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  Motorola wins German patent case against Apple, can ban sales of iPhone, iPad (update: holiday sales unaffected)

  By Nilay Patel on December 9, 2011 09:30 am + 229 comments

  Motorola's just scored a fairly big victory in its ongoing worldwide case against Apple: a German Continue reading…

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  Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 back on sale Monday in Australia after Apple loses appeal

  By Dieter Bohn on December 8, 2011 08:45 pm + 70 comments

  The nearly two-month old ban on sales of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia was originally s Continue reading…

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  Apple licensed iOS scrolling patent to Nokia and IBM, offered license to Samsung

  By Nilay Patel on December 3, 2011 04:28 pm + 152 comments

  Until now, it's been assumed that Apple's playing absolute hardball in its various patent lawsuits Continue reading…

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  US court denies Apple's preliminary request to ban Samsung Galaxy devices, but says patent infringement likely

  By Dieter Bohn on December 3, 2011 12:30 am + 239 comments

  There has been another turn tonight in the ongoing legal battle between Apple and Samsung. A US Continue reading…

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  Apple gives Samsung some work-around options for its iPhone and iPad design patents

  By Matt Macari on December 2, 2011 01:07 pm + 438 comments

  Redacted public versions of the legal briefs tied to Apple's July request for a ban on Samsung's Continue reading…

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  Australian Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales ban extended an additional week

  By Bryan Bishop on December 2, 2011 12:59 am + 3 comments

  The Australian sales ban on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 will be extended by one more week so the Continue reading…

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  Apple's Australian Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 ban overturned for now

  By Nilay Patel on November 29, 2011 09:11 pm + 90 comments

  In a unanimous decision, the Australian Federal Court has just overturned Apple's patent-related Continue reading…

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  Apple thinks Samsung's revised Galaxy Tab 10.1N still infringes European iPad design registration, asks for German ban

  By Nilay Patel on November 29, 2011 08:02 pm + 76 comments

  Apple's apparently not happy with the revised Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1N that was just released in Continue reading…

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  ActiveVideo wins injunction against Verizon FiOS on-demand

  By Matt Macari on November 27, 2011 02:11 pm + 2 comments

  Following up on an August jury award of nearly $140 million, a federal judge has issued an Continue reading…

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  IBM's 'aging file system' patent application details system to degrade documents over time

  By Jeff Blagdon on November 25, 2011 03:30 pm + 19 comments

  Sure, digital storage is great — barring disk errors and armageddon, all of your files will stay Continue reading…