Microsoft has sued InterDigital ahead of an ITC ruling that could see Redmond’s 3G handsets blocked from sale in the US. …read more Source:: Legal
Month: August 2015
Google ordered to forget nine stories about the right to be forgotten
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•The UK’s data watchdog has ruled Google must delist a handful of links referencing articles about right to be forgotten link removals. …read more Source:: Legal
Last chance: Samsung plans for Supreme Court appeal in Apple patent case
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•Sure, the money Samsung has to pay Apple is part of this last ditch effort. Perhaps, however, an appeal hearing could highlight the bigger problem: The patent system is broken.<br …read more Source:: Legal
Productivity Commission to probe intellectual property reform
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•The Australian government has ordered an independent inquiry into intellectual property regulations, despite the TPP still not being signed. …read more Source:: Legal
Will Microsoft block Windows 10 users from playing counterfeit games?
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•Microsoft’s new unified services agreement includes language that has some worrying Microsoft may scan their Windows 10 devices for pirated software and block its use. …read more Source:: Legal
Samsung appeal request denied in patent case against Apple
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•Samsung was contesting nearly $400 million in damages it feels were unfairly awarded. The appeals court doesn’t want to hear it, leaving one last option before paying up. …read more Source:: Legal
Dallas Buyers Club decision: Federal Court mans sluice gates to hold back excessive damages
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•The almost 5,000 users who downloaded Dallas Buyers Club have had a stay of execution — but only because the film studio overreached itself in its quest for never-ending damages.<br …read more Source:: Legal
Court dismisses Dallas Buyers Club’s letters to infringers
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•The Federal Court has ruled that Dallas Buyers Club cannot send the draft letters presented to court to the almost 5,000 Australian IP addresses that have allegedly breached its copyright …read more Source:: Legal
Attorney-general commissions cost-benefit analysis of digital copyright reform
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•An economic analysis into the ALRC’s recommendation to adopt a flexible fair use provision in regards to digital copyright in Australian law has been commissioned, with the AG concerned about …read more Source:: Legal
SK Hynix, SanDisk kiss and make up over trade secret lawsuit
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•Korean chipmaker is no longer held liable in any trade secret litigation after it agrees to license “certain intellectual property rights” from SanDisk, in a deal that runs until March …read more Source:: Legal