Latest Apple Headlines
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Chinese Artificial Intelligence Firm Sues Apple for $1.4 Billion Over Siri
Aug 3 2020 // Chinese artificial intelligence company Shanghai Zhizhen Intelligent Network Technology Co. Ltd,. also known as Xiao-i, has filed a lawsuit against Apple Inc, alleging it has infringed on its patents. The company is...
N.Y. AG Urges Apple, Google to Protect Consumers Using Contact Tracing Apps
Jun 16 2020 // New York Attorney General Letitia James has urged Apple, maker of the iPhone, and Google, developer of the Android operating system, to take steps to protect consumer information and privacy as New Yorkers and Americans...
COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps Proving Not Much of a Help Thus Far
May 21 2020 // Harnessing today’s technology to fight the coronavirus pandemic is turning out to be more complicated than it first appeared. The first U.S. states that rolled out smartphone apps for tracing the contacts of COVID-19...
Europe Needs Its Own Approach to Coronavirus Tracing, Say German Tech Startups
Apr 15 2020 // Europe should not cede its sovereignty to Silicon Valley when it comes to using technology to help trace those at risk of coronavirus infection, the German developers of a smartphone app said on Tuesday. Apple and Google...
Safety Board Hits Tesla Autopilot Design, Regulator’s ‘Misguided’ Approach
Feb 26 2020 // The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday sharply criticized Tesla Inc.’s lack of system safeguards in a fatal 2018 Autopilot crash in California and called U.S. regulators’ approach in overseeing the...
Declarations
Feb 24 2020 // Fair Report Privilege “The defendants’ statements were privileged; such a privilege cannot be evaded simply by relabeling a deficient claim.” — Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Justice Barbara...
Apple, Broadcom Must Fork over $1.1B to Caltech in Patent Lawsuit
Feb 3 2020 // A federal jury has decided that Apple Inc. and Broadcom Inc. must pay $1.1 billion to the California Institute of Technology for infringing on patents. Apple was on the hook for nearly $838 million of the damages awarded...
Jury Orders Apple, Broadcom to Pay $1.1 Billion for Infringing CalTech Wi-Fi Patent
Jan 31 2020 // Apple Inc. and Broadcom Inc. must pay $1.1 billion in damages for infringing California Institute of Technology patents on Wi-Fi technology, a jury in California ordered. Apple was ordered to pay $837.8 million while...
Apple’s China-Centric Supply Chain Braces for Disruption From Coronavirus
Jan 28 2020 // Apple Inc.’s China-centric manufacturing base is at risk of disruption after the Lunar New Year holiday as the company’s partners confront the coronavirus outbreak that has gripped the country and caused more...
Apple Lawsuit in California Tests if Employees Can Plan Startup While on Payroll
Jan 21 2020 // Attorneys for a former Apple Inc executive on Tuesday will try to convince a skeptical judge of a core tenet of tech startup culture – that employees can plan a competing venture while still in a job. Apple’s...
Doctor Claims Apple Watch Infringes His Heart Monitoring Technology Patent
Dec 30 2019 // A New York University cardiologist claims Apple Inc.’s Watch uses his patented heartbeat-monitoring invention and he wants compensation. Dr. Joseph Wiesel, who teaches at NYU School of Medicine, filed a suit Friday...
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects U. of Wisconsin Appeal in Patent Fight with Apple
Oct 7 2019 // The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a bid by the University of Wisconsin’s patent licensing arm to reinstate its legal victory against Apple Inc. in a fight over computer processor technology that the school...
Recalled Apple MacBook Laptops Banned from Flights Due to Batteries
Aug 14 2019 // U.S. airline safety regulators banned select MacBook Pro laptops on flights after Apple Inc. recently said that some units had batteries that posed a fire risk. In a statement, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said...
Apple Faces Privacy Lawsuit Over Listening to Siri Users’ Recordings
Aug 8 2019 // Apple Inc. was sued over claims that the privacy of Siri users was violated when human reviewers listened to customer recordings. The lawsuit was filed as a class action Wednesday, just days after Apple said it would pause...
The Hilb Group Acquires Massachusetts’ Handy-Apple Valley
Aug 1 2019 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Massachusetts-based Handy-Apple Valley LLC (HAV). The transaction became effective July 1, 2019. Located in Worcester, Mass., HAV provides personal and commercial insurance. As a part...
Supreme Court Apple Ruling May Increase Liability Exposure for Digital Platforms
May 14 2019 // Consumers can press ahead with a lawsuit that accuses Apple Inc. of using its market dominance to artificially inflate prices at its App Store, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled. The 5-4 decision Monday could add to pressure...
Student Sues Apple for $1 Billion, Blames Face-Recognition Tech for False Arrest
Apr 23 2019 // Apple is being sued for $1 billion in damages by an 18-year-old college student who blames the company’s facial recognition software for his false arrest and for wrongly tying him to thefts at Apple stores in several...
Lawyer Suit Says FaceTime Eavesdropped on Talks with Client
Jan 30 2019 // Apple Inc. was sued by a Houston lawyer who claims his iPhone inadvertently allowed an unknown person to eavesdrop on his private conversation with a client. Apple has come under fire for a bug in its iOS 12.1 iPhone...
Court Upholds $440 Million Patent Infringement Judgment Against Apple
Jan 16 2019 // A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld a judgment worth $440 million that was won by intellectual property licensing firm VirnetX Inc. against Apple Inc. in a patent infringement case. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the...
Apple CEO Calls for U.S. Privacy Law to Protect User Data
Oct 24 2018 // Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook said on Wednesday customer data was being “weaponised with military efficiency” by companies to increase profit. Cook, speaking at the International Conference of Data Protection...
