Android trademark lawsuit tossed out, Google in the clear
This is just sad, in a happy way.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: decision, engadget, entry, erichspecht, lawsuit, oha, sanity, specht, trademark, using-the-mark
Nokia ups the ante on Apple, adds 13 more patents to the 24 already asserted
We told you that this would likely go on forever . Nokia just announced that the company has filed claims in the UK, Germany, and The Netherlands alleging that Apple's iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad are infringing upon Nokia's patents. This adds 13 more patents to the 24 already asserted in the ITC and US federal claims .
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: apple, compelling-user, enabling-access, entry, lawsuit, netherlands, Noise, on-device-app, patent, screen
Motorola suing Apple for patent infringement
It's getting hard to keep track of, isn't it?
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: after-apple, apple, breakingnews, intellectual, ipad, lawsuit, mobileme, patent, property
CTIA sues San Francisco over cellphone radiation law
San Francisco may have signed cellphone radiation labels into law , but the stickers won't stick without a fight -- the Cellular Telephone Industries Association (CTIA) just filed a complain in federal district court, claiming the new law supersedes the FCC's authority to regulate radio emissions and misleads consumers into believing some phones are safer than others. As we've discussed previously, the CTIA does have something of a point. Every phone that makes it to market is rigorously tested for cell phone radiation levels, and those that pass fall below a specific 1.6 watt per kilogram threshold already
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: cell, cellphoneradiation, court, ctia, entry, industries, lawsuit, legal, notdangerous, radio, sue
iPhone AT&T exclusivity lawsuit granted class-action certification, every AT&T iPhone customer included
Hey, remember that iPhone class-action lawsuit we poked around in a couple months ago and discovered Apple's lawyers confirming the original five year AT&T exclusivity agreement ? Well, get ready to hear about it a lot more in the months to come, as the judge in the case has officially certified the case as a class action, meaning it now officially includes anyone who's ever bought an iPhone on AT&T
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: apple, at mobility, atmobility, case, exclusivity, lawsuit, meaning-it-now, phone, plaintiffs
Verizon loses ETF class action lawsuit, ordered to pay $21 million
Congratulations Verizon , you're the latest wireless provider to lose a class-action early termination fee-related lawsuit! It's a dispute that's been circulating in courts since 2008 , and while the settlement was agreed upon quickly, there were a few lingering appeals that have taken this long to get cleared up -- and not in VZW's favor. The issue at hand was the company's $175 flat early termination fees, behavior that has proven legally naughty again and again when the same fee is levied regardless of whether you were one month or 20 months into your contract.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: class action, class action lawsuit, classactionlawsuit, issue, lawsuit, legal, legally-naughty, their-troubles, troubles, wireless
Proposed class action settlement would let you unlock almost any AT&T handset — except the iPhone
So the good news is that a class action lawsuit out in Cali is on the cusp of coming to a resolution, and the resolution will require AT&T to provide an unlock code for just about any phone it has sold since March 12, 1999 -- in other words, you'll be able to take the phone and use it on any GSM carrier of your choice.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: action, class, entry, iphone, lawsuit, lock, phone, settlement
CSIRO’s patent fight targets more victims: AT&T, Verizon Wireless, and T-Mobile
Is anyone safe from the wrath of Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization ? It's looking unlikely, with the company expanding its patent lawsuit furor to cover three more major players: AT&T, Verizon Wireless, and T-Mobile. These three are the latest cherry-picked to be on the receiving end of CSIRO's mighty 802.11a/g patent hammer.
Categories: Mobile Phone, nintendo Tags: australia, encouragement, fight, lawsuit, patent fight, result, thought-through, verizon, verizonwireless
HTC files patent complaint against Apple, asks for ban on iPhone, iPad, and iPod
We'd been wondering how and when HTC would respond to Apple's patent lawsuit , and here we go: the Taiwanese phone manufacturer just filed a complaint with the International Trade Commission, asking for importation and sales of the iPhone, iPad, and iPod be halted due to alleged infringement of five patents. ITC complaints like this are pretty familiar territory -- you'll recall that Nokia and Apple have both asked for similar bans in their lawsuit against each other -- but the interesting wrinkle here is that HTC apparently hasn't filed a corresponding federal lawsuit. We'll see if that's the next step for HTC down the line -- for now, we're digging into what patents are involved in the ITC complaint, so stay tuned
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: apple, breakingnews, down-the-line, importation, interesting, international, ipad, iphone, lawsuit, patent-lawsuit, result
Confirmed: Apple and AT&T signed five-year iPhone exclusivity deal — but is it still valid?
The term of Apple and AT&T's iPhone exclusivity deal has long been a mystery -- although USA Today reported a five-year arrangement when the original iPhone came out in 2007, that number has never been independently confirmed, and it's been looking suspect in recent weeks as Verizon iPhone chatter has gotten louder . But we've been doing some digging and we can now confirm that Apple and AT&T entered into a five-year iPhone exclusive in 2007, based on court documents filed by Apple in California
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: apple, class action, court-documents, law suit, lawsuit, legal, recent-weeks, result