawsuits
The end of the smartphone wars are in sight — in a major development, Google and Apple announced a truce late Friday afternoon. Read more »
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The end of the smartphone wars are in sight — in a major development, Google and Apple announced a truce late Friday afternoon. Read more »
A bill to curb abuses of the U.S. patent system was going full steam — supported by Republicans and Democrats, and the President. Now, one of the year’s few bipartisan initiatives… Read more »
Sound, fury and legal bills — after three trials, the patent battle between Apple and Samsung has changed nothing. It’s time for the companies to declare a peace. Read more »
Apple was the main winner of Round 2 of an interminable patent showdown, but for the first time Samsung also won a small victory after it showed that Apple too had… Read more »
The Supreme Court issued yet another rebuke to the country’s patent court judges in two decisions that could make it easier to punish patent trolls. Read more »
Regulators have put an end to certain Motorola and Samsung shenanigans in the companies’ long running anti-Apple campaigns, in decisions that spell good news for both consumers and patent lawyers. Read more »
Patent trolls filed nearly 200 lawsuits last Wednesday in an attempt to dodge proposed reforms brewing in Congress. Targets includes familiar names like Harry & David and Dress Barn. Read more »
Judge Richard Posner tried to put a stop to silly patent lawsuits over smartphones. Unfortunately, the country’s patent court — which has helped to create many patent problems in the first… Read more »
The king of the patent trolls is raising new money to expand its trolling activities but this time Apple, which is tired of trolls, has declined to fund it. Read more »
The debate surrounding 3D printing is forcing legislators and regulators to rethink a broad range of legal issues, from patents to copyrights to liability. Read more »