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Samsung has disabled an advanced search function in an update to the international version of its flagship Galaxy S3 smartphone, following a patent dispute with Apple. Once the software is installed the phones no longer search contacts, apps and other on-device material using software developed by Google. Android Central, which revealed the news, noted that Continue Reading →

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. According to a partially redacted filing on Tuesday with a federal court in San Jose, California, Apple believes Samsung owes “substantial Continue Reading →

A German ban on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 was expanded Tuesday to include the entire European Union. Samsung, however, can continue to sell its Galaxy Tab 10.1N tablet in the region, the court said. Previously, the Galaxy Tab 7.7 was only banned in Germany for violating an Apple design patent. The Dusseldorf Higher Regional Continue Reading →

Samsung (005930) first took the wraps off its Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet about five months ago during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Truth be told, the full-sized counterpart for Samsung’s Galaxy Note “phablet” was boring at best, and Samsung reportedly took it back to the shop for some tweaks ahead of launch. Following a Continue Reading →

We’ve been told by a source close to Samsung (005930) that the company will indeed be introducing a follow-up to the Galaxy Note, the Galaxy Note II, during its press conference on August 15th. The display is said to be thinner and taller, allowing Samsung to stuff a 5.5-inch screen into a phone that can Continue Reading →

Samsung’s chief executive predicted last month that sales of the Galaxy S3 would hit 10 million by the end of July and it appears to have passed that milestone a little early. Shin Jong-kyun, the president of Samsung’s information technology and mobile communication division, told reporters that the Android-powered smartphone surpassed the 10 million sales Continue Reading →

The folks at Samsung have sent our invites to the press for a “major” Galaxy-line announcement on the 15th of August, fueling rumors that a second-generation Galaxy Note device is in the works. As Samsung has already announced and released their king of smartphones, the Galaxy S III, it’s time for their queen, if you Continue Reading →

You can’t blame ’em for trying, but it’s no surprise that Samsung’s second attempt to put a hold on the impending American ban of its Galaxy Tab failed. Judge Koh has already say the preliminary injunction could not wait while the Korean company pursued an appeal, and now the Court of Appeals is backing her Continue Reading →

A British judge ruled Wednesday that Apple must run ads in U.K. newspapers saying that Samsung Electronics didn’t copy designs for its iPad – the jurisprudential equivalent of ordering a pupil to write “I will not engage in spurious patent battles” on the blackboard 10,000 times. But new research on online ad campaigns on Yahoo Continue Reading →

LG Display on Tuesday announced that 11 people, including six of its own employees, have been charged with stealing advanced OLED TV display technology from Samsung, the Associated Press reported. Three of those charged were employees of Samsung Display at the time, and the alleged theft of OLED technology took place between 2010 and 2011. Continue Reading →