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Article | 30/11/2010 Courts shut down 82 sites for alleged copyright violations
Two U.S. government agencies have obtained seizure orders for the domain names of 82 websites accused of selling products that infringe copyright law,...
Article | 30/11/2010 Microsoft pioneers tactile display technology
Possibly leapfrogging today's touch-screen technologies, Microsoft has figured out a way to make the computer displays themselves change in shape unde...
Article | 29/11/2010 Swedish judge confirms Pirate Bay convictions on appeal
Three men found guilty of being accessories to crimes against copyright law for their part in running The Pirate Bay have lost their appeal, while a f...
Article | 25/11/2010 EU Parliament approves once-secret ACTA copyright treaty
After 11 rounds of international negotiations, the final text of the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has overcome its biggest...
Article | 23/11/2010 Woman helped sell fake chips to US military
A Florida woman has pleaded guilty to charges that she helped her employer sell counterfeit computer chips for use by the U.S. military
Article | 18/11/2010 Oracle sues hardware partner over warehouse burglary
An Oracle lawsuit filed last week could serve as a cautionary message to hardware partners that wish to do business with the vendor: Secure your build...
Article | 16/11/2010 Intel sued by University of New Mexico
The University of New Mexico's patent arm, STC, filed a lawsuit against Intel on Monday alleging the infringement of a patent related to advanced chip...
Article | 17/11/2010 Android faces another patent attack
Android faces a new threat with a lawsuit that Vertical Computer Systems filed Monday against Samsung and LG.
Article | 16/11/2010 Oracle responds to Apache Java defiance
Seemingly anxious to get the next version of the Java programming language ratified, Oracle has asked the Apache Software Foundation to reconsider its...
Article | 12/11/2010 Motorola countersues Microsoft in patent infringement battle
The countersuit is a standard legal maneuver for patent infringement law suits. It is common enough that it is no longer a matter of if, but when, a t...
Article | 12/11/2010 Google: Third parties liable for Java infringement, not us
Third parties, not Google, would be liable for any Java copyright violations in the Android mobile OS, according to a filing the vendor made Wednesday...
Article | 12/11/2010 Motorola retaliates with lawsuit against Microsoft
Motorola's mobile phone subsidiary has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft alleging the world's largest software maker has infringed 16 of its patents i...
Article | 12/11/2010 Google denies 'line-for-line' Java copying for Android
Google is denying Oracle's allegation that it directly copied lines of Oracle's Java code for its Android mobile OS, according to a court filing made ...
Article | 11/11/2010 3D printing may bring legal challenges, group says
A coming revolution in 3D printing, with average consumers able to copy and create new three-dimensional objects at home, may lead to attempts by pate...
Article | 10/11/2010 Microsoft sues Motorola over licensing terms
Microsoft sued Motorola on Tuesday in a Washington court, alleging that Motorola is refusing to license patents on a reasonable basis, as it promised ...