Just as it appeared that there would be a truce in the patent war between Samsung and Apple, Samsung fired another salvo at Apple. In a filing in the federal district court for Northern California, Samsung claimed Apple infringed on eight of its patents. Samsung’s action was a counterclaim filed in response to a lawsuit filed by Apple in February.

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Odds are Apple will beat the antitrust lawsuit filed Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Justice against the iPad maker and a half dozen publishers. Three of the publishers named in the lawsuit settled with the DoJ immediately. However, the other defendants, including Apple, have vowed to grapple with the feds in court. The DoJ alleges that Apple and the publishers conspired to raise retail e-book prices.

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Odds are Apple will beat the antitrust lawsuit filed Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Justice against the iPad maker and a half dozen publishers. Three of the publishers named in the lawsuit settled with the DoJ immediately. However, the other defendants, including Apple, have vowed to grapple with the feds in court. The DoJ alleges that Apple and the publishers conspired to raise retail e-book prices.

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Is Apple on the fast track to become the first trillion-dollar company in world history? Just a few short weeks ago, that prospect appeared to be the exclusive fantasy of wild-eyed Apple fanboys posing as stock analysts, but now the idea appears to be gaining street cred.

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Tim Cook this week made his first visit to China since he took the tiller as CEO of Apple last August. Cook’s trip to the Asian nation mixed business with politics. He visited a Foxconn factory that makes iPhones and an Apple Store in Beijing. He conducted skull sessions with the city’s mayor, Guo Kinlong, and the country’s Vice Premier Li Keqiang, who is expected to succeed Wen Jiabao as premier of the nation.

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