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  Apple settles patent lawsuit with SimpleAir

  SimpleAir in Texas said Thursday it had settled its patent infringement litigation against Apple, and entered into a confidential license agreement by which Apple had taken a license to its patents.

  By John Ribeiro | 25 May, 2012 07:24

  Tags: patent, intellectual property, legal, SimpleAir, Apple

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  Huawei files antitrust complaint with EC against InterDigital

  Chinese communications equipment company Huawei Technologies has filed an antitrust complaint with the European Commission against patent company InterDigital, claiming it is abusing its patents allegedly essential to the 3G (UMTS) standard, it said Thursday.

  By John Ribeiro | 25 May, 2012 04:32

  Tags: antitrust, patent, intellectual property, legal, european commission, InterDigital, Huawei Technologies

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  Ellison, Phillips, McDermott to take stand in Oracle-SAP retrial

  During the upcoming retrial of Oracle's corporate-theft lawsuit against SAP, the companies plan to call a star-studded array of tech executives as witnesses including CEO Larry Ellison, former Oracle co-president and current Infor CEO Charles Phillips and SAP co-CEO Bill McDermott, according to court documents filed Thursday.

  By Chris Kanaracus | 24 May, 2012 16:49

  Tags: Leo Apotheker, Charles Phillips, larry ellison, Application services, services, Civil lawsuits, intellectual property, legal, personnel, business issues, applications, software, hewlett-packard, TomorrowNow, oracle, sap

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  Motorola Mobility has infringed Microsoft patent, says Munich court

  Google-owned Motorola Mobility has infringed a Microsoft patent related to SMS messaging, according to a ruling in the Munich regional court, which also dismissed a second case related to a localization patent.

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 24 May, 2012 15:24

  Tags: Android OS, Android, smartphones, consumer electronics, patent, intellectual property, legal, Microsoft, Google, Motorola Mobility, Motorola

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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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  Google's Android did not infringe Oracle patents, jury finds

  Google's Android operating system does not infringe Oracle's Java patents, a jury in San Francisco found Wednesday in a setback for Oracle.

  By James Niccolai | 23 May, 2012 20:08

  Tags: Android OS, patent, intellectual property, legal, Google, oracle

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  Google's Android did not infringe Oracle patents, jury finds

  Google's Android operating system does not infringe Oracle's Java patents, a jury in San Francisco found Wednesday in a setback for Oracle.

  By James Niccolai | 23 May, 2012 18:29

  Tags: Android OS, 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

• Judge deems Kodak digital camera patent invalid

  A judge at the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined that a Kodak patent asserted in a complaint against Apple and Research In Motion is invalid, Kodak said on Monday.

  By James Niccolai | 22 May, 2012 10:14

  Tags: smartphones, research in motion, patent, legal, kodak, iPhone, intellectual property, consumer electronics, Blackberry, Apple, Android

• Certain HTC smartphones released to US carriers after passing customs inspections

  Taiwanese smartphone vendor High Tech Computer said on Sunday certain models of its newest smartphones have passed U.S. Customs and are being released to its carrier customers, after the company previously warned of a delay in product shipments because of an International Trade Commission (ITC) order.

  By Michael Kan | 21 May, 2012 19:09

  Tags: smartphones, Regulation, patent, legal, intellectual property, High Tech Computer, government, consumer electronics, Android

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  Apple files for preliminary injunction against Galaxy Tab 10.1

  In the latest move in a complex series of patent-related cases, Apple filed a motion in a U.S. district court late Friday to ban Samsung Electronics' Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the U.S.

  By Marc Ferranti | 20 May, 2012 04:07

  Tags: tablets, Samugn Electronics, patent, legal, intellectual property, hardware systems, Apple

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  ITC bans import of infringing Motorola Android devices

  The U.S. International Trade Commission issued an import ban Friday on any Android devices from Motorola that infringe one of Microsoft's patents.

  By Cameron Scott | 19 May, 2012 09:32

  Tags: patent, Motorola, Microsoft, legal, intellectual property, Google

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  Infringement case suspended while Samsung tests validity of Apple's 'pinch-to-zoom' claim

  Samsung Electronics may challenge the validity of Apple's intellectual property claims before the Regional Court in Mannheim, Germany, rules on whether the company has infringed them, the court said on Friday. It is the second time in two weeks that the Mannheim court has decided to wait for a validity verdict from the Federal Patent Court before ruling on an infringement case.

  By Loek Essers | 11 May, 2012 21:38

  Tags: Telecommunication, Samsung Electronics, patent, Motorola Mobility, Mobile OSes, mobile, Microsoft, legal, iOS, intellectual property, Civil lawsuits, applications, Apple, Android OS

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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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  SAP gets tough on violation of software use terms

  A recent crackdown by SAP AG on companies that it considers are indirectly accessing its software without paying for it could spell trouble for some longstanding customers of the software vendor, an analyst firm said this week.

  By Jaikumar Vijayan | 10 May, 2012 22:27

  Tags: sap, legal, IT industry, intellectual property, DRM and Legal Issues