Apple's settlement applies to dozens of identical cases that were consolidated in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Californiain 2018. The company was brought to task for false advertising, alleged unfair business practices, trespass to chattels, breach of contract...
If the settlement is approved by the court as written, a settlement administrator would use information provided by Apple to contact people who are eligible for a payment. A public notice of the settlement, after it's approved, would help get the word out to anyone who slips throug...
The settlement pertains to a software feature Apple introduced to iOS that throttled the iPhone processor under instances of heavy loads. The idea of the feature was to reduce the negative effects of iPhone batteries aging, such as random shutdowns, for a range of iPhone models. The affected...
Earlier this year, Apple agreed to pay up to $500 million as part of the settlement agreement for the “Batterygate” scandal that has prevailed for years. The tech giant admitted in 2017 that it used software updates to slow down older iPhones, and offered an official apology and reduced ...
Apple has agreed to pay up to $500 million to settle litigation accusing it of quietly slowing down older iPhones as it launched new models. The preliminary proposed class-action settlement, wich requires approval by U.S. District Judge Edward Davila in San Jose, California, calls for Apple ...
after the tech giants admitted to slowing down the previous versions of iPhones. Though the company had alleged that slowing down iPhones was adopted as a measure to protect customers from technical issues and aging batteries, one of the lawsuits is asking for a settlement of $999 billion USD....
After admitting to slowing down older iPhones, Apple will soon pay current and former device owners money as part of a settlement.
Apple denied any violation of law, but said in the filing it agreed to the settlement “in recognition that further litigation will be protracted, overly burdensome, expensive, and distracting.” Apple shares were down 1.1% on Friday amid a broader pullback in the stock market. ...
This settlement equates to roughly 2 bucks for every iPod sold. But you're right, they got away pretty cheaply. The patents must have been pretty buttoned up for Apple to agree to $100MM settlement.Not really. It's just a matter of economics. Even with weak patents, you'll have an ...
Apple and Qualcomm announced Tuesday that they have reached a settlement agreement, which will end litigation between the two tech giants over patent and royalty disputes. The settlement includes an unspecified payment from Apple to Qualcomm.