Motorola has won a permanent injunction against the push email feature of Apple's MobileMe/iCloud service and Apple has removed the iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, and 3G iPads from its online store in Germany.
An Apple patent filing details a hidden biometric reader inside an iPhone or a Mac to let users lock down their systems with fingerprints or even facial recognition
Apple has posted the required $2.6 million bond for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 preliminary injunction while Samsung has filed a motion to stay the injunction pending its appeal.
Samsung has lost a case against Apple on its home turf. A Seoul court ruled that Apple didn't violate the Samsung patents it was accused of infringing on.
Germany's highest appeals court, the Federal Court of Appeals in Karlsruhe, has ruled that Apple's patents covering the 'slide to unlock' feature on the iPhone are invalid.