http://www.appleinsider.com/ AppleInsider has been the leading source of insider news and rumors on Apple Computer since 1997. en-us Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:41:51 -0400 http://images.appleinsider.com/images/toolbar_logo_textAI.gif http://www.appleinsider.com/ http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/10/07/apple_calls_on_lawyers_in_logo_spat_with_canadian_school/ Apple is being accused of bullying a Canadian technology school and loyal customer with charges of trademark infringement because its logo bears a familiar fruit. According to the Victoria News, t... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/10/07/apple_calls_on_lawyers_in_logo_spat_with_canadian_school/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/10/06/apple_mellowing_its_tone_on_leaks/ Following years of near-constant legal notices and other attempts to silence leaks and control the press, Apple appears to be softening its stance on rumors, an investigation suggests. Best known ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/10/06/apple_mellowing_its_tone_on_leaks/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/10/03/judge_waives_apple_att_objections_to_antitrust_case_vs_iphone/ A US federal judge has shut down some attempts by Apple and AT&T to dismiss a class action lawsuit that accuses the two of violating antitrust law with their iPhone exclusivity agreement, pushing the ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/10/03/judge_waives_apple_att_objections_to_antitrust_case_vs_iphone/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 02:25:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/10/02/apple_settles_class_action_suit_over_faulty_notebook_adapters/ Apple has agreed, without admitting fault, to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging that power adapters sold with certain Power PC-based iBook and PowerBook notebooks were defective in that they coul... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/10/02/apple_settles_class_action_suit_over_faulty_notebook_adapters/ Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/10/01/apple_files_motion_for_dismissal_of_psystar_counterclaims/ Apple has filed a motion with U.S. District Court seeking to dismiss the claims of Psystar, which allege that Apple has used a monopoly position as the manufacturer of Mac computers to cause restraint... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/10/01/apple_files_motion_for_dismissal_of_psystar_counterclaims/ Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:45:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/09/26/judge_tosses_iphone_battery_lawsuit/ Apple won't have to defend itself at trial against a proposed class-action lawsuit that alleged the company failed to inform customers of the limited lifespan of first-generation iPhone batteries, a C... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/09/26/judge_tosses_iphone_battery_lawsuit/ Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/09/17/first_post_patch_iphone_3g_lawsuit_wants_apple_to_pay_5_million/ Jumping on an increasingly overloaded bandwagon, a Little Rock, Arkansas man has started a class action lawsuit expecting at least $5 million in damages for Apple and AT&T overselling iPhone 3G relati... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/09/17/first_post_patch_iphone_3g_lawsuit_wants_apple_to_pay_5_million/ Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:30:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/09/10/jobsco_settle_pool_of_backdating_lawsuits_for_14_million/ Apple chief executive Steve Jobs, along with members of his current and former management team, have agreed to a settlement that will bring closure to nearly 20 investor derivative lawsuits over backd... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/09/10/jobsco_settle_pool_of_backdating_lawsuits_for_14_million/ Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/09/04/third_lawsuit_joins_into_complaints_about_iphone_3g_speeds_bugs/ Now seemingly popping out of the woodwork, a spate of lawsuits accusing Apple and AT&T of misleading over iPhone 3G's data speeds have been joined by a New Jersey class action filing that also questio... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/09/04/third_lawsuit_joins_into_complaints_about_iphone_3g_speeds_bugs/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:05:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/09/03/apple_att_sued_for_over_saturating_3g_network_with_iphones/ A San Diego-based lawsuit filed late last week alleges that Apple and its carrier partner AT&T have knowingly oversold iPhone 3G, promising fast speeds only to see a glut of customers bog down the net... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/09/03/apple_att_sued_for_over_saturating_3g_network_with_iphones/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/26/psystar_accuses_apple_of_anti_competitive_tactics_in_countersuit/ Itself attacked for allegedly violating Apple's licenses, Psystar made offense its best defense on Tuesday when it filed a countering lawsuit in federal court, accusing the Mac maker of unfairly squee... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/26/psystar_accuses_apple_of_anti_competitive_tactics_in_countersuit/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:10:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/20/class_action_suit_claims_apple_deceived_over_iphone_3g_speeds/ A lawsuit filed on Tuesday by an Alabama woman alleges that Apple has touted doubled Internet speeds with iPhone 3G when a rash of connection problems have made those speeds seemingly impossible to re... