Apple was fined a record 1.1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) by French antitrust regulators after the Cupertino Colossus was found to have anti-competitive…
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$500 million won’t stop Apple from another iPhone Batterygate, but this will
Apple last week agreed to settle the iPhone ‘Batterygate’ throttling class action lawsuit and will pay up to $500 million to settle litigation accusing…
Apple settles iPhone throttling lawsuit for up to $500 million
Apple has agreed to settle the iPhone throttling class action lawsuit and will pay up to $500 million to settle litigation accusing it of quietly…
An iPhone with a removable battery is a horrible idea
The EU is currently drafting legislation that would legally require tech companies like Apple to make products like iPhone with removable batteries …
Proposed EU law looks to force Apple iPhone to have removable batteries
Leaked EU proposals could force smartphone manufacturers to to make all smartphones, including Apple’s iPhone, to feature removable batteries…
Supreme Court refuses to hear Apple’s appeal in $440M VirnetX patent case
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Apple appeal over a $440 million damages verdict for using patent licensing firm VirnetX ‘s internet…
Apple CEO Tim Cook granted restraining order against ‘aggressive’ stalker
Apple has been granted a temporary restraining order against a man whom the company accuses of being an “aggressive” stalker who harassed CEO Tim Cook…
‘App Store Confidential’ hits No. 2 on bestseller list in Germany
After Apple became embroiled in a publishing spat in Germany by trying to halt sales of a book, “App Store Confidential,” the book has hit No. 2 on the…
Apple fights against publication of ‘App Store Confidential’ book
Apple is embroiled in a publishing dispute in Germany after it tried to halt sales of a book written by a former executive, “App Store Confidential”…
Apple looks to ban ‘App Store Confidential’ book
Apple has filed legal action against former German App Store manager Tom Sadowski and publisher Murmann Verlag to stop the book “App Store Confidential”…
Apple needs to pay employees for time spent checking their bags
The California Supreme Court has ruled that Apple must pay retail store staff for the time they spend waiting for their personal bags to be checked…
Ex-Apple exec being sued by Apple accuses firm of poaching his staff
A former Apple chip executive who is being sued by the company after he allegedly poached its staff for his new Nuvia server chips startup…
Court rules Apple owes store staffers millions for off-the-clock bag checks
The Apple Store violated California law when it failed to pay employees for time they spend waiting for mandatory bag checks at the end of their shifts…
Apple denied bid for rehearing in VirnetX patent case
On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals denied a request by Apple that it reconsider a split decision that Apple iPhones infringed VirnetX patents…
Start-up Blix calls for developers to revolt against Apple’s ‘sherlocking’
A start-up software developer that’s suing Apple for allegedly “sherlocking” its app has called on other developers to revolt against Apple …
EU lawmakers, eyeing Apple, overwhelmingly call for standard device charger
EU lawmakers overwhelmingly called on Thursday for rules to establish a standard charger for all mobile device makers across Europe…
Apple owes WiLAN $85 million in royalties, U.S. jury rules
A jury in San Diego has ruled that Apple owes WiLAN $85 million in royalties for infringing patents related to wireless communications…
It’s a bad idea for the EU to force Apple to dump iPhone’s Lightning port
Apple disagrees with the European Union’s idea. It’d be a lose-lose-lose situation for the EU to force Apple to dump iPhone’s Lightning port …
Apple pushes back against EU call for common phone charger
Apple on Thursday again pushed back against European Union lawmakers’ call for a common phone charger standard, warning the move could hamper innovation…
Apple lawsuit tests if an employee can plan rival startup while on payroll
Nuvia co-founder Gerard Williams III, a former top chip engineer at Apple, has been hit with a breach-of-contract lawsuit that the Cupertino firm filed…
Scottish police video shows Cellebrite device unlocking smartphone
Police Scotland has posted a video showing a Cellebrite device unlocking an Apple iPhone and accessing data found on the device…
Apple progresses in breach-of-contract lawsuit against Nuvia founder
A former top chip engineer at Apple may face a considerable roadblock thanks to a breach-of-contract lawsuit Apple filed against him…
This filmmaker says M. Night Shyamalan stole her movie for Apple TV+’s ‘Servant’
Filmmaker Francesca Gregorini argues in a newly-filed lawsuit that Apple TV+ series “Servant,” created by M. Night Shyamalan shares eerie similarities…
M. Night Shyamalan and Apple sued over Apple TV+ series ‘Servant’
M. Night Shyamalan has been slapped with a federal lawsuit that claims “Servant is a wholesale copy of Plaintiff Francesca Gregorini’s 2013 feature film “The Truth About Emanuel.”
