Samsung Electronics promises to fix the Galaxy S3 search function which was recently removed from the device using a stability update. Samsung rolled out an update on Wednesday to remove the on-device search function. The smartphone maker disabled the search function on the immensely popular Galaxy S3 smartphones amidst speculations that Apple Inc claimed Samsung had infringed one of it’s US patents covering the local search on a device. However,…

In a surprising move, Samsung Electronics has rolled out a ‘stability’ update to disable the on-device search functionality on the Galaxy S3 smartphones to avoid a possible ban. Though the update has been deemed as an attempt to improve the ‘stability’, it is evident that the update would considerably downgrade the smartphone model. However, it is believed that the update is a preemptive step to avoid any possible ban on…

South Korean giant Samsung Electronics received mixed news as a German court ordered the sales ban on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 in the European Union. The elder sibling Galaxy Tab 10.1N however was given a green signal after the German court found the tablet sufficiently different from the Apple iPad to be acceptable for healthy competition. The younger sibling Galaxy Tab 7.7 wasn’t lucky and faced the brunt in…

Samsung is all smiles after a judge ordered Apple to run advertisements in major newspapers and magazines in UK stating ‘Samsung did not copy iPad.’ The South Korean giant had fiercely fought the patent infringement battle involving Samsung Galaxy tablets and won the case against Californian giant Apple. However, Samsung did not stop at the victory line but took measures to make sure the sales and the brand name are…

Technology giant Apple Inc received a second big blow in the Samsung Galaxy tablet design infringement dispute. After losing it’s slide-to-unlock fight with HTC in the UK, Apple lost another patent dispute battle with it’s unsuccessful design infringement claim against South Korean giant Samsung Electronics. The judge Birss QC ruled out that the Galaxy tablet design was similar to the Apple iPads.

Yahoo and Facebook ended their intense four-month patent battle and surprised everyone with an advertising partnership deal. Yahoo sued Facebook over 10 patents infringed by the social networking giant in March, just before their planned public listing. After the initial public offer created a historic record at the stock market, Facebook counter-attacked Yahoo claiming that they had violated patents covering online recommendations, advertising and photo tagging.

South Korean Samsung Electronics scored a victory against American Apple Inc by successfully removing a sales ban on Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone in the US. Samsung rejoiced again when the judge ruled out that the smartphones could go on sale in the US. However, the Samsung tablet Galaxy 10.1 still remained banned under the injunction. The ruling came as a big blow to Apple at a time when the Samsung…

American giant Apple Inc lost a slide-to-unlock patent fight with Taiwanese giant HTC in a United Kingdom court. Alongwith slide-to-unlock, Apple lost other patent fights in the UK High Court where it was ruled out that HTC had infringed four of Apple’s patents. The court also said that slide-to-unlock is so obvious that Apple does not have any right to claim it.

The long-running dispute over the rights to the “iPad” name has finally been settled by Apple by agreeing to pay £38 million to Chinese electronics firm Proview Technology. The court confirmed the settlement, “The iPad dispute resolution is ended. Apple has transferred £38 million to the account of the Guangdong High Court as requested in the mediation letter.” The Californian giant had bought the worldwide rights to the iPad trademark…

Californian giant Apple Inc gave a double blow to South Korean Samsung Electronics by getting a ban on Galaxy Nexus in the United States. The iPhone maker managed a successful ban last week on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the US. The ban was ordered by the same judge who issued the recent Nexus ban.