Apple is accustomed to being a controversial pioneer in the tech world. Yet, a patent it was recently awarded is garnering more than the usual interest, and not for positive reasons. The patent entitled “[s]ystems and methods for receiving infrared…
On May 15, 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (The Federal Circuit) handed down its decision in Apple, Inc. v. Samsung Elecs. Co. The court held that Samsung’s mobile phones had infringed two of Apple’s…
The long-simmering struggle between two essential American interests came to a dramatic head this week when Apple indicated its intent to appeal a court order directing the company to unlock an iPhone used by Syed Rizwan Farook, one of the…
Recently, it seems almost every week there is a new data breach at a particularly large retailer. If you’ve ever used a credit card at the store, a slight panic sets in that your information could have been stolen. You…
Author: Sam Castree, III, J.D Candidate, Class of 2013, Chicago-Kent College of Law Online media distribution has become big business in recent years. For example, Apple sold 10 billion songs on its iTunes platform between April 2003 and February 2010, an average of…
