Geek News Wire reports recent Apple and iPhone related news
Apple made a few headlines in recent days. Cartier sues Apple for trademark infringement then withdraws lawsuit. Apple rejects iPhone app and AMD says Intel-only deal struck at Apple in 2005.
Cartier sues Apple for trademark infringement, then withdraws lawsuit
Luxury watchmaker Cartier on Friday sued Apple for trademark infringement because of a pair of applications available on its App Store. By Saturday, however, Cartier decided to withdraw the suit as Apple had removed the apps from the store.
At the heart of Cartier’s infringement claim was a pair of apps called Fake Watch and Fake Watch Gold Edition. The lawsuit claimed the applications give people the ability to tell time on the iPhone and iPod Touch with a display that simulates famous wristwatches. Read more
Apple rejects iPhone app over access to Kama Sutra
Apple’s iPhone app rejection policy continues to mystify.
This time, Apple has rejected Eucalyptus, an e-book reader app that can, after purposely searching for it, access the Kama Sutra. Like it does with all books available through the app, Eucalyptus downloads a text-only version of the ancient Indian book on sexuality from Project Gutenberg.
Apple rejected the app because it deems the content available on Eucalyptus as "objectionable."
For now, Eucalyptus will not be available in the App Store, unless the developer specifically bans the Kama Sutra from the app. That also assumes that Apple won’t find another book with "objectionable" content and refuse the e-book reader again. Read more
AMD says Intel-only deal struck at Apple in 2005
An Advanced Micro Devices executive claims that Intel and Apple cut a deal in 2005 that made Intel an exclusive supplier of processors to Apple, preventing AMD from gaining Apple business.
The claim, made in a phone interview with Tom McCoy, AMD’s senior vice president of legal affairs, holds that Intel has had a longstanding deal to be Apple’s sole supplier of microprocessors. To date, Apple has not used an AMD central processing unit (CPU) in any of its products. Currently, only Intel CPUs populate Apple’s laptop, desktop, and server lineups.
This assertion by AMD comes in the wake of the EU decision last week to fine Intel $1.45 billion for violating antitrust legislation. Last week’s EU decision centered on whether Intel used illegal tactics to deny processor business to AMD at PC makers. Read more