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/20/class_action_suit_claims_apple_deceived_over_iphone_3g_speeds/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:50:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/14/ex_apple_general_counsel_settles_backdating_suit_for_2_2_million/ Former Apple general counsel Nancy Heinen has accepted a series of sanctions and agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle backdating charges filed against her, the Securities and Exchange Commission said ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/14/ex_apple_general_counsel_settles_backdating_suit_for_2_2_million/ Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/08/apple_accused_of_dodging_fair_pay_in_class_action_lawsuit/ Often said to work its employees to the bone, Apple is now the subject of a class action lawsuit that claims it deliberately misclassified technicians to avoid paying for overtime and supplying fair w... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/08/apple_accused_of_dodging_fair_pay_in_class_action_lawsuit/ Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/05/apple_palm_among_the_targets_in_gsm_smartphone_lawsuit/ A small patent licensing firm hopes to skim profits from Apple and other top smartphone makers by suing them for allegedly violating no less than ten patents relating to GSM phone technology and voice... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/05/apple_palm_among_the_targets_in_gsm_smartphone_lawsuit/ Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:55:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/31/psystar_hires_attorneys_whove_taken_down_apple_before/ A pair of attorneys representing Psystar in its legal bout with Apple are already familiar with the Mac maker, with whom they've clashed before and came out on top. After taunting Apple for three m... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/31/psystar_hires_attorneys_whove_taken_down_apple_before/ Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/22/second_firm_tests_apples_legal_resolve_with_mac_os_x_ready_pcs/ Ignoring action just taken against Psystar, a new company known as Open Tech says it's making Mac OS X-compatible PCs, and believes it has found a loophole that prevents legal action from Apple. O... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/22/second_firm_tests_apples_legal_resolve_with_mac_os_x_ready_pcs/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:15:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/15/apple_finally_sues_unauthorized_clone_maker_psystar/ Apple Inc. is fed up with a small Florida-based firm that has been selling its own brand of computers running hacked versions of the Mac OS X operating system and has finally slapped the company with ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/15/apple_finally_sues_unauthorized_clone_maker_psystar/ Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/02/jobsco_sued_again_mac_web_share_up_itunes_k_12_launches/ Some of Apple's top executives, including Steve Jobs, have once again been accused of bad faith in backdating company shares. Simultaneously, Mac web share is nearing eight percent in one report, K-1... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/02/jobsco_sued_again_mac_web_share_up_itunes_k_12_launches/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/02/apple_named_in_lawsuit_over_wireless_data_circuits/ A small patent holding firm claims that Apple and other large PC makers are violating broadly-worded patents for encrypted wireless signals as well as the inner workings of many computer circuits. ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/02/apple_named_in_lawsuit_over_wireless_data_circuits/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/06/26/apple_makes_example_of_ipod_repairman_in_lawsuit/ The owner of an iPod repair shop is being sued by Apple for misuse of the coveted iPod trademark -- and of allegedly manipulating Apple to both send him replacement units for free as well as tricking ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/06/26/apple_makes_example_of_ipod_repairman_in_lawsuit/ Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:55:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/06/23/apple_iphone_drawn_into_touch_computing_patent_lawsuit/ A small Nevada company has added Apple and a slew of other PC makers to a lawsuit it hopes will give up royalties for an allegedly valid touchscreen patent that may affect the iPhone. Filed on Mond... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/06/23/apple_iphone_drawn_into_touch_computing_patent_lawsuit/ Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:55:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/06/20/apple_hp_targeted_in_patent_lawsuit_over_web_stores/ A little-known company is suing Apple and Hewlett-Packard for creating head-to-toe custom computer ordering systems that allegedly resemble concepts patented in the early days of Internet sales. Fi... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/06/20/apple_hp_targeted_in_patent_lawsuit_over_web_stores/ Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/06/16/apple_settles_suit_with_klausner_over_visual_voicemail_technology/ Klausner Technology Inc. said Monday that both Apple and AT&T have agreed to license its patents on "visual voicemail" technology, thus settling an iPhone-related lawsuit filed against them. The pr... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/06/16/apple_settles_suit_with_klausner_over_visual_voicemail_technology/ Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:25:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/05/21/apple_sued_for_callings_its_mouse_mighty/ A small accessory maker is taking Apple and CBS to court because it wants the Mac maker to stop calling its standard desktop computer mouse the "Mighty Mouse." Landover-based Man & Machine, Inc. (M... