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  Google: Motorola's 'patents and developed technology' worth $5.5 billion, less than half of acquisition cost

  By Chris Welch on July 25, 2012 10:56 am + 132 comments

  How much are Motorola's patents and intellectual property worth? $5.5 billion according to Google, Continue reading…

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  Samsung's international Galaxy S III is the next to lose local search

  By Jeff Blagdon on July 25, 2012 02:10 am + 98 comments

  Samsung has been disabling the local search on its US devices in recent weeks as a "precautionary Continue reading…

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  Apple outlines proposed damages of $2.5 billion or more in Samsung patent case

  By Adi Robertson on July 24, 2012 12:08 pm + 272 comments

  After paring down the patents they'll be bringing to court later this month, Apple and Samsung have Continue reading…

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  Apple and Samsung pare down infringement claims ahead of trial

  By Bryan Bishop on July 24, 2012 02:33 am + 25 comments

  We're rapidly approaching the start of the Northern California trial between Apple and Samsung, and Continue reading…

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  Apple, Google, and 11 other companies settle with NTP over email patent infringement claims

  By Bryan Bishop on July 23, 2012 10:02 pm + 24 comments

  13 companies — including Microsoft, Apple, Google, and the four major US wireless carriers — Continue reading…

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  Mediation talks between Apple and Samsung unlikely to lead to settlement, says Reuters

  By Dieter Bohn on July 23, 2012 05:55 pm + 16 comments

  As the actual jury trial in the Apple vs. Samsung patent dispute draws near, the two sides met last Continue reading…

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  Judge in Samsung's Australian patent suit against Apple calls proceedings 'ridiculous' as trial begins

  By Adi Robertson on July 23, 2012 09:44 am + 236 comments

  A trial over whether Apple infringed on Samsung 3G patents has begun in Sydney, the latest step in a Continue reading…

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  Steve Jobs' 'thermonuclear' comments won't be part of Apple vs. Samsung patent lawsuit

  By Dieter Bohn on July 18, 2012 10:37 pm + 193 comments

  There was a small but interesting turn in the ongoing Apple vs Samsung lawsuit in northern Continue reading…

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  Photos from Samsung's June 13 filing

  on July 18, 2012 09:26 pm + 1 comments

  In order to show dissimilarity between its own Galaxy Tab and Apple's iPad prototype, Samsung is Continue reading…

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  Apple ordered by UK judge to publicly state that Samsung didn't copy the iPad

  By T.C. Sottek on July 18, 2012 01:22 pm + 406 comments

  A judge in the UK has ordered Apple to publicly state that Samsung did not copy the iPad, Bloomberg r Continue reading…