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  Apple's warning to Samsung: 'Android is designed to lead companies to imitate the iPhone'

  By Bryan Bishop on August 10, 2012 09:22 pm + 417 comments

  We first heard about a presentation Apple made to Samsung about copying its devices in today's Continue reading…

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  Apple patent director: only copycats like Samsung need our patents

  By Bryan Bishop on August 10, 2012 08:48 pm + 176 comments

  Apple's Director of Patent Licensing and Strategy, Boris Teksler, took the stand this afternoon to Continue reading…

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  Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch looked like an Apple product to a majority of survey respondents

  By Bryan Bishop on August 10, 2012 03:20 pm + 344 comments

  An important component of Apple's legal case against Samsung is demonstrating that its brand Continue reading…

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  Nokia sells off 500 patents to video ringtone company Vringo for $22 million

  By Nathan Ingraham on August 9, 2012 10:27 am + 38 comments

  A few weeks after posting a $1 billion operating loss in Q2, Nokia has managed to secure an influx Continue reading…

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  RIM dodges $147.2 million damages payment in Mformation patent case

  By Louis Goddard on August 9, 2012 05:40 am + 6 comments

  Research In Motion (RIM) has been spared a punishing $147.2 million damages payment after the Continue reading…

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  Apple granted patent for location-aware mobile shopping lists: is this Passbook's future?

  By Evan Rodgers on August 7, 2012 03:35 pm + 32 comments

  The US Patent Office has granted Apple a patent for NFC-enabled "on-the-go shopping lists," as Continue reading…

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  Sharp agrees to license Microsoft file system patent for Android phones

  By Louis Goddard on August 7, 2012 01:20 pm + 57 comments

  Japanese manufacturer Sharp has agreed to license an important file system patent from Microsoft for Continue reading…

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  Apple v. Samsung trial evidence: August 3rd, 2012

  on August 4, 2012 04:29 pm + 1 comments

  We've collected the most important evidence introduced today in the Apple v. Samsung trial. Continue reading…

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  Judge: Samsung can't use '2001' or UK television show to dispute Apple's iPad patents

  By Bryan Bishop on August 2, 2012 07:23 pm + 356 comments

  We're two drama-filled days into the Apple vs. Samsung trial, and now Judge Lucy Koh has ruled that Continue reading…

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  Apple wants Samsung case dismissed with winning verdict because of leaked evidence

  By Adi Robertson on August 2, 2012 01:01 pm + 616 comments

  Apple has filed a request over Samsung's decision to release rejected trial evidence to the media, Continue reading…