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Sprint sues Dish and Clearwire, claims buyout offer is illegal
Posted On 17 Jun 2013 By Alexis Santos. Under: Uncategorized.
Sprint warned Clearwire in early June that it viewed Dish's latest attempt to buy it as illegal, and now the carrier is following up with legal action. Big Yellow has just announced that its filed a lawsuit against Dish and its acquisition target ...
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Music licensing group BMI sues Pandora, deems radio station purchase a ‘stunt’
Posted On 13 Jun 2013 By Zachary Lutz. Under: Uncategorized.
Music licensors didn't waste any time in characterizing Pandora's acquisition of an FM radio station as an underhanded attempt to cheat performers out of royalties, but the rhetoric has now hit the courtroom, as Broadcast Music Inc. has filed a la...
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ACLU sues over NSA’s surveillance program, challenging its constitutionality
Posted On 11 Jun 2013 By Darren Murph. Under: Uncategorized.
If you're already overwhelmed by the sheer amount of activity surrounding the ongoing NSA fallout, we're guessing that now would be an excellent time to go on vacation. Predictably, lawsuits are already being filed against the National Security Ag...
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TiVo, Motorola / Google settle DVR patent lawsuit
Posted On 06 Jun 2013 By Richard Lawler. Under: Uncategorized.
TiVo's patent lawsuit against Motorola (formerly owned by Google, then sold to set-top box maker Arris) had been scheduled to start June 10th, but now it's reported the parties have reached a settlement. There are no details available and represen...
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Apple agrees to $53 million settlement for some iPhones, iPods denied warranty coverage
Posted On 28 May 2013 By Richard Lawler. Under: Uncategorized.
Documents have been filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California for a $53 million settlement between Apple and customers denied warranty coverage on their iPods and iPhones due to water damage. The case is due...
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Washington court rules Motorola can get millions, not billions, from Microsoft for its patents
Posted On 25 Apr 2013 By Richard Lawler. Under: Uncategorized.
Among the many patent cases currently ongoing between Motorola and Microsoft is one in US District Court in the state of Washington concerning standards-essential WiFi and h.264 patents. AllThingsD reports that while Motorola was requesting billio...
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HTC insists Nokia’s injunction won’t affect the One’s current stock, new mics in the works
Posted On 24 Apr 2013 By Brad Molen. Under: Uncategorized.
In an email to press, HTC took the opportunity to make a few clarifications about the injunction filed by Nokia this week regarding the dual-membrane microphone in the One. The preliminary injunction claims that the high-amplitude mic, which HTC u...
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Judge dismisses lawsuit against NYC taxi-hailing app pilot
Posted On 23 Apr 2013 By Alexis Santos. Under: Uncategorized.
Taxi hailing apps have had a rough time getting started in the Big Apple. After the city's Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) put the kibosh on Uber and subsequently blessed e-hailing apps with a 12-month test, the TLC faced a setback of its own:...
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ITC tosses Motorola’s sensor-based complaint against Apple
Posted On 22 Apr 2013 By Terrence O'Brien. Under: Uncategorized.
If you thought the patent war between Motorola (Google) and Apple was already over, you were mistaken. Though, today's decision by the ITC to toss Moto's complaint against Cupertino regarding the use of sensors to control the interface of a phone,...
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Nokia granted preliminary injunction against HTC in the Netherlands over high-amplitude mics
Posted On 22 Apr 2013 By Mat Smith. Under: Uncategorized.
Don't worry, this time it's not a patent issue. However, it is more bad news for HTC's already-delayed One. Nokia has been granted an injunction by the Amsterdam district court concerning the technology HTC used in its current flagship. The legal ...
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