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Beatles Boost EMI. (But About That Debt…)
First, some good news for EMI Music Group, the big music label that’s troubled even by the music industry’s troubled standards: They still have the Beatles. And it turns out that people still care...
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FTC Sues Intel (Plus Full Text of Complaint)
It’s going to be a long, cold winter for Intel legal. The Federal Trade Commission filed suit against Intel (INTC) this morning, accusing the company of waging “a systematic campaign to shut out...
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Next Step in the Facebook Privacy Blowback: The FTC Complaint. The Real...
The clamor about Facebook’s changes to its privacy policy–the ones whereby the social network encourages its users to abandon their privacy–is getting louder. Today, a coalition of privacy groups, led...
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Nokia: Most of Apple Product Line Infringes Our Patents
Oh, it’s really on now. Nokia today upped the ante in its ongoing patent dispute with Apple, filing a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission in which it claims that Apple infringes its...
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Is That a Real New York Times App or a Fake? Apple Doesn't Want to Know.
Has the New York Times finally started charging people to read its news online? Not yet. But it sure looks like the Times is charging online readers if you visit Apple’s iTunes Store, which is selling...
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Feds to Facebook Privacy Critics: Let's Talk
Meaningful? Or meaningless? You make the call: The Federal Trade Commission has told the group that filed a grievance about Facebook’s recent privacy changes that its “complaint raises issues of...
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Motorola Asks ITC for BlackBerry Block
The mobile handset market is quite the hotbed for litigation these days, isn’t it? Nokia sues Apple, accusing the company of hitching a “free-ride” on its intellectual property; Apple (AAPL)...
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EPIC FAIL: Electronic Privacy Information Center Files FTC Complaint Over...
While well-intentioned, Google’s “sorry, we didn’t get everything quite right” apology hasn’t absolved the company of the bungled launch of Buzz, its new social networking service and its foolish...
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ITC Investigating Nokia Over Apple Patent Complaints and Vice Versa
The U.S. International Trade Commission, which in December launched an investigation against Apple at Nokia’s behest, has now agreed to launch a separate investigation against Nokia at Apple’s behest....
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Why HTC, Apple? And Why Now?
With Apple’s lawsuit against HTC this morning, the company has clearly brought out the big guns against the parade of iPhone doppelgängers that have hit the mobile market since the device’s debut....
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VirnetX Sues Microsoft a Second Time
Now that a Texas jury has found that Windows Vista, Windows XP and Office Communicator infringed its patents, VirnetX Holding has set out to prove that a few other Microsoft products do as well. Two...
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Nokia's New Focus Is Mobile Services? Sure It's Not Lawsuits Against Apple?
Nokia might not be able mount a reasonable challenge to Apple in the smartphone market, but it can certainly mount one in court. The company escalated its legal battle with the iPhone maker this...
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New Silicon Valley Battle Royale: Oracle Sues Google
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison–fresh from slapping around Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) for ousting CEO Mark Hurd–is aiming his company’s legal guns at another powerhouse. This afternoon, the database software...
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Love, Larry: Here Is the Oracle Statement and Final Complaint Versus Google
For those who love to get legal, here is Oracle’s complaint against Google, as well as the full statement, in its fight over intellectual property. This afternoon, the database software giant said it...
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Google Asks Court to Toss Oracle's Android Lawsuit
Silicon Valley’s latest Goliath versus Goliath battle is officially on. Google today responded to Oracle’s (ORCL) claims that its Android OS infringes copyrights and patents related to Java, which...
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Motorola Sues Apple Over…Everything
Motorola has filed a patent complaint against Apple that covers…a lot. In Motorola’s (MOT) words, the 18 patents in question concern “key technology areas found on many of Apple’s core products and...
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BoomTown as Judge Judy, Um, Judge BigApps
With All Things Digital Global HQ located in the heart of the Castro in San Francisco, BoomTown tries hard not to judge–even that dude who likes to come into the Starbucks (SBUX) naked. But I made an...
View ArticleLabor Board Backs Worker Who Criticized on Facebook
The National Labor Relations Board is taking a stand on employees’ rights to post negative comments about supervisors on social networking sites, alleging that a company illegally fired a worker for...
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Seventh Person Arrested in Insider Trading Probe
The FBI has arrested another person in the ongoing investigation into the sharing of insider information with investors by consultants working for so-called expert firms. The latest to be arrested is...
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Intel Will Pay Nvidia $1.5 Billion to "Maintain Patent Peace"
Intel has agreed to pay Nvidia $1.5 billion to settle their long-simmering legal dispute that had been set to go before a Delaware Chancery Court in December. Intel will pay Nvidia in five annual...
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