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/05/21/apple_sued_for_callings_its_mouse_mighty/ Wed, 21 May 2008 16:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/05/16/apple_files_first_lawsuit_in_defense_of_made_for_ipod_licensing/ The first test of Apple's licensing system for iPod accessories has come with the launch of a complaint by the company against Atico International, whose iPod speakers allegedly infringe on patents be... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/05/16/apple_files_first_lawsuit_in_defense_of_made_for_ipod_licensing/ Fri, 16 May 2008 22:55:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/05/09/apple_settlements_canadian_ipod_credit_notebook_adapter_refunds/ Apple has agreed to settlements in two longstanding class action lawsuits over allegations that earlier iPod models failed to live up to their battery claims, and that replacement adapters for some of... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/05/09/apple_settlements_canadian_ipod_credit_notebook_adapter_refunds/ Fri, 09 May 2008 17:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/04/28/patent_lawsuit_targets_apples_dock_connector_in_ipod_nano_touch/ A new legal complaint accuses Apple of infringing on a patent for a flash memory drive by selling its ubiquitous iPod nano and iPod touch players, among other devices. The 32-page suit -- most of w... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/04/28/patent_lawsuit_targets_apples_dock_connector_in_ipod_nano_touch/ Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:15:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/04/24/apples_jobs_summonsed_over_latest_backdating_charges/ Apple chief executive Steve Jobs and other members of the company's leadership have been summonsed to appear before a court as part of a new lawsuit regarding the electronics maker's long-running opti... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/04/24/apples_jobs_summonsed_over_latest_backdating_charges/ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/03/31/apple_hit_with_another_millions_of_colors_lawsuit/ Just days after settling a lawsuit in which it was charged with misrepresenting the quality of its notebook screens, Apple Inc. has been hit with a second class-action suit rife with similar allegatio... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/03/31/apple_hit_with_another_millions_of_colors_lawsuit/ Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/03/26/apple_settles_millions_of_colors_class_action_lawsuit/ Apple has settled with two professional photographers who had charged the company with falsely advertising the quality and capabilities of its MacBook and MacBook Pro notebook displays. The out-of... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/03/26/apple_settles_millions_of_colors_class_action_lawsuit/ Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/03/17/lawsuit_targets_time_based_sorting_in_apples_ipods_time_machine/ A Texas-based lawsuit claims that virtually all of Apple's product line infringes on a system for organizing data by time, but draws its closest connection with the Time Machine backup feature in Mac ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/03/17/lawsuit_targets_time_based_sorting_in_apples_ipods_time_machine/ Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:45:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/03/12/apple_sued_over_foundation_to_ipod_itunes_franchise/ ZapMedia Services, Inc. has filed a lawsuit against Apple Inc., claiming to have conceived the underlying principles of the iPod + iTunes franchise a full two years before the first iPod went on sale.... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/03/12/apple_sued_over_foundation_to_ipod_itunes_franchise/ Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/02/26/lawsuit_claims_iphone_infringes_call_display_patent/ A new Massachusetts complaint accuses Apple of violating a patent for a basic call display system. The five-page complaint by Romek Figa, who does business in the eastern US state as Abraham & Son,... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/02/26/lawsuit_claims_iphone_infringes_call_display_patent/ Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:10:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/02/20/apple_starbucks_sued_over_custom_music_gift_cards/ A Utah couple acting as their own attorneys have filed a lawsuit against Apple and Starbucks over the retailers' recent "Song of the Day" promotion, which offers Starbucks customers a iTunes gift card... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/02/20/apple_starbucks_sued_over_custom_music_gift_cards/ Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:20:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/02/07/apple_hit_with_summons_over_itunes_store_allowance_feature/ Apple this week came under legal fire from a small California firm that claims to hold a patent on concepts used by the iPod maker to facilitate the 'iTunes Store Allowance' feature of its industry le... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/02/07/apple_hit_with_summons_over_itunes_store_allowance_feature/ Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:40:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/01/25/apple_sued_for_stifling_air_filtration_firm/ A Delaware company specializing in air purification is suing Apple Inc. in order to get the iPod maker to stop causing a ruckus over the airPOD name used to market its desktop-based air filtration sys... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/01/25/apple_sued_for_stifling_air_filtration_firm/ Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/01/23/apple_faces_new_lawsuit_over_iphone_concept/ A little-known California company is suing Apple Inc. and satellite phone company Atlantic RT, Inc. for patent infringement after having just recently beat both firms to a new patent covering mobile e... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/01/23/apple_faces_new_lawsuit_over_iphone_concept/ Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:00:00 GMT