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Tag: Intellectual Property

Former Apple engineer who stole Project Titan trade secrets sentenced to 120 days in prison

Friday, February 9, 2024 3:05 pmFriday, February 9, 20243 Comments

Xiaolang Zhang, a former Apple engineer who pled guilty to stealing Project Titan trade secrets, was this week sentenced to 120 days…

U.S. DOJ charges Apple ex-employee for attempting to steal technology, fleeing to China

Tuesday, May 16, 2023 2:02 pmTuesday, May 16, 20238 Comments

The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday said it has charged a former Apple engineer with attempting to steal the firm’s technology related to…

Apple CEO Tim Cook praises China’s innovation, long history with the company during Beijing visit

Monday, March 27, 2023 9:09 amMonday, March 27, 20231 Comment

Apple CEO Tim Cook on Saturday used his first public remarks on his visit to China to praise the country for its rapid innovation and its…

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seize counterfeit Apple AirPods

Friday, June 19, 2020 5:01 pmFriday, June 19, 20207 Comments

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized a shipment from China containing 25 counterfeit “Apple AirPods” on June 1st…

China mum on meeting of President Donald Trump with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as Huawei says sales slowing

Tuesday, June 18, 2019 3:33 pmWednesday, June 19, 201916 Comments

The next frontier of digital health? Your delicate ears. Apple’s latest update for iOS and WatchOS is all about hearing health…

Apple slapped with 16-patent lawsuit from wireless tech firm Seven Networks

Thursday, April 11, 2019 11:01 am5 Comments

Seven Networks, an active mobile technology company based out of Texas and Finland…

Jury award of $145 million in Apple-WiLAN patent case slashed to $10 million

Monday, January 7, 2019 10:00 amMonday, January 7, 20192 Comments

A jury verdict that awarded $145 million to licensing firm WiLAN Inc. after its victory…

Patent troll sues Apple alleging Apple Pay infringement

Wednesday, December 26, 2018 4:04 pmWednesday, December 26, 20182 Comments

Apple has been sued by Texas company Fintiv, who describe themselves as…

U.S. jury awards $145 million damages to Canada’s WiLan against Apple

Thursday, August 2, 2018 10:27 amThursday, August 2, 20186 Comments

Apple plans to appeal…

Slavish copier Samsung appeals $539 million verdict for peddling Apple iPhone knockoffs

Monday, June 11, 2018 4:02 pmMonday, June 11, 201814 Comments

The jury may have made a decision, but the fight isn’t over…

Apple’s $539 million in damages is a ‘huge loss’ for iPhone knockoff peddler Samsung

Friday, May 25, 2018 10:31 am18 Comments

Samsung Electronics Co. took a gamble when it appealed a finding it infringed Apple Inc.’s smartphone design patents…

Samsung, maker of iPhone knockoffs, denies knocking off Apple’s Animoji

Monday, February 26, 2018 4:21 pm16 Comments

Samsung Electronics Co.’s newest flagship phone is betting on animated emojis…

Apple’s first store in South Korea opens Saturday

Thursday, January 25, 2018 5:33 pmThursday, January 25, 201812 Comments

Apple Garosugil will open in Seoul on Saturday at 10 am…

Apple named most innovative consumer technology company

Wednesday, January 10, 2018 1:33 pm9 Comments

When U.S. adults were asked which consumer technology company is the most innovative…

South Korean dishwasher maker Samsung preps knockoffs of Apple’s Face ID, Animoji, Secure Enclave

Thursday, January 4, 2018 9:41 amThursday, January 4, 20188 Comments

South Korean dishwasher maker Samsung has revealed some hints about its latest iPhone knockoff…

LG to launch Apple Pay knockoff in South Korea in June

Wednesday, March 22, 2017 9:55 amWednesday, March 22, 20172 Comments

South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc said on Wednesday it will launch a new mobile payments service…

Apple’s shift to TMSC may force Samsung to split chip design, fabrication businesses

Tuesday, December 13, 2016 4:01 pmTuesday, December 13, 201617 Comments

Samsung is reportedly looking at splitting off its chip fabrication business…

Samsung launches Jet Black iPhone 7 knockoff with glossy ‘Black Pearl’ Galaxy S7 Edge

Thursday, December 8, 2016 2:27 pmThursday, December 8, 201620 Comments

Samsung as rumored last month has announced the Galaxy S7 edge will be available in a new…

Samsung said to copy Apple by axing 3.5mm headphone jack

Tuesday, December 6, 2016 5:32 pmTuesday, December 6, 201628 Comments

Samsung plans to take the ‘courageous’ step of copying Apple next year by ditching the headphone jack…

Oh-so-innovative Samsung to unveil Jet Black Galaxy S7 next month

Monday, November 21, 2016 9:42 pm22 Comments

Samsung Electronics is pouring new hues into its Galaxy S7 smartphone possibly…

Now slavish copier Samsung looks to knock off Apple iPhone’s 3D Touch

Monday, November 14, 2016 4:35 pmMonday, November 14, 201614 Comments

Samsung Electronics is considering adopting a pressure-sensitive display technology…

