Competition is good for the tech industry. It lowers prices and increases selection. You know what’s bad for the tech industry? Walking into a store and seeing nothing but Apple logos everywhere. Unfortunately, that seems to be Apple’s…
A headline like “Samsung and Apple reach patent war truce” would be a landmark moment in history. Unfortunately, this headline is only a partial landmark moment in history. Apple and Samsung have officially reached a truce in their lengthy…
Last year, Samsung and Google signed a patent truce. That meant the companies could freely use certain patents from the other company. Both Samsung and Google could avoid costly patent litigation while encouraging industry innovation. Instead of…
As you probably already know, Microsoft makes a lot of money from Android. Specifically, Microsoft owns many patents used by Android devices. A few years ago, Google and Microsoft came to a patent licensing agreement: Microsoft agreed not to sue…
We’ve extensively covered patent wars at OneClickRoot because, let’s face it, patents are a huge issue affecting Android today. While companies like Google and Samsung have formed patent truces – allowing free use of one another’s patents…
“Jihadist” is a pretty serious word to call somebody. That’s the word Samsung’s lead attorney recently used to describe Apple. The legal teams from Apple and Samsung are actively engaged in settlement talks after recent patent…
Samsung and Apple are two of the world’s largest and most powerful tech companies. Back in 2012, they waged one of the fiercest and most expensive patent wars in world history. That war ended with Samsung paying over $1 billion to Apple due to…
In the last CES, the consumer electronics technology world was awestruck after Samsung showcased their colossal Galaxy tablet that has a mammoth of a screen size of 12.1 inch. On the contrary, Google executives present at the show were perturbed by…
Last week, the International Trade Commission ordered that the iPhone 4 and iPad be banned from U.S. retail shelves because they violated Samsung patents. President Obama vetoed that order, marking the first time since 1987 that a U.S. president…
Android is the world’s largest mobile operating system. It’s also open-source, which means it can be freely edited by anyone and anything. But when Google created Android, it borrowed heavily from tech companies around the world. As you may…
