AT&T Withdraws T-Mobile Merger Letter to FCC, Shifts Focus to DOJ Antitrust Case
In a press release this morning, AT&T has formally withdrawn the letter of intent to merge filed in May of this year to begin the purchase process necessary to acquire T-Mobile USA’s operating licenses, following months of resistance from the federal regulator. This follows Tuesday’s comments made by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski stating that the […]
Class Action Suit Filed in California Against RIM Over BlackBerry Outage
Following its week-long service outage earlier this month, a new class-action lawsuit has been filed in California against BlackBerry manufacturer and service provider Research In Motion which is being applied to all US customers with active BlackBerry service and corporate service contracts. The suit alleges that RIM earns $3.4 million in revenue per day from […]
Cellular South Files Own Suit Against AT&T/T-Mobile Merger
Following the lead set by the Justice Department and Sprint, regional carrier Cellular South is the latest carrier to file litigation seeking to stop the AT&T/T-Mobile purchase and subsequent merger from being completed. Below, the carrier’s official statement announcing the litigation and the reasoning behind it from Vice President for Strategic & Government Relations Eric […]
Sprint Files Lawsuit to Block AT&T/T-Mobile Merger
Sprint has announced in a concise press release that it has filed its own lawsuit in the District of Columbia to block the AT&T/T-Mobile merger. The suit follows the suit first filed by the Department of Justice last week following months of analysis by both the FCC and the Department of Justice regarding the proposed […]
Report: Latest iPhone Prototype Missing Since Late July, Apple Desperate to Recover
It seems Apple has not taken to heart the harsh lessons learned from last year’s massive iPhone 4 debacle, as a new report filed by CBS News has confirmed that yet another iPhone prototype device has been lost in San Francisco, with its whereabouts unknown.
Department of Justice Takes Steps to Block AT&T T-Mobile Merger
This morning, in a rare press conference and press release for the Department of Justice, the regulatory arm of the department has announced that it has filed siut against AT&T Mobility in order to block its proposed purchase and merger of Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile. Citing the Clayton-Sherman Antitrust Act, the DoJ is staunchly opposed to […]
Samsung General Counsel Confirms Nexus Prime While Serving Cease and Desist
In an attempt to stop a leak of a build of the yet to be released Android Ice Cream sandwich version of Android that will officially launch this Fall, Samsung’s general counsel served an unnamed developer a cease and desist order that barred the person from releasing the dump and anything related while ordering the […]
Google Purchases Motorola Mobility for $12 Billion in Ongoing Android Patent War
In news sure to shock the markets this morning positively ahead of the opening bell, Google has announced that it has purchased Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in a cash transaction, with Google’s goal being to leverage Motorola Mobility’s extensive patent portfolio in the wake on continuing litigation concerning its Android operating system and recent […]
ITC Delays Final Decision on Kodak V. Apple/RIM Litigation
After issuing a stated date of May 23rd for a final decision on the Kodak V. Apple/RIM imaging patent case, the ITC has announced that it has delayed the date for the final decision to an unspecified date in the near future. Kodak sued Apple and RIM over camera-related patents in January 2010. Earlier this […]
Nokia And Apple Drop Patent Litigation and Counterclaims
In related news, Nokia and Apple have announced that each respective company has settled with the other for an undisclosed amount relating to the previous patent litigation against each other which began in 2009 relating to payment and royalty claims on wireless technology. In the settlement, Nokia will be receiving a lump sum plus ongoing […]