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Saudi Blogger Won't Face Death on Apostasy Accusation January 23, 2013 
A court in Saudi Arabia reportedly has declined to hear the case of Raif Badawi, a liberal blogger who was accused of apostasy. Apostasy,defined as the abandonment of one's faith, is a particularly grievous charge in Islam. Had it been so inclined, the court that turned down the case could have sentenced Badawi to death. As it stands, Badawi's charge was referred to a lower court.
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Dutch Court: Apple Can't Corner the Rounded-Corner Market January 16, 2013 
A Dutch court ruled this week that Samsung's Galaxy tablets do not infringe on certain Apple design patents relating to the iPad. Apple alleged that Samsung copied the rounded edges of its iPad to create the design on the Galaxy Tab 10.1, Galaxy Tab 8.9 and Galaxy Tab 7.7. The Apple case hinged on the principle of Community Design, an intellectual property right in the European Union.
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Investors Unnerved by Apple Stock Slide January 16, 2013 
Spooked by reports that Apple is cutting its iPhone 5 orders, many investors unloaded their Apple stock this week, sending the price dipping to its lowest point in nearly a year. The company did not confirm the reports that first appeared in The Wall Street Journal, but several analysts have also cut estimates on iPhone sales for the quarter.
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Investors Panic Over Petering iPhone Popularity January 15, 2013 
Apple stock has fallen below the $500 mark on news that it reduced orders of iPhone 5 screens, and possibly screens for other devices. Many see the revised orders as cause for alarm, and investors have driven the stock to a closing price of $485.92, the first time it's been priced below $500 since Feb. 16 of last year.
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Apple Gives China a Long, Hard Look January 09, 2013 
In a market as fiercely competitive as the mobile device market, one company's good fortune could mean trouble for another, meaning Samsung's high expectations for its fourth quarter could come at Apple's expense. Samsung previewed its fourth quarter financials this week, expressing optimism that smartphone sales will help deliver another record quarter.
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Man Bites Dog: China Fines Apple for Copyright Infringement December 28, 2012
A Chinese court fined Apple 1 million yuan, or roughly $160,000, because its App Store hosted third-party applications that were peddling pirated e-books. The ruling stems from a suit brought by a group of Chinese authors earlier this year. The group originally was seeking 10 million yuan.
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USPTO Hits Apple Where It Hurts December 20, 2012 
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday rejected all 21 claims in Apple's "pinch-to-zoom" patent in a preliminary ruling after an ex parte re-examination of the patent. The USPTO ruling is a significant blow to Apple, as the patent was among those found to have been infringed by Samsung in a case that went to trial this summer.
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Apple Scores With ITC but It May Be a Lose-Lose Game December 19, 2012 
The International Trade Commission on Tuesday ruled that Apple has not violated Google's Motorola Mobility patent for a touchscreen sensor. ITC judge Thomas Pender said the patent was invalid. The touchscreen sensor patent came before Pender this summer, when Google asserted three other Motorola patents against Apple.
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Foursquare Partnership May Give Apple a Route to Maps Success December 19, 2012 
Apple is reportedly in talks with Foursquare about a data-sharing deal that would allow it to use Foursquare's local information to help further develop its mapping application. The Foursquare mobile app uses smartphone users' locations to help them find nearby restaurants, bars or services.
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Samsung Shows Signs of Softening in Smartphone Tug of War December 18, 2012 
Samsung said Tuesday that it will drop its pursuit of injunctions against the sale of some Apple products in Europe. Samsung wants to compete "fairly in the marketplace, rather than in the court," according to its official statement, but the move is an odd twist in the ongoing legal saga between the two consumer electronics giants.
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MobileMedia Patent Loss Unlikely to Ding Apple Much December 14, 2012 
Apple has lost a patent infringement case that was brought by MobileMedia Ideas. The company alleged that Apple misappropriated its technology for mobile devices -- and the federal jury that heard the case agreed. MobileMedia Ideas -- a patent licensing firm owned by Nokia, Sony and MPEG LA -- has a portfolio of hundreds of patents.
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Apple, E-Book Publishers Bow to EC in Pricing Flap December 14, 2012 
Apple and four international publishers will be scrapping some controversial agency agreements and excluding some dubious clauses in future agreements over the next five years, under a decision adopted Thursday by the European Commission. The publishers have also agreed to give retailers conditional freedom to discount e-books.
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Bringing Production Home December 12, 2012 
On Dec. 6, Apple announced that it would begin making some Macs in the U.S., reversing a trend building over several years of manufacturing computers in China and setting an interesting precedent. Apple isn't alone in this: HP has also begun shifting some of its PC production back to the U.S. of A. Before we start popping French champagne corks, we should think about what this means and why it is important.
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USPTO Strikes Blow to Apple's Prized Multitouch Patent December 10, 2012 
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has preliminarily invalidated 20 of the claims in the so-called "Steve Jobs" patent, the second such blow dealt to Apple's IP portfolio in recent months. The Jobs moniker refers to the Apple founder's listing as the chief inventor. The patent protects the technology used in the touchscreen interface on Apple's iOS devices.
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Samsung vs. Apple: Why Samsung Wins a Pyrrhic Victory December 10, 2012 
Last week was defined largely by two interesting stories. One had Apple bringing some manufacturing back to the U.S., and the other revolved around the outcome of the latest trial between Apple and Samsung. It shows you how hard it is to read a judge, though. I thought Judge Lucy Koh would likely raise the award from $1.05
Samsung and Apple appear to be in a dance to the death.
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Judge Pleads for Peace as Apple, Samsung Hairpulling Resumes December 07, 2012 
Judge Lucy Koh on Thursday heard another round of quibbling between Apple and Samsung lawyers. Calling for some sort of "global peace," she reportedly asked both sides if there was any endpoint coming in their slugfest over patent issues. Koh presided earlier this year over the high-profile, often bitter trial between the giants.
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Apple Takes a Dizzying Plunge on Wall Street December 06, 2012 
In one day this week, Apple's stock dropped by almost 7 percent -- its biggest single-day loss in four years, and a highly unusual development for this rock-star device maker that not too long ago launched the new iPhone 5. The decline moves Apple closer to the so-called death cross -- the point at which a stock's long- and short-term trend lines start to head down.
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Apple Bears Down on Samsung in Overall US Mobile Sales December 05, 2012 
Apple edged past LG in the latest quarter to grab second place in U.S. mobile phone sales, intensifying the competition with its main competitor, Samsung. Meanwhile, the iPhone 5 will begin selling in 50 new international markets in the next few weeks. Prior to the third quarter, iPhone sales had come slightly short of analyst expectations.
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Apple Tries Its Hand at Discounts, Refurbs November 21, 2012 
This Friday marks the unofficial kickoff of the holiday season, as many stores open early to offer some of the best deals of the season, and this year, Apple is getting in on the fun. Discounts are unusual for Apple, but it teased the Black Friday deals that only will be available Nov. 23, both online and in its retail stores. It did not say which products specifically would be discounted, or by how much.
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Apple Stores Make Tidy Profits, but They Don't Need To November 15, 2012 
As the news hits that -- yet again -- Apple retail stores produce far more sales per square foot than any other retailer, including Tiffany's, the piece I most often see missing is the most important: Apple's retail sales success is a side effect, not the goal.
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