Apple and Samsung: What's behind the patent fight

Samsung took a step toward finding a kind of "pax tabletica" with arch-foe Apple in an Australian court last week, offering to remove features from its Galaxy Tab to avoid a court ban on sales of the device in that country. But what's really interesting about the case isn't the technical litigation, but the underlying attempt to define how much of a product's design is actually protected under existing, fragmented international laws.

By Jonny Evans | 06 October, 2011 05:45

Tags: tablets, smartphones, Samsung Electronics, patent, legal, intellectual property, hardware systems, consumer electronics, Apple

Apple's hot sales take it to top 5 handset makers

Despite an Android onslaught, "antenna-gate" and "glass-gate", Apple has managed to design its way into the top five handset makers for the first time, bouncing Sony Ericsson out of the game as the Cupertino firm enjoys growing mind-share.

By Jonny Evans | 30 October, 2010 03:46

Tags: Strategy Analytics, sony, Phones, market trends, IDC, Ericsson, consumer electronics, Apple

Repetitive strain injury costing businesses millions

Work-related RSI cases are at an all-time high and the cost to businesses is spiralling, new Microsoft research reveals.