Apple today posted its second Samsung apology to its UK website, complying with requests by the UK Court of Appeal to say its original apology was inaccurate and link to a new statement. As users on Hacker News and Reddit point out, however, Apple modified its website at some point recently to apparently ensure the

via Samsung/Apple UK judgment At a hearing in the court in London on Thursday morning, the judge told Apple that it had to change the wording of the statement within 48 hours, carry it on its home page, and use at least 11-point font. Apple tried to argue that it would take at least 14 days

(Symbolfoto: ‚Pull to Reload‚) Das US-Patentamt hebt alle Apple-Schutzurkunden zum ‚Gummiband-Effekt‘, der beim Scrollen ein Listenende signalisiert, auf – zumindest vorerst (Scribd). Apple benutzte die Patente bereits in mehreren Prozessen erfolgreich und drückte der Konkurrenz Zwangs-Updates auf, die das Feature daraufhin wieder entfernten. Steve Jobs beschrieb den cleveren UI-Kniff als einen Schlüsselmoment in der ursprünglichen

“We are unable to supply our flat-screens to Apple with huge price discounts. Samsung has already cut our portion of shipments to Apple and next year we will stop shipping displays,” said a senior Samsung source, asking not to be named, Monday. via The Korea Times Vorangegangen waren bereits ‚reduzierte Chip-Bestellungen‚ sowie umverteilte Aufträge für

Apple has been granted a U.S. patent on the design of its first iPad, nearly three years after the device’s public debut. via CNET Ein Geschmacksmuster für großen Patent-Ärger: Apple legte den Antrag mit der Nummer D669,069 (PDF-Link) am 26. Januar 2010, einen Tag vor der legendären Steve-Jobs-Enthüllung, dem US-Patentamt vor. Gestern, am 16. Oktober

  Mit ‚The Patent, Used as a Sword‚ warfen Charles Duhigg und Steve Lohr in der vergangenen Woche einen umfassenden Blick auf aktuelle (Software-)Patentkämpfe. Der lesenswerte NYTimes-Artikel glänzt jedoch erst mit der notwendigen Korrektur von Ian Betteridge, der die angedeuteten (Finanz-)Dimensionen zurechtrückt. Read the NYT piece, and you would think that the technology market has

Documents filed by Samsung lawyers on Thursday reveal that, from June 2010 through June 2012, Samsung sold 21.25 million phones, generating $7.5 billion in revenue. On the tablet side, the company sold 1.4 million Galaxy Tab and Galaxy Tab 10.1 devices, producing $644 million in revenue. via AllThingsD Hier geht es a) nur um die

Authored by Samsung’s product engineering team, the document evaluates everything from the home screen to the browser to the built in apps on both devices. In each case, it comes up with a recommendation on what Samsung should do going forward and in most cases its answer is simple: Make it work more like the