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Google's Motorola takeover set for US Justice Department approval, says WSJ

By Vlad Savov on February 9, 2012 06:02 am + 18 comments

A mere few days before the European Commission's February 13th deadline for deciding on the legality Continue reading…
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Samsung 'confident' of favorable EU antitrust ruling on patents

By Adi Robertson on February 3, 2012 10:49 am + 22 comments

Samsung has released its first comment regarding the EU antitrust investigation that was announced Continue reading…
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Zynga CEO responds to copycat accusations from Nimblebit and others

By Jamie Keene on February 1, 2012 10:01 am + 83 comments

Zynga CEO Mark Pincus has addressed the issue of copying within the games industry, seemingly Continue reading…
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Recreating famous Abbey Road scene could violate new UK copyright ruling

By Vlad Savov on January 26, 2012 05:09 am + 30 comments

A ruling in the UK Patents County Court this month has deemed it unlawful to copy "a substantial Continue reading…
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Kodak files for bankruptcy: restructuring and patent suits

By Adi Robertson on January 21, 2012 12:17 pm

After a long decline, Kodak is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company had $5.1 billion in Continue reading…
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Kodak files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

By Sean Hollister on January 19, 2012 12:38 am + 45 comments

Patent lawsuits won't save Kodak from an overhaul, it seems: as predicted, the photography company Continue reading…
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Microsoft signs LG to Android patent-licensing agreement, executives gloat on Twitter

By Bryan Bishop on January 12, 2012 09:51 am + 152 comments

Microsoft has announced that it has signed a new patent licensing agreement with LG Electronics, Continue reading…
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Apple paying Taiwan's Elan $5 million to settle multitouch patent dispute

By Jeff Blagdon on January 6, 2012 08:20 am + 8 comments

Apple’s decided to pay Taiwan’s Elan Microelectronics $5 million in an out of court settlement, Continue reading…
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Hasbro sues Asus over Transformer Prime tablet

By Sean Hollister on December 21, 2011 07:45 pm + 140 comments

Don't say we didn't tell you so: Hasbro sued Asus over the name of its Transformer Prime tablet last Continue reading…
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Twitter's attorney says SOPA could punish every user of a service for the alleged infringement of one

By Sean Hollister on December 20, 2011 12:20 am + 21 comments

Twitter general counsel and former Google attorney Alex MacGillivray shared his views on the Stop Continue reading…