In its in depth look at Apple's war against Android, Bloomberg notes that a 1994 Fidler/Knight Ridder tablet design raised substantial question regarding the validity of Apple's patent on the iPad's design.
Samsung has announced that it will pay Apple $548 million in damages for patent infringement but the company is reserving the right to obtain reimbursement if any judgements are reversed.
Samsung said it doesn't believe it owes Apple a nickel and that there will be dancing in the streets of Cupertino if the jury awards them even $100 million, during closing arguments in the Apple vs. Samsung trial.
Apple has filed a petition with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit following the courts reversal of a $120 million jury verdict against Samsung.
Samsung attorney John Quinn spoke out against Apple in a recent interview saying that the verdict in the latest Apple vs. Samsung trial 'has got to be the last straw'.
The jury has reached a verdict in the Apple vs. Samsung case ruling that Samsung infringed on two of Apple's patents, awarding Apple $119.6 million in damages.
A lawyer for Google testified yesterday that the company has agreed to take over defense of some of the claims in the Apple vs. Samsung case and compensate Samsung should it lose on those claims.
Samsung has withdrawn its requests for injunctions against Apple for standards-essential patent infringement in Germany, the UK, France, Italy and the Netherlands.
The European Commission is requesting comment on a Samsung proposal to stop seeking injunctions based on its Standard Essential Patents for five years.
Samsung has announced that it has been granted an appeal hearing in a US court next year against the original patent ruling. The Wall Street journal is also reporting samsung has lost $1 Billion in market value after President Obama vetoed the ITC ban on some Apple products
Samsung is asking the court to drop an injunction on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 following a jury's decision that it didn't infringe on Apple's design patent for the iPad.
Apple has filed for a ban of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the United States after recent ruling by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) which sided with Apple on whether an iPad design patent (U.S. Patent No. D504,889) is valid.
The European Commission will charge Samsung with violating competition rules by filing patent lawsuits against Apple based on standard essential patents.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has issued a statement on the Apple vs. Samsung patent trials saying that the two companies should fight in the marketplace, not court.
As ordered by the court, Apple has posted a notice on its U.K. website stating that Samsung did not infringe on the iPad because it's tablet is 'not as cool'.
Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California has ordered 'preclusive sanctions' against Samsung for inexcusably violating a court order to deliver source code to Apple's lawyers.