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Samsung wins against Apple, Galaxy Tab 10.1N still on sale

The changes Samsung Electronics has made to the Galaxy Tab 10.1N are enough to no longer infringe on Apple's intellectual property rights, a judge at the district court in Düsseldorf, Germany, decided on Thursday.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 09 February, 2012 22:49

Tags: Samsung Electronics, patent, legal, intellectual property, Apple
Airvana sues Ericsson over femtocell technology

Femtocell developer Airvana is charging Ericsson with breaching their contract over femtocell technology, in a lawsuit filed in the Supreme Court of the State of New York.

By Nancy Gohring | 09 February, 2012 06:51

Tags: mobile, legal, intellectual property, Ericsson, Airvana
Rambus, Nvidia settle lawsuits, sign IC patent deal

Rambus and Nvidia have settled past lawsuits and signed a patent agreement covering a broad range of integrated circuit products, Rambus said on Wednesday.

By Agam Shah | 09 February, 2012 03:51

Tags: rambus, nvidia, legal, intellectual property
Google to commit to offer some Motorola patents on FRAND terms

Google is planning to send a letter to standards setting organizations, stating that Motorola Mobility's standards-essential patents will continue to be available on FRAND terms after its acquisition of the company, a person close to the situation said late Tuesday.

By John Ribeiro | 08 February, 2012 15:26

Tags: patent, Motorola Mobility, mergers and acquisitions, legal, intellectual property, Google, business issues
Groups: Congress should scrap SOPA, PIPA and start over

The U.S. Congress should scrap two controversial copyright enforcement bills and start over with attempts to target foreign websites accused of infringement and counterfeiting, more than 70 groups have said.

By Grant Gross | 08 February, 2012 04:02

Tags: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, search engines, Public Knowledge, Patrick Leahy, Motion Picture Association of America, legislation, legal, Lamar Smith, Internet service providers, internet, intellectual property, Human Rights Watch, government, Fight for the Future, e-commerce, copyright, Consumers Union, American Library Association, advertising

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Apple and Samsung: What's behind the patent fight

Samsung took a step toward finding a kind of "pax tabletica" with arch-foe Apple in an Australian court last week, offering to remove features from its Galaxy Tab to avoid a court ban on sales of the device in that country. But what's really interesting about the case isn't the technical litigation, but the underlying attempt to define how much of a product's design is actually protected under existing, fragmented international laws.

By Jonny Evans | 06 October, 2011 05:45

Tags: tablets, smartphones, Samsung Electronics, patent, legal, intellectual property, hardware systems, consumer electronics, Apple
How DRM could ensure cloud security

Yet another survey is indicating that security is a big issue for those intending to take up cloud computing.

By Keir Thomas | 04 February, 2011 05:53

Tags: software, security, open source, online security, network security, legal, Ipswitch, internet, intellectual property, firewalls, encryption, digital rights management, data protection, cloud computing, cloud, applications

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