Legal

Patent trollin’: U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear VirnetX’s bid to revive a jury verdict against Apple

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear patent-licensing company VirnetX’s bid to revive a $502.8 million jury verdict…

3 months ago

EU to fine Apple about $500 million for ‘anticompetitive’ practices regarding music streaming

The European Union (EU) plans to fine Apple about US$500 million for its “anticompetitive” Apple Store policy regarding music streaming.

3 months ago

An Oregon legislative committee advances right-to-repair bill despite Apple’s objections

An Oregon legislative committee advanced its right-to-repair bill despite Apple’s objections.

3 months ago

Apple’s iMessage dodges bullet by avoiding strict new EU rules

Apple's iMessage will avoid strict new European Union rules reining in Big Tech platforms.

3 months ago

Apple, Rivos may be close to settling their ‘engineer poaching’ lawsuit

Apple has reached an agreement with with startup Rivos regarding a engineer poaching lawsuit filed in 2022, reports Bloomberg.

3 months ago

Former Apple engineer gets 120 days in prison for stealing company secrets

Xiaolang Zhang, a former Apple engineer who pled guilty to stealing Project Titan (think Apple Car) trade secrets, has been…

3 months ago

Spain’s high court suspends (for now) hefty fines against Apple, Amazon

Spain’s high court has suspended 194 million euros (about US$209 million) in fines imposed on Apple and Amazon by the…

3 months ago

Judge rules that Apple CEO Tim Cook, other execs wasn’t overpaid

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit accusing Apple of overpaying CEO Tim Cook and other top executives by tens…

3 months ago

Judge dismisses lawsuit suggesting Apple, Google secretly collaborated to suppress the search engine market

A class-action lawsuit against Apple and Google suggested the company CEOs met in secret to collude on the suppression of…

3 months ago

Security research charged with breaking into an Apple system, defrauding the tech giant

A security researcher who has reported multiple vulnerabilities to Apple has been charged with allegedly breaking into a system connected…

3 months ago