Big Tech Class Action
A class action filed Thursday accuses Google, Facebook and Apple of tracking smartphone users’ location and history regardless of privacy settings.
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Qualcomm Says Apple, Others Owe Billions in Royalties
An attorney for phone chipset maker Qualcomm claimed during a hearing Friday that Apple and other contract manufacturers owe more than $7 billion in royalties for using its technology in smartphones.
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A federal judge refused Monday to dismiss a claim that Apple willfully infringed six Corephotonics patents on “dual camera technologies for mobile devices.”
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MPH Technologies Oy, of Finland, accused Apple in a federal complaint of violating eight of its patents on secure messaging.
Read moreCalifornians Charged in Statewide Apple Store Crime Spree
Apple stores across California have been targeted by groups of thieves in recent months, dashing into stores wearing hoodies and snatching products from the shelves in seconds. On Thursday, however, the Golden State’s top cop said the crime spree has been thwarted with the arrests of 17 people charged with stealing over $1 million in Apple product.
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A federal judge certified a class that claims Apple disabled FaceTime on its iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S to save money, then blamed the problem on a nonexistent bug.
Read moreApple Fights Chicago’s Tax on Streaming Services
Apple filed a new legal challenge Monday aiming to free Chicagoans from the city’s so-called “Netflix tax,” a 9 percent charge on streaming media purchases.
Read moreCupertino Delays Tax Change in Face of Apple’s Opposition
Apple’s opposition to Cupertino’s attempt to raise revenue by changing up the manner in which they tax local businesses proved successful Tuesday night.
Read moreEx-Apple Worker Charged in Scheme to Take Self-Driving Secrets to China
A former Apple employee faces 10 years in prison on charges he stole self-driving car technology from his employer to benefit a Chinese company.
Read moreApple, Samsung Settle Years-Long Dispute Over Smartphone Design
After seven years, the saga is over: Apple and Samsung have agreed to end their battle over whether Samsung copied the iPhone’s design.
Read moreSupreme Court Takes Up App Store Monopoly Case
The U.S. Supreme Court took up a case Monday where consumers say Apple monopolizes the market for iPhone apps.
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Two federal class actions claim Apple has sold MacBookPro laptops with defective keyboards since late 2016, and sells defective Apple Watches with screens that crack, shatter or detach from the body of the watch.
Read moreJury Hands Apple $539 Million in Years-Long Melee With Samsung
An eight-person jury on Thursday found Samsung should pay Apple over half a billion dollars for infringing three design and two utility patents of the original iPhone, another bump in the years-long war between the tech giants.
Read moreJury Deliberating With $1B at Stake in Apple-Samsung Trial
Apple went last in closing arguments Friday afternoon as they tried to convince an 8-person jury to award them more than a billion dollars in damages resulting from Samsung’s infringement of three design patents related to the original iPhone.
Read moreSamsung Pushes for Less Costly Award in Fight With Apple
It was Samsung’s turn to call witnesses at day three of the heavyweight patent fight between Apple and Samsung on Thursday. The case, which is in its third iteration at the U.S. District Court, is entirely about damages.
Read moreApple Headphones Class Action Will Proceed
Apple will remain on the hook for a class action lawsuit claiming its Powerbeats headphones stop working when they come into contact with sweat and water, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
Read moreJudge Admonishes Samsung on Day 2 of Patent Trial
Both sides refined their strategies on the second day of the Apple and Samsung patent trial on Wednesday.
Read moreEgyptAir Crash
EgyptAir Flight 804 crashed on May 19, 2016, killing all 66 people aboard between Paris and Cairo, partly because an Apple computer overheated and caught fire in the cockpit, families claim in court.
Read moreApple-Samsung Damages Redux Kicks Off in Silicon Valley
In the seemingly never-ending smartphone patent war between Apple and Samsung, both sides delivered opening arguments in a Silicon Valley federal courtroom, this time on how to fairly calculate damages Samsung owes Apple for infringing five of Apple’s patents.
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An iPhone owner dismissed without prejudice Monday his federal class action accusing Apple computers of intentionally slowing the operating system in older phone models.
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