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  Most jurors sided with Google on APIs and 'fair use'

  Most of the jurors in the Oracle v Google trial thought Google's use of 37 Java APIs in Android should be allowed under the doctrine of fair use, one of the jurors revealed Wednesday after the trial had ended.

  By James Niccolai | 23 May, 2012 23:34

  Tags: Android OS, copyright, Civil lawsuits, patent, intellectual property, legal, Google, oracle

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  YouTube appeals German content filtering verdict

  YouTube and German music royalty collecting society GEMA have appealed the outcome of a lawsuit filed by GEMA against YouTube, in which a German court ordered YouTube to inspect the titles of uploaded videos to filter out potentially copyright-infringing content.

  By Loek Essers | 23 May, 2012 00:49

  Tags: youtube, legal, intellectual property, copyright

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  What's at stake in Oracle v. Google?

  The stakes in Oracle's lawsuit against Google over Android are high for developers, with the recent finding by a jury that Google infringed Oracle's Java copyrights by, among other things, implementing Java's application programming interfaces (APIs] for Android.

  By Rohan Pearce | 11 May, 2012 16:16

  Tags: patents, oracle, lawsuits, Google Android, Google, copyright

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  Megaupload files motion to delay civil suit

  Megaupload filed a motion in federal court on Thursday asking to delay a civil suit filed against the file-sharing site while it prepares a defense for its criminal case.

  By Jeremy Kirk | 11 May, 2012 11:15

  Tags: megaupload, legal, intellectual property, Criminal, copyright, Civil lawsuits

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  Oracle v. Google and the dangerous implications of treating APIs as copyrightable

  There has been no lack of ink spilled on the legal battle between Oracle and Google surrounding Google’s use of Java APIs in its Android OS.

  By Julie Samuels | 10 May, 2012 10:23

  Tags: oracle, Java, Google Android, Google, copyright

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  Zynga sues French game publisher for copyright infringement

  Game maker Zynga sued a French competitor, alleging that by using the suffix 'ville' in the name of its game, Kobojo wilfully infringes on its trademark rights and is seeking to exploit its social gaming reputation.

  By Loek Essers | 08 May, 2012 22:01

  Tags: Zynga, legal, Kobojo, intellectual property, copyright, Civil lawsuits

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  Google and Oracle battle over Lindholm, Schwartz testimony

  Oracle and Google have each tried to jettison potentially damaging testimony in their intellectual-property dispute over Android, as a jury deliberates over Oracle's copyright allegations and prepares to move on to the patents part of the case.

  By Chris Kanaracus | 08 May, 2012 03:39

  Tags: Sun Microsystems, software, patent, oracle, legal, intellectual property, Google, copyright, Civil lawsuits, applications

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  After false alarm, no verdict Friday in Oracle Google

  The jury failed to reach a verdict Friday on the copyright issues in Oracle's Java infringement lawsuit against Google and will be given until Monday to try to make a decision.

  By James Niccolai | 05 May, 2012 07:13

  Tags: patent, oracle, legal, intellectual property, Google, copyright, Civil lawsuits, Android OS

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  Oracle wants judge to bar ex-Sun CEO Schwartz's testimony in Google suit

  Oracle has asked a judge to bar Google from using some testimony given by former Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz in the companies' intellectual-property suit over the Android mobile OS, saying it has "no legal and factual predicate."

  By Chris Kanaracus | 05 May, 2012 03:44

  Tags: software, patent, oracle, open source, legal, Languages and standards, Jonathan Schwartz, intellectual property, Google, copyright, Civil lawsuits, application development

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  Judge throws out mass John Doe porn copyright lawsuits

  A judge in New York has shot down the attempt of three pornography studios to sue nearly 80 people for allegedly downloading movies on BitTorrent, with the judge slamming the studio's efforts to file lawsuits against multiple anonymous defendants.

  By Grant Gross | 05 May, 2012 02:17

  Tags: video, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, peer-to-peer, Patrick Collins Inc., networking, Mitch Stoltz, Malibu Media, legal, K-Beech, Jason Kotzker, Internet-based applications and services, internet, intellectual property, Gary Brown, Frederic Abramson, Electronic Frontier Foundation, copyright

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  Jury may be deadlocked in Oracle-Google trial

  The jury may have reached a deadlock in the copyright phase of Oracle’s intellectual property lawsuit against Google, although the judge cautioned against jumping to any conclusions.

  By James Niccolai | 04 May, 2012 09:34

  Tags: patent, oracle, legal, intellectual property, Google, copyright, Civil lawsuits, Android OS

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  Lawyers for Oracle and Google tussle over Android profits

  Lawyers for Oracle and Google tussled before the judge Thursday over how much money Google made from Android, a question that will affect how much Google pays in damages if the jury hearing the intellectual property case decides against it.

  By James Niccolai | 04 May, 2012 07:11

  Tags: patent, oracle, legal, intellectual property, Google, copyright, Civil lawsuits, Android OS

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  Authors contend Google's book-scanning project hurting millions

  A group representing authors in a copyright case slammed Google in court on Thursday, saying the company's book-scanning project has hurt millions of authors whose works have been digitized.

  By Agam Shah | 04 May, 2012 05:42

  Tags: legal, intellectual property, Google, copyright

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  Does jury question signal infringement finding in Oracle v. Google?

  As the jury deliberates its verdict in the copyright phase of Oracle's lawsuit against Google, both sides are watching for signs from the jury as to which way it is leaning. On Wednesday it might have given them one.

  By James Niccolai | 03 May, 2012 04:07

  Tags: Android OS, Civil lawsuits, copyright, Google, intellectual property, legal, oracle, patent

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  Programming languages not copyrightable rules top EU court

  Europe's top court ruled on Wednesday that the functionality of a computer program and the programming language it is written in cannot be protected by copyright.

  By Jennifer Baker | 02 May, 2012 23:13

  Tags: copyright, European Court of Justice, intellectual property, legal, SAS Institute, software, World Programming Limited