U.S. technology giant Apple has unveiled the latest version of its popular smartphone, the new iPhone 5 model that the company says is thinner and lighter, with a bigger screen, than its last model released nearly a year ago. Apple unveiled the new smartphone at a company news conference Wednesday in San Francisco. It is […]
US-based Apple Unveils New iPhone 5 Model
Japanese Court Rejects Apple’s Patent Claim Against Samsung
Apple has lost the latest round of its global legal battle with South Korean rival Samsung. A Japanese court ruled Friday that Samsung did not steal the technology used in Apple’s iPhones and iPads for its own Galaxy smartphones and tablet computers. Samsung welcomed the Tokyo District Court’s rejection of Apple’s claim, saying it confirms […]
US Jury Orders Samsung To Pay Apple $1 Billion
A U.S. jury has ruled that South Korea’s Samsung Electronics infringed on several patents for mobile devices owned by the U.S. company Apple, in the latest stage of a multibillion dollar global legal battle between the two technology powerhouses. The jury in the state of California awarded Apple more than a billion dollars in damages […]
US Jury Orders Samsung To Pay Apple $1 Billion
A U.S. jury has awarded a victory to U.S. technology giant Apple, saying that its South Korean rival, Samsung Electronics, infringed on several patents for mobile devices. The jury in the state of California awarded Apple more than a billion dollars in damages in its decision Friday. Samsung is likely to appeal the verdict, which […]
US Jury Orders Samsung To Pay Apple $1.05 Billion
A U.S. jury has awarded a victory to U.S. technology giant Apple, saying that its South Korean rival Samsung Electronics infringed on its patents for mobile devices. The jury in the state of California awarded Apple more than a billion dollars in damages. Apple claimed that Samsung illegally copied designs of its popular iPhone and […]
S.Korean Court Gives Split Decision in Apple-Samsung Case
A South Korean court has ruled that U.S. technology giant Apple and its South Korean rival Samsung Electronics have infringed each other’s patents for mobile devices. The Seoul court said Friday that Apple infringed on two Samsung wireless patents, while Samsung violated one of Apple’s design patents. It awarded small damages to each side and […]
Apple Sets Record as History’s Most Valuable Company
Apple broke a record Monday — becoming the most valuable public company in history. Shares of Apple stock surged more than 2 percent, pushing the company’s value to more than $623 billion. This surpasses the previous record set by Microsoft in 1999. Financial analysts say the jump in Apple stock was sparked by next month’s […]
Apple-Samsung Patent Dispute Heads to US Trial
The world’s two biggest makers of smartphones — U.S.-based Apple and South Korea’s Samsung Electronics — are squaring off in a U.S. court over competing patent rights claims for the lucrative devices. Billions of dollars are at stake in the dispute that will be decided by a jury in California, not far from Apple’s headquarters. […]
Apple Pays $60 Million to Settle iPad Trademark Case
A Chinese court says Apple has paid $60 million to a company in the southern city of Shenzhen to resolve a trademark dispute over the use of the iPad name in China. The court said in a statement Monday that Apple and Proview Technology reached the settlement after mediation. The deal comes after a lengthy […]
Apple Unveils New Operating System iOS6
U.S. computer giant Apple Inc. has announced a new advanced operating system for its products that will include an Apple-made mobile mapping service for iPhones and iPads, a smarter Siri voice-interaction feature and more FaceTime, or instant videophone communications. Apple software chief Scott Forstall told the company’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference in California that the […]