Apple Inc. News

Apple Loses Univ. of Wisconsin Patent Lawsuit

Apple Inc. could be facing up to $862 million in damages after a U.S. jury on Oct. 13 found the iPhone maker used technology owned by the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s licensing arm without permission in chips found in many of …

Watchdog Says Corporations Say One Thing, Do Another on Climate Change

It’s all a masquerade. The business world has not embraced action on climate change as statements from some corporations seem to indicate. So says a new watchdog group out of London. Nonprofit InfluenceMap late last month launched a website, along …

California Judge Rules Apple Workers Can Sue as a Class Over Searches

For California workers seeking to be paid for time spent getting bags searched after their shifts end, state law may provide the remedy that federal law doesn’t. On Thursday, a judge in San Francisco said that Apple Inc. store workers …

Insurance Agent Takes Stand on Gay Marriage in Supreme Court Case

Today David Kosar can be considered one of the nation’s most outspoken insurance agents on the issue of gay marriage. Kosar, owner of David Kosar Insurance Agency-American Family in Everett, Wash., has joined an amicus brief filed by 278 businesses, …

Utah Joins E-Book Price Fixing Lawsuit

The state of Utah has joined an antitrust lawsuit accusing publishers of fixing e-book prices. The Utah Attorney General’s Office says Utah has joined 29 other states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia in seeking damages for customers. The …