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Apple's nano-SIM standard would be royalty-free if approved by ETSI, claims insider

By Vlad Savov on March 26, 2012 06:17 am + 74 comments

Apple has reportedly sent a letter to the other members of ETSI (the European Telecommunications Continue reading…
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Yahoo reportedly has a license to patents Facebook just bought from IBM

By Matt Macari on March 23, 2012 01:51 am + 5 comments

Law360 is reporting a source has told them that the lot of 750 patents Facebook is buying from IBM Continue reading…
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Facebook acquiring 750 patents from IBM; strategic value still unknown (update)

By Matt Macari on March 22, 2012 09:21 pm + 8 comments

Update: In a brief statement to the AFP, a Facebook spokesperson said "I can confirm that there was Continue reading…
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Apple claims it approached Samsung four times in 2010 to head off patent litigation

By Matt Macari on March 22, 2012 08:20 am + 212 comments

We've heard rumblings for some time that Steve Jobs initiated talks with Samsung back in 2010 in an Continue reading…
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ITC issues final ruling, says Motorola doesn't infringe three Apple patents

By Jeff Blagdon on March 19, 2012 12:15 pm + 4 comments

The web of patent lawsuits between Apple and Motorola may have just thinned out a strand. Back in Continue reading…
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Samsung fails to ban iPhones and iPads in Netherlands in big victory for Apple

By Matt Macari on March 14, 2012 04:20 pm + 31 comments

The Hague District Court today rejected Samsung's attempt to ban Apple's iPhones or iPads in the Continue reading…
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Trial for Oracle patent and copyright suit against Google to start on April 16th

By Adi Robertson on March 14, 2012 12:11 pm + 36 comments

After several delays, a trial for Oracle's intellectual property suit against Google has been set to Continue reading…
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Inside Yahoo: how defensive patents became offensive weapons

By Jeff Blagdon on March 14, 2012 03:33 am + 14 comments

Imagine you're a mild-mannered software developer running your own company, when one day the big dog Continue reading…
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A closer look at Yahoo's patent case against Facebook

By Matt Macari on March 13, 2012 11:41 am + 33 comments

Yahoo's patent infringement suit against Facebook didn't take many by surprise, but the focus of the Continue reading…
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Yahoo files suit against Facebook over patent infringement, Facebook calls action 'puzzling'

By Bryan Bishop on March 12, 2012 04:34 pm + 23 comments

We knew that Yahoo was preparing to take "formal action" against Facebook for allegedly violating Continue reading…