The National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan sued Apple in 2012 claiming that Siri used on iDevices allegedly infringed on their patents. The University has now filed a second patent infringement lawsuit against Apple claiming that all of Apple'sproducts using block-orientated motion compensation video compression as embodied in the ITU-T H.264 Standard, including Apple FaceTime and Apple QuickTime, allegedly infringes on their 2009 patent.
Three brothers living in Texas who own a 2002 patent titled "Communication and proximity Authorization Systems," are suing Apple for patent infringement. According to their document filed with the court, Apple's AirPort and AirPort Extreme products infringe on their intellectual property. If Apple is found guilty, the plaintiffs are seeking a "reasonable" royalty from Apple.
Google is on a legal losing streak of late. On Friday a German court denied Google's Motorola an injunction against Microsoft over a push notification patent that is most likely invalid. Today the United States International Trade Commission threw out the last patent-in-suit (PDF) remaining in the investigation of Motorola's October 2010 complaint against Apple. U.S. Patent No. 6,246,862 on a "sensor controlled user interface for portable communication device" was found invalid. The patent relates to the feature that a touch screen ignores touches if the user is on a phone call and holds the device close to his head. Google wanted the ITC to ban the importation of any iPhones with that feature into the U.S. market.
An unknown Company by the name of Wyncomm has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple. A simple Google search reveals nothing about this company which is usually a sign that the company is a patent troll or from their perspective, an "IP Defender." What makes this case somewhat interesting is that Wyncomm has recently acquired an AT&T patent for the sole purpose of suing Apple and likely others in the future. Considering that AT&T is a major Apple iPhone partner, how did an AT&T patent of this nature just happen to fall into the hands of this troll who is now suing Apple by claiming that the iPhone infringes upon their patent? I don't know about you, but I think that there's something awfully wrong with this scenario. With that said, the case moves on.
Two Taiwanese Companies known as CpuMate Inc. and Golden Sun News Techniques have filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple. The patent infringement lawsuit concerns Apple's iMac and MacBook Pro. The patent listed in their formal complaint before the court relates to heat sinks. The formal complaint presented no specifics.
Mobile Telecommunications Technologies (MTEL), the company behind SkyTel, has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple claiming that they've allegedly infringed upon seven of their patents. The patent infringement lawsuit concerns Apple's iMessage, Airport Express, Airport Extreme, Time Capsule and devices such as the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
Apple stated yesterday that a patent it successfully used against Samsung in its 2011 U.S. Lawsuit is not dead yet despite a recent decision that it's invalid by the US Patent Office. Apple's attorney Michael Jacobs wrote that "A 'final' office action does not signal the end of reexamination at the USPTO, much less the end of consideration of the patentability of the claims under reexamination. Rather, 'finality' is primarily a procedural construct that limits the right to amend claims and introduce evidence as a matter of right in reexamination."
A San Diego company by the name of e.Digital has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple. The company alleges that most of Apple's products infringe upon three of their patents regarding Flash-R technologies supposedly used in smartphones, tablets and other computers. According to the facts found at Wikipedia, the company actually makes more money suing companies than selling products.
Randolph Divisions Inc. ("RDI" of Hawaii) and HEARPOD Inc. ("HI" of Nevada) have filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Apple that includes Unfair Competition and Dilution. The Plaintiffs claim that Apple's "EarPods" brand name has harmed their company's trademark.
The San Francisco District Court has revealed that THX have filed a patent infringement case against Apple. THX is a high-fidelity audio/visual reproduction standard for movie theaters, screening rooms, home theaters, computer speakers, gaming consoles, and car audio systems. The current THX Company was created in 2001 when it spun off from Lucasfilm Ltd. The lawsuit alleges that Apple's iDevices including the iMac infringe on their intellectual property.
According to a new report, U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in Manhattan granted the Justice Department's request to compel Apple's CEO Tim Cook to testify for four hours in the lawsuit, which accuses Apple of conspiring with five publishers to raise e-book prices. The government had argued Cook likely had relevant information about Apple's entry into the e-books market. It also said Cook likely had conversations related to e-books with former Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who died in 2011. Although Apple fought the request, Judge Cote stated during a teleconference with Apple's legal team that the death of Steve Jobs is one of the key reasons in ordering the deposition.
MAZ Encryption Technologies, a document security firm, has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple. The patent infringement lawsuit concerns Apple's iOS security system and architecture. After the discovery process, MAZ Encryption Technologies is claiming that the infringement was willful. In legal terms, "willful" opens the door for triple damages awarded to the Plaintiff if the court finds that the defendant, in this case Apple, is found guilty of the charges.
