Latest Apple Headlines
All the headlines from our Apple Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jury to Begin Deliberating Patent Disputes Between Apple, Samsung
Aug 22 2012 // Apple Inc.’s worldwide legal crusade against the Android mobile operating system drew toward a climax on Tuesday as the iPhone maker’s attorneys accused Samsung of taking a shortcut by copying Apple’s...
Apple Claims $2.5 Billion Damages in Samsung Patent Case
Jul 25 2012 // Apple Inc. claims it is entitled to $2.525 billion of damages in its high-stakes battle against Samsung Electronics Co over patents for technology used in smartphones and tablets, such as the iPhone and iPad. The estimate...
Judge Who Nixed Apple-Motorola Trial Questions Need for Software Patents
Jul 5 2012 // The U.S. judge who tossed out one of the biggest court cases in Apple Inc.’s smartphone technology battle is questioning whether patents should cover software or most other industries at all. Richard Posner, a...
Apple Pays $60 Million to Settle China iPad Trademark Dispute
Jul 2 2012 // Apple Inc. has paid $60 million to Proview Technology (Shenzhen) to end a dispute over the iPad trademark in China that saw the world’s most valuable technology company engaged in a protracted legal tussle with a...
Apple Pays $60 Million to Settle China iPad Trademark Dispute
Jul 2 2012 // Apple Inc. has paid $60 million to Proview Technology (Shenzhen) to end a dispute over the iPad trademark in China that saw the world’s most valuable technology company engaged in a protracted legal tussle with a...
Cold Snap Bruises Bitterroot Apple Growers
May 29 2012 // Apple growers in the Bitterroot Valley say a cold snap at the same time apple trees were in full bloom and at their most vulnerable will likely dent this year’s apple crop. Al Pernicle of Al and Mary Pernicle’s...
Is There a Bad Apple in Your Bunch?
Apr 2 2012 // I’m sure you’ve heard the saying, “One bad apple spoils the whole bunch.” While it’s certainly true when speaking about fruit, does the concept apply to work teams as well? Can one team member...
China Higher Court Hears Apple’s iPad Trademark Claim
Feb 29 2012 // Lawyers for Apple Inc. argued for its right to use the iPad trademark in China on Wednesday, as a higher court began a crucial hearing that could result in sales of the wildly popular tablet computer being halted...
6 Things I Learned from Reading Steve Jobs Authorized Biography
Feb 24 2012 // The first lesson learned from Walter Issacson’s best-selling biography, Steve Jobs (Simon and Schuster), is that you should have started your agency in a garage with a guy called “Woz.” If you did, stop...
China’s Trademark System Baffles Foreign Firms
Feb 16 2012 // China’s trademark system is a minefield of murky rules and opportunistic “trademark squatters” that even the world’s biggest companies and their highly-paid lawyers find hard to navigate, as Apple...
Chinese Firm Claims It Owns Apple’s iPad Trademark
Feb 14 2012 // A Chinese tech firm that says it owns the iPad trademark, plans to seek a ban on exports of Apple Inc.’s computer tablets from China, a lawyer for the company said. If successful, the move could deal a blow to the...
Six Things I Learned from Reading Steve Jobs Authorized Biography
Jan 23 2012 // The first lesson learned from Walter Issacson’s best-selling biography, Steve Jobs (Simon and Schuster), is that you should have started your agency in a garage with a guy called “Woz.” If you did, stop...
Chinese Court Rejects Apple Lawsuit over iPad Name
Dec 7 2011 // A court in southern China has rejected a lawsuit by Apple Inc, accusing a Chinese technology company of infringing its iPad trademark, a newspaper reported on Tuesday, the latest move in a protracted tug-of-war over the...
BlackBerry Maker Scrambles to End Global Outage; Repair Damage to Brand
Oct 13 2011 // The company that makes the BlackBerry smart phone is working frantically to end a three-day global service disruption that has frustrated millions of its customers and pumped up pressure on its management to make sweeping...
Fake Apple Store Cuts to Core of China’s Risk to Brands
Jul 22 2011 // A fake Apple store in China, made famous by a blog that said even the staff working there didn’t realize it was a bogus outlet, is probably the most audacious example to date of the risks Western companies face in...
China Urges Greater Attention to Safety at iPad Factory After Blast
May 25 2011 // China asked Foxconn Technology Group and other Taiwanese firms to pay more attention to safety, after a deadly blast at a Chinese factory making iPads for Apple. Production in parts of the plant in the southwestern Chinese...
Apple, Google to Face Lawmakers on Privacy Issues
May 9 2011 // Tech companies such as Apple and Google are hoping the tracks of millions of mobile device users will lead to billions of dollars in revenue. But where they see dollar signs, lawmakers see red flags. The revelation last...
Supply Chain Concerns Grow as Japan Lacks Parts, Power, People
Mar 18 2011 // From Apple’s new iPad to Chevrolet pick-ups and many of the world’s airplane kitchens, concern is spreading down the global manufacturing supply chain about the impact from Japan’s earthquake last...
Insurer Sues Apple Over Connecticut House Fire
Dec 2 2010 // Great Northern Insurance is suing electronics firm Apple, claiming that a faulty laptop charger for one of its computers triggered a massive house fire in Central Connecticut. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in...
North Carolina Apple Farmers Like Better Crop Insurance
Sep 10 2010 // North Carolina apple growers say they are happy to learn about proposed changes in federal crop insurance that would better protect them from a catastrophic loss. The Times-News of Hendersonville reported about two dozen...
