Jawbone reaches out from grave to sue Apple over audio tech
A non-practicing entity has taken control of a patent hoard from defunct device maker Jawbone and is now leveraging a cache of audio-related IP against Apple.
A non-practicing entity has taken control of a patent hoard from defunct device maker Jawbone and is now leveraging a cache of audio-related IP against Apple.
Patent holdings firm Parus Holdings last week filed a lawsuit claiming Apple's Siri voice assistant infringes on owned patents relating to methods of searching the internet with voice-enabled devices.
Kosta Eleftheriou, developer and vocal App Store critic, says it took a year of appeals to get his "FlickType" Apple Watch keyboard approved, with those hard-fought gains potentially wiped clean now that Apple "Sherlocked" the app.
Non-practicing entity TOT Power Control, the licensing arm of Top Optimized Technologies, this week filed suit against Apple for infringing a pair of wireless communications technology patents covering baseband modem power output and its relation to call quality.
Apple was hit with yet another lawsuit on Tuesday, with patent holdings firm RFCyber leveraging five pieces of intellectual property against the iPhone maker relating to mobile payments technologies.
An investigative report published Tuesday illustrates the full measure of lobbying force Apple assembled in attempts to thwart U.S. legislation that would police App Store policy.
A proposed class action lawsuit targeting Apple's App Store and filed by an "edutainment" app maker was assigned a judge in California on Thursday, potentially setting the stage for another app marketplace showdown.
Apple will face down allegations that its Siri voice assistant listened in on the private conversations of its users, as a judge on Thursday ruled that a majority of claims in a proposed class action lawsuit can move forward.
A federal judge was recently found to have owned Apple stock while presiding over a case brought against the tech giant by Nokia, though the discovery is unlikely to lead to further legal action.
Apple on Thursday announced an agreement in a lawsuit brought by U.S. developers against the company over its App Store practices, with terms including the institution of a $100 million Apple Small Developer Assistance Fund and more open communication between developers and customers regarding alternative payment methods.
In a judgment issued Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit agreed with a lower court decision to dismiss a patent infringement lawsuit targeting Apple Pay.
After deciding that Epic Games' Australian complaint against Apple can move forward, that country's Federal Court on Friday set a conditional trial start date of November 2022.
Apple on Tuesday filed a notice of appeal in its copyright infringement lawsuit against Corellium, a case that was partially settled last week.
A federal jury in Texas on Friday ordered Apple to pay $300 million in royalties to non-practicing entity PanOptis, a downgraded penalty resulting from a retrial over damages relating to infringement of wireless technology patents.
Apple was hit with yet another patent infringement lawsuit on Wednesday, with Bell Northern Research, a distant descendant of Bell Labs, leveraging multiple properties related to basic mobile wireless technology against the iPhone maker.
Apple on Tuesday settled a copyright infringement lawsuit leveled against Corellium, an iOS-focused software virtualization firm that markets its wares to security researchers.
Apple in a counter complaint filed in California on Thursday seeks to nullify a new assertion from patent holdings firm Traxcell, which is suing the tech giant in Texas for alleged infringement of intellectual property covering navigation systems.
A non-practicing entity on Wednesday filed a legal broadside against Apple, claiming certain iPhone security features like user passcodes and other unlock methods infringe on owned patents.
Apple was handed a temporary reprieve this week when a federal judge dismissed a class action lawsuit targeting reported MacBook Pro display issues dating back to 2018.
Australia's Federal Court on Friday decided that Epic Games' antitrust case against Apple can move forward, a reversal of a previous ruling that put the action on ice as the two parties await a ruling in the U.S.
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