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According to a report on Reuters, the South-Korean giant Samsung is in early talks with the European Union’s antitrust charges to settle charges with Apple over an essential mobile phone patent. Back in December last year, the EU had sent a statement of objection to Samsung, alleging the manufacturer preventing Apple to use the European Telecommunications Standardization Institute’s 3G UMTS standard. The publication cited sources stating that the company has been involvement over settlement talks for several months as of now and it...

Google’s $1.3 billion Israel-based startup Waze acquisition does not means that the company already hold the pie, as according to a report which was initially flagged by the New York Post and later Google confirmed to the Wall Street Journal that FTC has contacted it over the report. The probe centered around  on understanding Google’s intention for buying Waze as well as hoe the deal will make an impact to its rival in the world of mapping. Waze which is having about 50 million registered users with little revenue it is making results...

A breakthrough has come into the picture after coming in limelight as of now for quite a longer time that Apple has to pay $6.5 million in unpaid taxes on 2011 iPad sales in France, reports Rude Baguette (via TechMeme). SACEM, the French association which controls royalties paid out to authors announced this week that the Cupertino-giant has failed to pay 5 million euros (about $6.5 million) in royalties’ taxes over 2011 iPads sale. To give bit of understanding, the ‘cpoie privée’ is a type of tax in several countries, including...

Apple has agreed to pay $53 million in order to settle a class-action iPhone, iPad warrant suit, reported Bloomberg. As per the filing submitted to the US District Court for the Northern District of California, the company will pay up to $300 for customer who was not given warranty for their products. The publication reports that the firm used flawed liquid submersion indicators which determine on whether or not to grant customers a warranty on their iPhone or iPod Touch. A Liquid Submersion Indicator (LSI) was installed by Apple on iPhone...

A Reuters report suggests that European Union may demand further Google antitrust concessions which may delay its settling of an on-going three-year long investigation into complaints. It was all started back in 2010 when Google’s rivals and competitors complained to the European executive body about Google allegedly infringing EU antitrust law by abusing its dominance in the search market. Now, after three long years, EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia comes to the point acknowledging critics say that the response is inadequate...

Apple is under spotlight again as Europe probes carriers for evidence over unfair iPhone sales tactics. According to a report on Financial Times, the European Commission is investigating whether Apple is using anti-competitive iPhone sales tactics and technical restrictions or not in order to let its rivals go out from European market. A questionnaire which being seen by the Times’ and sent last week to European mobile network operators, the Commission is trying to understand distribution terms which might favour Apple so as none of...

With yesterday only we reported that Twitter rolled out two-step login verification, the MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom has claimed via his Twitter account that the login authentication is his innovation and Google, Facebook and Twitter infringed his intellectual property rights. To proof his claims, Dotcom pointed to a patent back to 1997. “I never sued them,” Dotcom continues. “I believe in sharing knowledge and ideas for the good of society. But I might sue them now cause of what the U.S. did to me.” While “Google,...

A long fight which being in place since from last year over eBook price-fixing in US, Pearson, Penguin’s parent publisher (one of accused) now has confirmed that it will pay $75 million in consumer damages as well as additional costs to bring an end to all antitrust claims relating to eBook pricing in the US. Although Penguin acted on time, while June 3rd, 2013 was set already for Federal eBook case against Apple, Macmillan and Penguin (while Penguin paid damages, so it will be out from the case now). The lawsuit was being brought by...

A legal win day for Yahoo today as the company announced that the Superior Court of Justice for the Federal District in Mexico has granted the company’s appeal and reversed the ruling on bringing the monetary awards against Yahoo Mexico to $172,000 from original $2.75 billion, which was the original judgement. The today’s decision was confirmed by the appellate decision while the plaintiffs may appeal this decision. At the time back in November 2012, when Yahoo was ordered to pay the $2.75 billion sum in a contract dispute by the...

  With second patent trial scheduled for Spring 2014, Apple reportedly adding Galaxy S IV to its patent infringement war against Samsung in its list of 22 products. According to the statement filled by Apple with the US District Court in California, the company mentioned that it has been analyzing the device since after it release, and now “concluded that it is an infringing device and accordingly intends to move for leave to add the Galaxy S4 as an infringing product.” To add Galaxy S IV in the list, Apple have to “eliminate”...