Samsung has agreed to pull its Android-based Galaxy Tab 10.1 off the
Australian market and cease advertising the thing pending a decision from the
Australian Federal Court hearing Apple's "look and feel" patent infringement
complaint.
Apple wants an injunction.
Bloomberg says the lawyers struck the deal during a break in a hearing.
A confident Apple reportedly agreed to indemnify Samsung and pay unspecified
damages stemming apparently from Samsung's voluntary market withdrawal should
Apple lose the case.
The complaint Apple is pursuing charging Samsung with "slavish" copying of
its widgets is based on the US version of the Galaxy Tab.
From its action, one might jump to the conclusion that Samsung can't defend
the indefensible and that it could lose in the other venues where Apple has
brought suit. Apple, for instance, is seeking a preliminary injunction in one
of ... (more)
Nortel Networks on Friday completed the sale of its 6,000 treasured patents
and patent applications to the purpose-built Rockstar Bidco consortium
consisting of Apple, EMC, Ericsson, Microsoft, RIM and Sony for a dazzling
$4.5 billion.
Now all the buyers have to do is get to keep the prize that Google wanted.
As the IP was changing hands, the Wall Street Journal reported that the
Justice Department was cranking up its unannounced investigation into whether
the buyers could use the patents to "hobble" Android smartphones - and
presumably by extension Android tablets.
Quoting peop... (more)
HTC told Bloomberg Tuesday it was kinda sorta willing to settle with its
bête noire Apple depending on whether the terms were "fair and reasonable."
HTC CFO Winston Yung said, "We have to sit down and figure it out. We're open
to having discussions. We are open to all sorts of solutions..."
Then on Wednesday Yung told Reuters that HTC was going to appeal the
International Trade Commission's finding that HTC violated two Apple patents
(eight claims), a decision that could bar its Android widgets from the US
market.
Patent follower Florian Mueller doesn't think HTC has much to barg... (more)
Adobe is in the process - as it put it - of recognizing HTML5, the modern
answer to Adobe's sacred, Apple-loathed Flash plug-in, as something serious.
It's started to preview a free new design web motion and interaction design
tool called Edge for editing animations and interactive web page elements
based on HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript.
Adobe's looking for feedback.
The thing is focused on adding rich motion design to new or existing HTML
projects and integrates with Adobe's web design software Dreamweaver. It's
reportedly not as good as Flash yet, but Adobe means to improve it.
... (more)
Semaine du 14 juillet : la France défile et prend quelques jours de
vacances.
Le lien avec l’informatique dans les nuages ? Le 14 juillet célèbre la
Révolution française et la devise de la France :
Liberté, égalité, fraternité.
Je parle souvent dans ce blog de «révolution» à propos du Cloud et en
particulier de la R2I, Révolution Industrielle informatique. Il m’est donc
venu l’idée de proposer une devise pour cette révolution du Cloud :
Universalité, égalité, compétitivité
Pourquoi ? Les solutions Cloud Computing, et en particulier les applications
en mode SaaS, u... (more)
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