ITC decides Apple didn’t violate Motorola WiFi patent after all, tosses case back to judge
By Jon Fingas posted Aug 24th 2012 6:17PM Trouble looked to be brewing for Apple last April: an International Trade Commission judge made an initial ruling that Apple infringed on a standards-essential Motorola WiFi patent, raising the possibility of a trade ban if the verdict held true. The fellows in Cupertino may have caught a big break. A Commission review of the decision on Friday determined that Apple didn’t violate the...
Apple Updates MacBook Air and Current Generation MacBook Pro
The latest Intel Core i5 and i7 processors provide plenty of power. And up to 60 percent faster graphics make everything you do feel quicker and more fluid than ever.* Learn more Flash storage allows MacBook Air to start up almost instantly, and makes everything you do snappier and more responsive. And now it’s up to twice as fast as before. Learn more Dramatically expand your canvas by connecting an Apple Thunderbolt Display. And...
Apple v. Samsung jury finds Apple’s patents valid, awards it nearly $1.05 billion in damages
By Richard Lawler posted Aug 24th 2012 6:44PM The federal court jury in the patent infringement lawsuit between Apple and Samsung has presented its verdict after deliberating for just 21 hours and 37 minutes following the three week trial. This particular case started with Apple’s lawsuit last April and now the jury’s decision is that Samsung did infringe on Apple’s ‘381 bounceback patent with all 21 of its...
Facebook reveals Gehry design for ambitious new campus
Facebook has commissioned world-renowned architect Frank Gehry to design its first custom-built campus. Gehry is perhaps best known as the architect behind the Guggenheim Museum in Bilboa, Spain, and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, and the new campus will allow both him and Facebook to make a distinctive mark on Silicon Valley. The project represents Facebook’s first customized campus — its current home was...
Jury finds Apple did not infringe on Samsung’s patents, awards no damages
By Donald Melanson posted Aug 24th 2012 7:26PM The jury in Apple v. Samsung dealt a big blow to Samsung by finding that it did infringe on some of the Apple patents at the center of the case, and it didn’t have any better news for the company when it came to Samsung’s own claims that Apple infringed on some of its patents as well. The jury found that Apple did not infringe on those in all five cases (the so-called utility...
