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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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  Gates testifies in Novell's billion-dollar lawsuit

  Microsoft's Windows 95 rollout presented the most challenges in the company's history, leading to several last-minute changes to technical features that would no longer support a rival software maker's word processor, Bill Gates has testified in a $US1 billion ($A1.01 billion) antitrust lawsuit filed by the creator of WordPerfect.

  By AAP | 22 November, 2011 08:48

  Tags: bill gates, lawsuits, Microsoft, software, Windows 95, WordPerfect

• Samsung files patent complaint

  South Korea's Samsung Electronics says it has filed a complaint in France against its US rival Apple for infringement of three technology patents.

  By AAP | 13 September, 2011 11:47

  Tags: Apple, business, lawsuits, patent infringement, patent lawsuit, patents, Samsung Electronics

• Motorola retaliates with lawsuit against Microsoft

  Motorola's mobile phone subsidiary has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft alleging the world's largest software maker has infringed 16 of its patents in PC, mobile and server software, as well as Xbox products.

  By Dan Nystedt | 12 November, 2010 04:14

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

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  Ghost of Sun's Schwartz chides Oracle's Google lawsuit

  Oracle's recent patent infringement lawsuit against Google around the way its Android operating system uses Java is contradictory to the apparent joy of former Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz in a blog post three years ago still hosted by Oracle.

  By Rodney Gedda | 24 August, 2010 10:18

  Tags: Android, oracle, Sun Mircosystems, patents, lawsuits, Java, Google

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  Oracle sues Google over Java use in Android

  Oracle has filed a lawsuit against Google, charging that its Android phone software infringes Oracle patents and copyrights related to Java, Oracle said on Thursday.

  By James Niccolai | 13 August, 2010 10:24

  Tags: Android, Civil lawsuits, Google, Java, lawsuits, legal, oracle

• Update: Judge rules in favor of YouTube over Viacom

  Viacom's $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit against Google's video-sharing site YouTube has been dismissed by the court, ending for now an acrimonious legal battle between the companies that has been going on for more than three years.

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 24 June, 2010 09:45

  Tags: Google, lawsuits, Viacom, youtube

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  US lawmakers target The Pirate Bay, other sites

  The Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus, a group of U.S. lawmakers concerned with copyright infringement, has listed The Pirate Bay and five other Web sites as "notorious" file-sharing sites.

  By Grant Gross | 20 May, 2010 05:12

  Tags: copyright, dmca, file sharing, lawsuits, legal, P2P, the pirate bay, USA government

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  US trade agency to investigate Apple's patent complaint

  The U.S. International Trade Commission will investigate complaints by Apple that Eastman Kodak violated its patents related to digital imaging devices and software, the latest dispute in a long-standing patent skirmish between the two companies.

  By Grant Gross | 17 May, 2010 05:19

  Tags: Apple, kodak, lawsuits, legal, patents, photography, USA government

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  HTC hits back with ITC complaint against Apple

  HTC said it filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission charging Apple with infringing on five patents.

  By Nancy Gohring | 13 May, 2010 04:27

  Tags: Apple, htc, lawsuits, legal, patents

• Nokia, Apple ratchet up the patent madness

  Nokia vs. Apple is not your garden variety patent infringement lawsuit.

  By Jared Newman | 08 May, 2010 06:49

  Tags: Apple, lawsuits, Nokia, patent infringement

• Google sues for decision on links to copyrighted songs

  Google is suing a blues music label to seek a declaration that it has not facilitated the illegal distribution of copyrighted songs by providing links in search results.

  By Dan Nystedt | 07 May, 2010 05:59

  Tags: copyright, digital music, Google, lawsuits, legal

• SAP, Waste Management settle lawsuit

  The rancorous lawsuit between SAP and Waste Management has been settled, with the software vendor making an undisclosed, one-time cash payment to the trash hauler, according to court documents and a regulatory filing.

  By Chris Kanaracus | 04 May, 2010 03:21

  Tags: court case, lawsuits, sap, software

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  Photographers sue Google over book scanning

  Google's years-long attempt to create an online library and store with millions of books will face yet another legal hurdle with the filing of a class-action copyright infringement lawsuit by the American Society of Media Photographers.

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 08 April, 2010 03:32

  Tags: copyright, copyright infringement, Google, Google Book Search, lawsuits, legal

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  Jury sides with Novell in long-running SCO battle

  On Tuesday, a jury in Utah sided with Novell in its long-running legal dispute with SCO.

  By Nancy Gohring | 31 March, 2010 08:21

  Tags: lawsuits, legal, Linux, novell, SCO, unix