After the Supreme Court attempt was swatted down, the decision is final: Samsung must pay Apple $120 million for infringing on two patents.
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Apple requests SCOTUS decision against Samsung on patent validity
Apple is making its case to the eight-member Supreme Court of the United States that Samsung should pay its legally obligated dues to Infinite Loop for patent infringement.The Korean manufacturer took the case to the highest court in the nation to overturn damages related to the design of the phone hardware and the home user interface. Apple’s legal brief claims that Samsung’s case has not produce new evidence to base design patent damages “on anything less than the value of an entire ...
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Rest Finger to Unlock gets into iOS 10 beta 2
The second iOS 10 beta for developers is out and people have been digging up little changes from feature recalls, new icons and plenty of options.3D Touch options have been revised in the Control Center. Your organ donation preference is available to toggle in the Health app. Oh, and we have a new home button action: you can now rest your finger to unlock your device.It’s a ...
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Slide to Unlock replaced with Press Home to Unlock on iOS 10
In the beta out for iOS 10, there’s a change to the platform’s operating procedure that may have you scratching your head just a bit.We are closing in on ten years of the whole “Slide to Unlock” paradigm where you would pull a tab across the bottom of the screen to access your home screen or your security measure. Touch ID complicated things with an almost-instant touch-to-sensor ...
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Apple v. Samsung: Sales ban granted, but only for brownie points
Apple’s “swipe to unlock” patent just got ditched by German court
We all know that Apple owns an insane amount of patents, and in most of these cases, these patents cover things that would be insane to patent because of their simplicity. That said, these patents have helped Cupertino win trials against Samsung in the US, and against the Google-owned Motorola in Europe. This second patent case was subject to an Appeal by Motorola tough, and it seems Apple has just lost it.The patent EP1964022 that was granted to Apple back in 2010 focused on ...
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