Latest Apple Headlines
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Aetna Offering Discounts on Apple Watch for Health Monitoring
Sep 28 2016 // Aetna Inc. will give some customers and employees discounts on Apple Inc.’s smartwatch, offering the potential that incentives from the insurance industry could boost sales of the technology giant’s wearable...
Samsung Recalls Its Galaxy Note 7 Smartphones on Faulty Batteries
Sep 2 2016 // Samsung Electronics Co. recalled its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones because of a faulty battery and announced a global replacement program, days before archrival Apple Inc. is set to unveil its newest iPhones. Sales of the...
What to Know About Liability and Legal Costs for Apps
Jul 25 2016 // The purchase and use of smartphones, tablets, wearable computers and other mobile computing devices (MCDs) connected to the internet have experienced staggering growth in the past several years. Soon after the Apple App...
Miami Artist Lawsuit Against Apple, Design Firm Dismissed
May 26 2016 // A lawsuit filed by artist Romero Britto against Apple Inc. and a design firm claiming misuse of his distinctive images and colorful style has been dismissed. Miami federal court documents show the 2015 lawsuit was dropped...
Previous Telecom Efforts Flopped But Google, Apple See Future for Telemedicine
May 16 2016 // Google and Apple Inc. have some bright ideas about the future of health care. Not so long ago, AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. had similar ideas: a networked world of devices and services that would...
Samsung-Apple iPhone Patent Damages Headed to Supreme Court
Mar 22 2016 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday stepped into the high-profile patent fight between the world’s two fiercest smartphone rivals, Apple and Samsung, agreeing to hear Samsung’s appeal of what it contends were...
Apple Ransomware Attack Thwarted Before Large Number of Computers Infected
Mar 9 2016 // The first known ransomware attack on Apple Inc.’s Mac computers, which was discovered over the weekend, was downloaded more than 6,000 times before the threat was contained, according to a developer whose product was...
Washington Apple Grower Settles Harassment, Retaliation Suits for $272K
Feb 9 2016 // One of the largest apple producers in the United States will pay $272,000 to 20 claimants as part of a settlement resolving sexual harassment and retaliation claims pending before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the...
Apple Seeks $180M More in Patent Damages from Samsung
Dec 29 2015 // Just over a week after Samsung paid Apple more than $548 million for infringing the patents and designs of the iPhone, Apple asked a U.S. court to force its biggest smartphone rival to cough up even more. In court papers...
Judge Dismisses California Suit Against Apple Over Worker Searches
Nov 9 2015 // Apple Inc. persuaded a judge to throw out a lawsuit by employees of the company’s retail stores in California seeking back pay for time spent in “demoralizing” security searches when they left work for...
Illinois Health Officials: 70 Suspected Ill from Apple Cider
Nov 8 2015 // Health officials in two western Illinois counties say the count of people with suspected illness linked to apple cider has risen to 70. The Quincy Herald-Whig reports that’s the updated tally from the health...
Apple Ordered to Pay $234M in U. Wisconsin Patent Infringement Case
Oct 19 2015 // A U.S. jury has ordered Apple Inc. to pay the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s patent licensing arm more than $234 million in damages for incorporating its microchip technology into some of the company’s...
Univ. of Wisconsin Seeking $400M from Apple in Patent Dispute
Oct 15 2015 // The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s licensing arm is seeking $400 million from Apple Inc. for infringing the school’s patent on microprocessor technology. The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation is owed that...
Apple Loses Univ. of Wisconsin Patent Lawsuit
Oct 14 2015 // Apple Inc. could be facing up to $862 million in damages after a U.S. jury on Oct. 13 found the iPhone maker used technology owned by the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s licensing arm without permission in chips...
Intellectual Property News: KitKat, Williams Sonoma, Whole Foods, Skechers, Segway, GoDaddy, Apple
Sep 18 2015 // This wrap-up of recent intellectual property cases covers chocolate bar shapes, cookware designs, sneaker similarities, Korean TV copyright device, Quizno’s commercials, personal transporter technology, Oscar award...
Automakers Seek to Limit Data Sharing with Tech Partners
Jul 20 2015 // Carmakers are limiting the data they share with technology partners Apple Inc. and Google Inc. through new systems that link smartphones to vehicle infotainment systems, defending access to information about what drivers...
California Judge Rules Apple Workers Can Sue as a Class Over Searches
Jul 17 2015 // For California workers seeking to be paid for time spent getting bags searched after their shifts end, state law may provide the remedy that federal law doesn’t. On Thursday, a judge in San Francisco said that Apple...
Auto Makers Seek to Limit Data Sharing with Tech Partners
Jul 10 2015 // Carmakers are limiting the data they share with technology partners Apple Inc and Google Inc through new systems that link smartphones to vehicle infotainment systems, defending access to information about what drivers do...
Intellectual Property: Newegg Loses Patience; Apple Wins New Damages Trial; Jawbone Targets Fitbit
Jul 9 2015 // Newegg Inc. has been waiting for almost two years for a Texas federal judge to make a final ruling on a patent lawsuit it lost. On Monday it stopped waiting and asked an appeals court to force the judge into action. Newegg...
Miami Pop Artist Britto Charges Apple with Copyright Infringement
Apr 22 2015 // Artist Romero Britto is suing Apple Inc. and a design firm in Miami federal court, accusing them of misusing his color-splashed images and distinctive style in marketing campaigns. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages...
