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    So Did Samsung Score a Major Victory Against Apple?

    June 6th, 2013

    So the U.S. International Trade Commission has this week issued a major ruling against Apple for allegedly infringing against a key Samsung patent related to 3G technology. If upheld, and that’s not a certainty in such cases, it would mean that imports of several older Apple mobile products that run on AT&T’s network would be […]


    Apple’s Legal Wranglings: Much Ado About Nothing

    January 31st, 2013

    All right, Apple has fought with the competition in the courts over patents for several years. There have been a few wins, a few losses, and a few draws. But at the end of the day, how have these legal skirmishes changed what you or I can buy? Except for some minor software revisions as […]


    Newsletter Issue #676: The Apple/HTC Settlement: So Who Caved?

    November 12th, 2012

    Just when you thought that Apple’s legal team would be working overtime for many years to deal with intellectual property lawsuits involving a number of tech companies and patent trolls, it was announced over the weekend that HTC was no longer on the list. The Apple/HTC patent wars have been going on since 2010, and […]


    Patent Trolling or Intellectual Property?

    December 24th, 2009

    In recent months, Apple and Nokia have been fighting it out in the courts over various and sundry patent issues. This is quite normal, actually. At any one time, Apple may be embroiled in a number of legal disputes. Some they win, and, frankly, some they lose. Indeed, some years back, Apple had to pay […]