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Apple® Products: Sturdy Security, PC Differences Require Special Attention in Discovery
Posted on 13 Jan 2013 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

It seems like they have been around much longer, but the first iPod ® was released by Apple Inc. in November of 2001. Suddenly many consumers were using a product made by the maker of Mac ® computers, loved by the likes of artists, designers and... Read More

Tags: E-Discovery , discovery , Apple Inc. , LexisNexis E-Discovery Brief , LegalTech New York , LexisNexis , Litigation , Burling , Edward Rippey , Covington &amp , amp , iPhone , electronic discovery , iPod

Federal Judge Upholds $368 Million Patent Infringement Verdict Against Apple, Inc.
Posted on 28 Feb 2013 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

On Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, Texas Federal District Judge Leonard Davis denied Apple, Inc.'s motion for post-trial relief from a substantial verdict that had been awarded to plaintiff VirnetX in November of 2012 ( VirnetX, Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc... Read More

Tags: virtual private network , Cisco Systems , VPN , verdicts and settlements , Apple Inc. , VirnetX , Litigation , VirnetX Inc. v. Cisco Systems , Patents , class actions , patent infringement

California Federal Jury Awards Over $1 Billion To Apple, Inc. In Patent Suit Against Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. And Other Samsung Entities
Posted on 28 Aug 2012 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

On Friday, Aug. 24, a California federal jury found in favor of Apple, Inc. in a patent dispute against three related Samsung entities, awarding $ 1,049,393,540 to Apple. Apple had claimed that Samsung had infringed on several patents relating to Apple's... Read More

Tags: Samsung , verdicts and settlements , California , Multi-Touch interface , Apple Inc. , jury verdict , Litigation , iPad , iPod Touch , iPhone smartphone

Biting at the Apple
Posted on 23 Feb 2016 by LexisNexis Legal Newsroom Staff

On February 16, 2016, Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym of the United States District Court for the Central District of California issued an order compelling tech-giant Apple Inc. to assist law enforcement agents in enabling the search of an encrypted iPhone... Read More

Tags: Syed Farook , San Bernardino , California , FBI , Federal Bureau of Investigation , Apple Inc. , terrorist attack , Litigation , encrypted iPhone 5C

Biting at the Apple East Coast Style
Posted on 7 Apr 2016 by Gabriela Nolen

On February 29, 2016, Magistrate Judge James Orenstein of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York denied the federal government’s application for an order requiring Apple, Inc. to bypass the passcode security of a criminal... Read More

Tags: New York , data collection , Litigation Issues & Factors , Discovery Communications , Apple Inc. , Apple , iPhone

Department of Justice Sues Apple, 5 Publishers Over Alleged E-Books Price-Fixing Scheme
Posted on 12 Apr 2012 by Joan Grossman

NEW YORK - (Mealey's) The U.S Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, sued Apple Inc. and five book publishers in federal court in New York on April 11, alleging that Apple and the publishers engaged in a conspiracy to fix prices of digital books... Read More

Tags: Antitrust , Verlagsgruppe Georg von Hotzbrink GmbH , Simon &amp , Apple Inc. , e-books , Schuster , Macmillan , Litigation , HarperCollins Publishers , Hachette Book Group Inc. , lawsuit , amp , digital books , Penguin Group , U.S Department of Justice , Holtzbrink Publishers , United States of America v. Apple , book publishers

Abbey Spanier: Parents Beat Motion To Dismiss In Suit Against Apple For App Purchases By Children
Posted on 4 May 2012 by Abbey Spanier

By Natalie S. Marcus Plaintiffs filed a class action against Apple Inc. on behalf of parents who downloaded or permitted their minor children to download a supposedly free app from Apple and then incurred charges for game-related purchases made by... Read More

Tags: apps , In re Apple In-App Purchase Litig. , California , California Consumers Legal Remedies Act , class action , Apple Inc. , Litigation

Apple Suing Phone Maker HTC Over iPhone Patents
Posted on 5 Mar 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

NEW YORK – (AP) Apple Inc., increasingly facing tougher competition in the lucrative market for smart phones, sued Taiwanese phone maker HTC Corp. on Tuesday, accusing the rival of violating patents related to the popular iPhone. HTC was the... Read More

Tags: Google Inc. , Android operating system , Apple Inc. , Litigation , Patents , lawsuit , iPhone , HTC Corp.

Patent Holder Sues Smart Phone Makers Over Patents
Posted on 9 Jul 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

NEW YORK - (AP) The patent-holding company that won a settlement of more than $600 million from the maker of the BlackBerry said Friday it has sued six other makers of phones and phone software. Patent company NTP Inc. is suing Apple Inc., Google Inc... Read More

Tags: Google Inc. , BlackBerry , infringement , NTP Inc. , Motorola Inc. , RIM , Research In Motion Ltd. , Apple Inc. , LG Electronics Inc. , Patent , smart phone , Litigation , Microsoft Corp. , lawsuit , HTC Corp.