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Court favors AuthenTec in patent suit vs. Atmel - 3 Hours ago

The summary judgment concludes that none of AuthenTec's products infringe any of the patent claims as alleged in a lawsuit filed by Atmel in March 2006. The court also awarded AuthenTec certain costs

Google to screen YouTube videos for copyright - 9 Hours ago

YouTube will launch a system in September designed to prevent copyright-infringing material from going up on the site, a Google lawyer said in court on Friday. Google, which acquired YouTube in October

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Motorola sues Aruba over WLAN patents - 9 Hours ago

Two subsidiaries of phone giant Motorola are suing Aruba Networks over two alleged patent infringements relating to wireless LAN architecture. The case relates to patents that Motorola acquired through

Microsoft settles IE patent dispute with Eolas - 10 Hours ago

Intellectual Property , California , Microsoft has settled a long-running and expensive lawsuit with Eolas Technologies, a start-up backed by the University of California, that alleged Internet Explorer

US takes major step towards patent reform - 10 Hours ago

In a move long sought by large technology companies like Microsoft, Oracle and Cisco, the US House of Representatives on Friday approved the most significant changes to the US patent system in more than

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Linux users could face European patent threat - 10 Hours ago

Tags: , , , Published: 17:34 BST Linux users in the UK could face a greater threat from Microsoft than previously thought, but experts agree that British open-source users are in far less danger

No backdown from CSIRO over Wi-Fi patents - 10 Hours ago

Tags: , , , Brett Winterford Australia Published: 11:14 BST Australian government research body CSIRO is standing firm on its claims to Wi-Fi patents and refusing to offer any guarantee it won't sue

Google joins open source-patent network - 9 Hours ago

The Open Invention Network, an organisation created to help take the pressure of patent litigation off Linux developers, has added Google to the ranks of its contributors. The move is a major progression