Apple CEO Tim Cook and the rest of Silicon Valley throw big money at Clinton and pretty much bupkis at Trump

Tuesday, August 23, 2016 2:01 pmTuesday, August 23, 201677 Comments

Tim Cook will mark his five-year anniversary as the CEO of Apple by doing something that his predecessor Steve Jobs typically avoided: hosting a fundraiser for a presidential candidate…

Trump’s nice tweets come from Apple iPhone, the not-so-nice ones come from Android phone

Wednesday, August 10, 2016 12:20 pmWednesday, August 10, 201633 Comments

When Trump wishes the Olympic team good luck, he’s tweeting from his iPhone…

Donald Trump plan calls for cuts in corporate taxes, personal income tax rates

Tuesday, August 9, 2016 12:01 pmTuesday, August 9, 201685 Comments

These reforms will offer the biggest tax revolution since the Reagan tax reform…

China court rules that Xintong can use iPhone name on leather smartphone cases, wallets and purses

Wednesday, May 4, 2016 9:55 amWednesday, May 4, 201614 Comments

Apple Inc. has lost its fight to keep the ‘iphone’ name exclusive to its products with a Beijing court…

David Bowie’s ‘Blackstar’ sales soar as musical and financial legacy endures

Tuesday, January 12, 2016 8:32 amTuesday, January 12, 20167 Comments

Sales of David Bowie’s last album – released two days before his death from cancer – soared…

Apple wants $180 million more in damages from patent infringer Samsung

Monday, December 28, 2015 8:57 amMonday, December 28, 20155 Comments

Just over a week after Samsung paid Apple more than $548 million for infringing the patents and designs…

Apple building its own GPU

Thursday, December 10, 2015 10:16 am16 Comments

Apple has been quietly working behind the scenes to create its own GPU…

Flood of Apple Watch knockoffs hitting China’s black market

Friday, March 13, 2015 1:58 pmFriday, March 13, 201512 Comments

Chinese consumers unable to wait – or afford the Apple Watch – can now order a cheaper knockoff…

Chinese copiers roll out wave of Apple Watch knockoffs

Thursday, March 12, 2015 8:59 am14 Comments

A month before Apple Inc.’s smartwatch hits the market…

China planning to purge foreign tech from the enterprise and replace with homegrown suppliers

Thursday, December 18, 2014 10:28 amThursday, December 18, 201446 Comments

China is aiming to purge most foreign technology from banks, the military, state-owned enterprises and key government agencies…

Google’s Eric Schmidt: Steve Jobs is my hero

Friday, October 3, 2014 12:58 pmFriday, October 3, 201426 Comments

Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt says Steve Jobs is his hero…

Judge rules Apple does not infringe Golden Bridge W-CDMA patents

Monday, June 16, 2014 6:49 pm6 Comments

Apple chalks up another SEP win…

Patent law? It’s all about Apples, Newton and iPads; why even free marketeers need IP protections

Tuesday, November 19, 2013 6:29 pm12 Comments

I’m about as froth-mouthed free market as it is possible to get without descending into Randian lunacy…

Samsung expert: No one buys Samsung gadgets for Apple’s patented Multi-Touch tech

Saturday, November 16, 2013 1:52 pm29 Comments

A Samsung expert on Friday made his case for why the Korean copier and convicted patent infringer Samsung…

Lost profits ineligible as damages theory for several Apple patents in Samsung retrial

Saturday, November 16, 2013 12:34 pm30 Comments

Shortly after the start of the Apple v. Samsung limited damages retrial…

Apple expressed interest in beleaguered BlackBerry’s IP; board rejected proposals to break up company, sources say

Friday, November 8, 2013 4:46 pmFriday, November 8, 201312 Comments

BlackBerry Ltd’s board does not believe a break-up of the Canadian smartphone maker…

Woz: If I were at Apple, we’d be partners with Google

Monday, November 4, 2013 10:11 amMonday, November 4, 201359 Comments

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak…

Apple notches yet another significant win in smartphone patent war

Wednesday, August 7, 2013 7:32 pm23 Comments

In yet another significant patent win for Apple Inc…

Apple wins U.S. patent appeal against Google; Samsung indirectly affected

Wednesday, August 7, 2013 12:27 pmWednesday, August 7, 201313 Comments

The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit just handed down its opinion…

Apple CEO Tim Cook: U.S. court system is too slow to adequately protect tech firms’ intellectual property

Wednesday, May 22, 2013 9:08 am15 Comments

We require much more work on IP in this country…

Why Samsung should fear a retrial of Apple case

Wednesday, March 6, 2013 9:16 am17 Comments

A retrial of the Apple v. Samsung patent case could result in even more money being awarded to Apple…

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