Remember that outage back on October 11th and lasted until the 14th? Well, the Consumer Law Group in the Quebec Superior Court sure didn’t forget as they are filing a class action lawsuit against the Waterloo based company “on behalf of individuals who have BlackBerry smartphones and who pay for a monthly data plan [...]

There have been lots of lawsuits happening within technology companies – and here’s another one: Dolby is suing RIM for patent infringements. This is some more news that shareholders didn’t want to hear because the struggling Canadian mobile company. The patent that Dolby is suing over has to do with audio compression that allows devices [...]

  Finally, one wireless cat fight is over: Apple and Nokia have reached an agreement that “will result in settlement of all patent litigation between the companies,” thus giving the momentum for both firms to withdraw all complaints against one another from the U.S. International Trade Commission. Nokia said Tuesday that the agreement “consists of a one-time payment [...]

Earlier this year, Apple decided to sue Samsung for stealing design ideas; Samsung retorted by filing their own lawsuit against Apple for patent infringements. In order for Apple to make their case they have been given access to Samsung’s unreleased products, such as the Galaxy S2, the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the Droid Charge. In [...]

After being urged by the EFF, Apple has supported developers against Lodsys patent lawsuit threats. Bruce Sewell, Apple Senior Vice President and General Counsel, wrote: “Apple is undisputedly licensed to these patents and the App Makers are protected by that license.” The app development community also seems grateful that Apple has done this and sorted [...]

I suppose the Blackberry Bold 9000 is included in this as well, it’s not an exclusive iPhone thing (although that’s what most news sites are focusing on). This sudden change is the result of a class action lawsuit. The official terms are as follows: 1) Customers with postpaid accounts who have completed a minimum of [...]