Blix Inc. v. Apple Inc.

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Case Number:

1:19-cv-01869

Court:

Delaware

Nature of Suit:

Patent

Judge:

Leonard P. Stark

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  1. December 06, 2022

    Fed. Circ. Affirms Apple Antitrust Win 1 Day After Arguments

    In a single sentence order one day after oral arguments, the Federal Circuit on Tuesday summarily affirmed a lower court's order tossing a lawsuit accusing Apple Inc. of engaging in anticompetitive behavior and stealing a piece of an email application's technology to uphold its iOS operating system monopoly.

  2. July 09, 2021

    Apple Beats Blix's Antitrust Claims Over Mobile OS Market

    A Delaware federal judge on Friday granted Apple's motion to dismiss Blix's antitrust lawsuit against the tech giant, finding that the app developer failed to demonstrate how Apple is harming competition in the mobile operating system market by requiring developers to offer an Apple-specific log-in function.

  3. December 01, 2020

    Apple Gets IP, Antitrust Suit Over Email Software Trimmed

    A Delaware federal judge on Monday trimmed Blix Inc.'s suit that accuses Apple of patent infringement and antitrust violations, ruling that the app developer did not successfully allege that Apple is monopolizing the email software market.

  4. October 13, 2020

    Apple Says House Antitrust Report Has No Bearing On Suit

    Apple Inc. told a Delaware federal court that a recent congressional report on the dominance of digital platforms has no bearing on a software company's claims that the tech giant monopolizes the market for email clients on its devices.

  5. May 18, 2020

    Judge May Toss IP, Monopolization Claims Against Apple

    A Delaware federal judge sounded skeptical during a hearing Monday over claims from a software company that Apple infringed one of its patents and uses control over applications that run on its devices to monopolize two separate markets for email clients.

  6. February 13, 2020

    Apple Looks To Ditch Patent Suit Over 'Centuries Old' Idea

    Apple Inc. has asked out of a suit accusing it of using pilfered tech to manage its email application, telling a Delaware federal judge that the process described by the patent it is said to be infringing is actually an idea that is "centuries old."