A legal claim in the United Kingdom over Apple’s 2017 “throttling” controversy has been allowed to move forward by the Competition Appeal Tribunal, according to Reuters. Consumer advocate Justin Gutmann filed the claim back in June 2022, originally seeking a total of £750 million for up to 25 million iPhone users in the UK whose […]
Read MoreApple is facing an expanded class action lawsuit in federal court in San Francisco by more than three dozen victims allegedly terrorized by stalkers using Apple AirTags, reports ArsTechnica. The complaint targets Apple alleged negligence in allowing AirTags to become “one of the most dangerous and frightening technologies employed by stalkers” since they can be […]
Read MoreAfter its victory in federal court on Friday, Google will be restoring some of the software features it removed because of the Sonos’ patent infringement case. The underlying patent was declared invalid by a US judge, thanks to which Google will bring back the functionalities that were removed from multiple products, including Google Home smart […]
Read MoreiPhone owners who signed up to receive a payment under Apple’s “batterygate” iPhone throttling lawsuit settlement should soon be receiving their payments. As noted by The Mercury News, the judge overseeing the lawsuit has thrown out an appeal from two iPhone owners who were attempting to object to the settlement, clearing the way for the […]
Read MoreA California judge has denied Google’s request for summary judgement in a class action lawsuit alleging that it secretly tracked the online activity of Chrome users even when they were using the browser in its privacy-oriented Incognito mode (via The Verge). The lawsuit was filed in June 2020 by users alleging that Google hoovers up […]
Read MoreUlrich Kranz, the former CEO of electric car company Canoo and a key executive on the Apple Car team, is facing an SEC lawsuit, reports Bloomberg. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission believes that Kranz provided unreasonable revenue projections for Canoo and also misstated how much he was paid. Apple hired Ulrich Kranz back in […]
Read MoreApple has become the target of a £785 million ($1 billion) class action lawsuit on behalf of over 1,500 developers in the UK over its App Store fees, reports TechCrunch. The suit accuses Apple of abusing a dominant position by charging a 15% to 30% fee on in-app sales in the App Store, a policy […]
Read MoreSamsung Electronics is reportedly fighting back against California-based wireless charging technology company Mojo Mobility after the latter filed a patent infringement suit against Samsung last year. Mojo Mobility went against Samsung through a patent infringement suit filed at the Texas Eastern District Court last year. It claimed that the Korean tech giant violated a family […]
Read MoreAccording to a new report from Yonhap News Agency, a class action lawsuit has been filed against Samsung and Best Buy in the US. This lawsuit alleges that some of Samsung’s QLED 4K TVs don’t feature Motion Xcelerator Turbo+, FreeSync, or HDMI 2.1 ports as advertised by the company and the retailer. The lawsuit was […]
Read More“I would feel relief and joy, that what we’re doing matters,” said 18-year-old Kian Tanner, “that when we speak out, when we create action, we can create positive change in the world.” The tension between the two sides was especially apparent while the defense was cross-examining the plaintiffs’ expert witnesses, attempting to prove that any […]
Read MoreApple could face yet another lawsuit regarding the purposeful throttling of the iPhone 6 and 6s, colloquially known as batterygate. The suit in question is worth £1.6b and is by Justin Gutmann on behalf of UK-based users affected by Apple’s “throttling” of the iPhone 6 and 6s. Gutmann’s lawyers argue that Apple concealed issues with […]
Read MoreThe District Court of Mannheim, Germany has ruled in favor of Nokia in a patent case against vivo. The lawsuit concerns a Nokia 4G standard-essential patent (SEP) and could see vivo forced out of the German market. Nokia previously won cases against Oppo and OnePlus over the same SEPs which resulted in a ban on […]
Read MoreThe latest statement from litigation firm GLS Capital confirms that Samsung has agreed to ink a $150 million agreement to end Nanoco Technologies Ltd.’s lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed against Samsung for using Nanoco’s technology in its QLED TVs. Adam Gill, GLS’s Capital managing director, said, “We were proud to support Nanoco in obtaining the […]
Read MoreA South Korean court on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit seeking compensation from Apple over allegations the company deliberately slowed down the performance of older iPhones in order to compel customers to buy new models (via The Korea Herald). “The lawsuit is dismissed,” a court judge briefly said, without elaborating as to the reason for the […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Two weeks after the FTC announced its intention to move to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Microsoft has filed an official response. The response summarily denies all of the FTC’s complaints, and again lays out Microsoft’s strategy for acquiring Activision Blizzard. The response restates Microsoft’s intent to keep Call […]
Read MoreBack in July, Apple agreed to pay $50 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over the faulty butterfly keyboards that were used in MacBook machines between 2015 and 2019, and now emails about the settlement are going out to MacBook Pro owners eligible for a payment. Dear MacBook Owner, You are receiving this email because […]
Read MoreApple’s plan to pay $50 million to settle a long running class-action lawsuit over the faulty butterfly keyboard today received preliminary approval from a California federal judge (via Law360). The payment will include $13.6 million in attorney fees, up to $2 million in litigation costs, and $1.4 million in settlement administration costs, with the rest […]
Read MoreApple and Amazon worked together to raise the price of iPhones and iPads by eliminating third-party Amazon sellers who offered Apple products at a lower cost, according to a new antitrust lawsuit filed today in Washington. The complaint, filed by Hagens Berman law firm, says that Apple and Amazon had an “unlawful horizontal agreement” that […]
Read MoreApple this week settled a lawsuit with Simon Lancaster, a former employee accused of using his position within the company to steal “sensitive trade secret information” that was provided to a tech journalist. According to The Verge, Lancaster will pay an undisclosed amount of money to Apple and will avoid discussing engineering data, confidential business […]
Read MoreA report from earlier this week claimed Oppo is under fire in Australia, as Nokia is suing the company over the violation of its 4G and 5G technologies. We received a statement from an Oppo spokesperson, regarding the alleged lawsuit: So far, we have not been notified of any legal actions against OPPO in Australia. […]
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