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Article | 18/12/2012 Samsung drops European injunction requests against Apple

Samsung dropped all claims pending in European courts in which it asserted patents that are essential for mobile communication devices to prevent the ...

Article | 17/12/2012 German privacy regulator orders Facebook to end its real name policy

A German privacy regulator ordered Facebook to stop enforcing its real name policy because it violates a German law that gives users the right to use ...

Article | 14/12/2012 Google Maps for iPhone violates European data protection law, German watchdog says

When users install Google Maps on their iPhone, the option to share location data with Google is switched on by default. By doing this, Google violate...

Article | 13/12/2012 Mobile payments startup iZettle expands to Spain

Swedish mobile payments startup iZettle has expanded its territory to Spain, and is now available in seven European markets.

Article | 13/12/2012 Belgian news publishers settle copyright dispute with Google

Belgian French-language news publishers settled a copyright dispute with Google, agreeing to promote each others services while Google will pay all le...

Article | 12/12/2012 Computer technology tops list of worldwide patent applications

Computer technology accounted for more patent applications in recent years than any other industry sector tracked by the World Intellectual Property O...

Article | 11/12/2012 New EU-wide patent system approved by the European Parliament

The European Parliament has voted to create a pan-European patent system with the goal of making it cheaper and simpler to obtain patents.

Article | 7/12/2012 Pirate Bay co-founder's detention restrictions eased

Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg's remains in a Swedish jail but is no longer detained with restrictions and can communicate with others...

Article | 7/12/2012 Facebook sued over App Center data sharing in Germany

German consumer organizations are suing Facebook because the social network keeps sharing personal data with third-party app makers without getting ex...

Article | 6/12/2012 US Congress passes another resolution opposing UN Internet takeover

The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution urging the U.S. government not to give the United Nations' International Telecommuni...

Article | 4/12/2012 Irish data protection watchdog faces legal challenge over Facebook privacy audit

Privacy campaign group Europe vs. Facebook has threatened to take the Irish Data Protection Commissioner to court if it is not satisfied with the DPC'...

Article | 3/12/2012 Ericsson wants US import ban on Samsung products

Just a few days after Ericsson filed several patent-infringement lawsuits against Samsung in the U.S., the Swedish mobile phone company also filed a c...

Article | 3/12/2012 Adyen readies mobile payment service for big retail stores

Dutch payment services company Adyen has developed a service it hopes will allow sales staff at major European retailers to accept card payments via a...

Article | 3/12/2012 Vatican unveils Pope's Twitter account

Pope Benedict XVI will extend his online presence to Twitter and start answering questions put to him via the social network in English and seven othe...

Article | 29/11/2012 German parliament to discuss controversial online copyright bill

The German parliament is set to discuss a controversial online copyright bill that is meant to allow news publishers to charge search engines such as ...