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• Samsung feels wrath of Koh in Apple case

  Lawyers for Samsung got a reminder of Judge Lucy Koh's temper on Monday morning when a remark made by one of their witnesses made them the target of her anger for more than 20 minutes.

• Appeals court opinion provides bump in Apple v. Samsung case

  A federal appeals court opinion issued Friday could change the schedule in the patent infringement trial between Apple and Samsung.

• Apple, Samsung bicker over jury verdict form

  As the second jury trial between Apple and Samsung approaches its conclusion, the companies are sparring over the precise questions the jury will be asked to consider.

• Google AdWords cleared in geotagging patent lawsuit

  Google AdWords does not infringe a location-based search patent owned by a company called GeoTag, a U.S. judge ruled in a case in which Google and Microsoft teamed up to come to the aid of customers who use their mapping services.

• Google had secret pact with Samsung over some Apple patent claims

  Google agreed to take over some of Samsung's defense against patent claims brought by Apple under a secret agreement reached in 2012, a federal court jury heard Tuesday.

• Samsung goes on offensive against Apple at trial

  After three weeks of defending itself against patent infringement claims, Samsung switched gears Monday and began presenting its argument that Apple is the one that infringes others' intellectual property.

• Microsoft gets Motorola Solutions to pay for lawsuit protection for Android use

  Microsoft has extended its controversial yet successful crusade to extract licensing fees from vendors that use Google's Android and Chrome operating systems, adding Motorola Solutions to the list of vendors agreeing to patent deals.

• The big money of Apple v. Samsung

  Jurors in the Apple v. Samsung case have heard a lot of big numbers in the past few weeks.

• Google lawsuit against Rockstar to stay in California

  A Google complaint against Apple-backed patent consortium Rockstar will stay in a California court rather than be moved to Texas where Rockstar already has patent lawsuits against Google's Android partners, the California court ordered Thursday.

• Google lawsuit against Rockstar to stay in California

  A Google complaint against Apple-backed patent consortium Rockstar will stay in a California court rather than be moved to Texas where Rockstar already has patent lawsuits against Google's Android partners, the California court ordered Thursday.

• BlackBerry presses for immediate halt to Typo keyboards

  BlackBerry has asked a California court to immediately block sales of an add-on iPhone keyboard made by Typo, alleging the startup backed by TV and radio personality Ryan Seacrest misled the court.

• Samsung's lawyers try to put a human face on Android

  Samsung's lawyers tried to put a human face on Google's Android development efforts as they opened their defense Friday against Apple's patent infringement claims and its demand for US$2.2 billion in damages.

• Apple and Samsung spar over huge damages claim

  Apple outlined for the first time on Friday how it came up with the US$2.2 billion in damages that it wants a California jury to award it for Samsung's alleged "massive infringement" of five Apple patents.

• Wi-Fi problems dog Apple-Samsung trial

  There's a new sign on the door to Courtroom 5 at the federal courthouse in San Jose, the home to the Apple v. Samsung battle that's playing out this month: "Please turn off all cell phones."

• Apple details $2.2bn damages claim against Samsung

  Apple began to lay out its $US2.2 billion damages claim against Samsung Electronics for the first time on Tuesday, arguing to an eight-person jury in California that Samsung's alleged patent infringement was large and significantly damaged Apple.