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Article | 16/06/2011 Nokia loses U.K. patent battle against IPCom
Nokia is infringing on a patent owned by German company IPCom, the U.K. High Court ruled today. IPCom will be seeking damages and an injunction bannin...
Article | 15/06/2011 Nokia wins patent war with Apple -- you're next Android
Don't put any dirt on Nokia's coffin just yet--the company still has some life in it. A victory in its patent war with Apple means a new revenue strea...
Article | 14/06/2011 Apple will pay Nokia to settle patent suit
Nokia and Apple have settled an almost two-year long legal battle over patents with an agreement that will see Apple pay a lump sum and ongoing royalt...
Article | 10/06/2011 Supreme Court ruling seen as a win for patent trolls
The Supreme Court's decision on Thursday in the Microsoft vs. i4i case was anticlimactic and likely a disappointment to most technology companies, leg...
Article | 10/06/2011 Supreme Court rules against Microsoft in i4i case
The U.S. Supreme Court has let stand a $US300 million patent infringement ruling against Microsoft, granting a victory Thursday to i4i, which filed th...
Article | 9/06/2011 Police shut down German movie-streaming portal
Police in four countries raided data centers and residences on Wednesday that culminated with the shutdown of Kino.to, a popular site for watching str...
Article | 8/06/2011 Ohio man pleads guilty to selling counterfeit software
An Ohio man has pleaded guilty to selling more than US$1 million worth of counterfeit financial and tax preparation software on eBay, the U.S. Departm...
Article | 8/06/2011 Oracle seeks hefty slice of Google's ad revenue
Oracle wants a significant chunk of the ad revenue Google generates in connection with its Android mobile OS, according to a filing made this week in ...
Article | 4/06/2011 Report: DOJ examines Nortel patent sale
The U.S. Department of Justice is examining bidders, including Apple and Google, interested in Nortel's patent portfolio, according to a <a href="http...
Article | 3/06/2011 YouTube sets up Creative Commons library
YouTube has set up a library of videos carrying the Creative Commons license, that creators can easily reuse and incorporate into their work, the Goog...
Article | 1/06/2011 Patent-challenging site expands its focus
Crowdsourced, patent-busting website Article One Partners has expanded its focus beyond serving as a resource during patent lawsuits, with its communi...
Article | 28/05/2011 Senator blocks controversial copyright bill
A U.S. senator has blocked a controversial bill that would enlist ISPs, search engines and other businesses in blocking access to alleged websites inf...
Article | 27/05/2011 PayPal, eBay sue Google over mobile payments secrets
PayPal and parent eBay have filed a suit against Google and two former executives alleging that they have misappropriated their trade secrets in the a...
Article | 27/05/2011 Senate panel approves controversial copyright bill
A U.S. Senate committee has unanimously approved a controversial bill that would allow the U.S. Department of Justice to seek court orders requiring s...
Article | 26/05/2011 Oracle-Google trial could be delayed for years
The federal judge overseeing the Java patent litigation between Oracle and Google has said it might be necessary to delay a trial until U.S. authoriti...