EU wants to force all smartphone makers to use the same charging port
Members of the European Parliament want binding measures for chargers to fit all mobile phones and other portable devices…
Lawsuit accuses Apple of infringing Masimo patents
Masimo Corp. has accused Apple of stealing trade secrets and improperly using Masimo’s patented inventions related to health monitoring in Apple Watch…
Apple targets jailbreaking in lawsuit against iOS virtualizer Corellium
Apple has expanded a lawsuit against an iOS virtualization company, claiming that its actions facilitate jailbreaking and violate the DMCA..
Apple to U.S. Supreme Court: $439 million VirnetX judgment is ‘legally wrong and grossly unfair’
“Defying this court’s commands, the Federal Circuit committed two fundamental legal errors to sustain a whopping $439 million judgment,” Apple wrote…
Apple faces harsh regulatory environment in Russia in 2020
Under a piece of legislation that comes into effect July 1, all computers and mobile devices sold in Russia will have to have preinstalled Russian software…
Lawsuit alleges Apple suppressed App Store competitors’ rankings, until they got caught
An email app developer says it has uncovered new data that suggests Apple has long been suppressing the rankings of apps in the App Store…
Japan set to regulate ‘Big Tech’ more tightly to ensure transparency
Japan will tighten regulations to prevent technology giants including Google and Facebook from abusing their market power…
Apple faces shareholder vote on human rights policies after banning Hong Kong police activity tracking app
Apple’s human rights policies will face a fresh shareholder vote in the new year following the company’s decision to ban a Hong Kong police activity tracking app…
Apple and Google named in US lawsuit over child cobalt mining deaths in Congo
A landmark legal case has been launched against the world’s largest tech companies by Congolese families who say their children were killed or maimed…
U.S. Senators threaten Apple and Facebook with mandated encryption backdoors
U.S. senators grilled Apple Inc and Facebook Inc executives over their encryption practices on Tuesday and threatened to regulate the technology unless…
Apple sues former employee over new chip venture
Apple is suing a former employee who started Nuvia, a server chip startup that has hired at least 8 former Apple employees…
How your iPhone will become your lawyer
Lawyers are expensive. One way to make them cheaper is to replace them…
Apple threatens to pull out of Russia market over new law forcing installation of Russian software
Russian President Vladimir Putin [has] signed new legislation requiring all computers, smartphones, and smart TVs sold in Russia…
U.S. House passes anti-robocall bill
The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved an anti-robocall bill by an almost unanimous vote…
Apple calls new Russian smartphone sales legislation ‘equivalent to jailbreaking’
Russian President Vladimir Putin today signed new legislation requiring all smartphones, computers, and smart TVs sold in the country to come pre-installed with certain Russian software…
Intel says Qualcomm tactics forced it out of modem chip market
Intel made the claims in a brief filed with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, where Qualcomm is seeking to overturn a sweeping antitrust decision against it…
Apple pays $467,000 to settle allegations of U.S. sanctions violations
The U.S. Treasury Department said Monday that Apple has agreed to pay around $467,000 to settle allegations it violated U.S. sanctions…
VirnetX $503 million patent win against Apple vacated by U.S. appeals court
A U.S. appeals court on Friday set aside a jury’s calculation that Apple Inc should pay $503 million for infringing on patents…
