Apple Inc. suffered another legal blow over the “iPhone” name trademark after a China court ruled in favor of Xintong Tiandi Technology (Beijing) Co. highlighting the country’s Trademark Law. The Beijing Municipal High People's Court ruled that Xintong’s use of the name for its leather accessories could not be prevented.
FBI informed Apple Inc of a vulnerability in its iPhone and iMac software on April 14. However, FBI will not tell Apple how it extracted data from the iPhone 5c belonging to terrorist Syed Rizwan Farook.
After a lengthy battle, the FBI released a statement on Tuesday saying it won't share the iPhone unlocking mechanism it used in unlocking the San Bernardino shooter's device. While FBI has coordinated with a contractor to open the encrypted iPhone, it argued that the agency doesn't own the mechanism.
On Thursday, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey revealed the agency paid more to get into the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters than he will make in the remaining seven years and four months he has in his job.
Apple will pay $24.9 million to Dynamic Advances, which claim that Apple’s Siri violate a patent licensed to the company. The settlement was made one month after the case is due to trial.
Silicon Valley giants continue to support Apple. After the tech giant said that the encryption bill is unworkable, other companies echoed Apple's statements.
A digital right group activists demanded that the U.S. Justice Department reveal whether secret court order had been used to force tech companies to provide encrypted data. The case emerged amid the tension between tech companies and law enforcement agencies over the encryption issue, such as the dispute between Apple and the FBI.
Apple confirmed that it had not shared its source code with the Chinese government, even though the company has received such requests. The statement was made in a hearing in a response to claims that Apple has been handing over its source code to China.
Apple has asserted that the government has failed to substantiate the need for its help in accessing an iPhone used in a New York crime. This follows the appeal of government after a judge said he did not have the authority to order Apple to open the subject iPhone.
In light of the recent data-privacy debate going on in the U.S., Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates spoke up about another on-going case against the U.S. government on getting information about a certain entity's or individual's email without informing them.
Tech Giant, Microsoft Corp. has started a legal battle against the US Justice Department regarding the latter's requests in data access. The company argued that the government is violating more than 1 Constitutional right with its demand.
The battle between Apple and the FBI cannot seem go away as another motion in two separate jurisdictions had been filed to compel Apple to hack its iPhone to help law enforcers solve crimes. Apple steadfastly opposes the government's move to force them to bypass the security mechanism of their phone.
In the name of upholding the rule of law and giving justice to crimes such as terrorism, child pornography and the likes, the U.S. Senate has officially released the draft of the highly controversial encryption bill and it has since then received criticisms from Cybersecurity advocates.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is keen to withhold the information they have on how to unlock an iPhone using a secret method. The Apple has shown interest that such knowledge should be disclosed.
The White House has declined to support a newly proposed bill that will give federal courts authority to order tech companies to assist law enforcement agencies by cracking encrypted data.
Sources are claiming that the White House will not support the encryption legislation. The supposed bill will give judges clearer authority to order companies to help law enforcements.
The U.S. Justice Department drops legal action to force Apple unlocking iPhone after the FBI succeeded in cracking the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino's shooters.
The FBI announced that they were able to unlock the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters. This leads to the lawsuit against Apple being dropped.
