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Patent mania shows no sign of abating as tech giants eye the prizes
Google's staggering purchase of Motorola is emblematic of the defensive brinkmanship which has come to characterise today's fierce technology market.
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Google is buying Motorola: Android's knight in shining armour
You can insure almost anything these days. But in buying Motorola, Google not only purchases peace of mind and a bevy of patent protection: it also gets a hardware platform.
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Motorola's tough talk: we have some patents too, you know
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Such is the logic behind Motorola CEO's cautionary reminder that his company is sitting on a considerable warchest of patent protections itself.
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RIP Honeycomb? Non-Apple tablets an endangered species as Apple now sues Motorola
Emboldened by preliminary legal victories against Samsung in Australia & Europe, Apple is also pursuing the Motorola Xoom -- with the fate of Android tablets lying in the balance.
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Melbourne man sues Yahoo over search results
An Australian man is suing search giant Yahoo for defamation, claiming search results on his name made him look like a criminal.
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Nokia sues Apple again, this time over iPad
The Finish phone supremo goes legal on Apple, claiming that the iPad infringes on five of its patents ranging from speech and data transmission to 3G antenna configuration.
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Legal action forces Mininova to nuke its Torrent seeds, goes legit
BitTorrent supersite Mininova has deleted its massive torrent seed database and will now support only legal downloads through its content distribution service.
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BitTorrent hub pushes ahead with next-gen file sharing network
While the stoush continues over The Pirate Bay, fellow Torrent hub IsoHunt is rolling out its own ‘social file sharing’ project.
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Cartier slaps Apple for ‘Fake Watch’ iPhone clock app
It was lawyers at ten paces when luxury brand Cartier took offence over an iPhone app which displayed the time using a look-a-like of a Cartier watch.
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Web site sues Apple
Apple set its lawyers onto BluWiki for daring to discuss how to use iPods with software and sites other than iTunes, so BluWiki is now suing Apple in the name of 'free speech'.
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Kogan busted by ACCC over 'non-existent' savings
Discount electronics manufacturer Kogan Technologies has promised to modify its advertising practices after the ACCC gave it a stern warning.
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What's behind Sol Trujillo's oh-so-kind Wikipedia entry
Britney Spears' Wikipedia entry gets edited multiple times a day. Telstra boss Sol Trujillo's has been essentially untouched for six months. What's Sol's secret?
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