The Linux Foundation is offering a free class to help open-source developers stay on the right side of intellectual property law. …read more Source:: Legal
Month: March 2016
FBI to unlock iPhone in Arkansas case
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•After gaining access to the iPhone at the centre of the San Bernardino case, the FBI has offered to help an Arkansas prosecutor. …read more Source:: Legal
Microsoft to provide an assist to potential Yahoo buyers: Report
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•The long and troubled Microsoft-Yahoo partnership is continuing to evolve. Microsoft is said to be meeting with private equity firms considering buying Yahoo to let them know it will back …read more Source:: Legal
Supreme Court to weigh in on Samsung v. Apple patent fight
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•Years in the making, the Supreme Court has agreed to listen to Samsung’s appeal of Apple’s design patent awards. …read more Source:: Legal
IBAC unveils a web of misconduct in Victorian schools
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•The Victorian corruption watchdog has heard that a AU$100 million project blowout was not the only concern in the state’s education system, with its inquiry revealing tales of lavish spending, …read more Source:: Legal
Huawei tops global list of patent applications
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•Chinese networking equipment manufacturer applied for 3,898 patents last year, topping the global list of top applicants that also included Qualcomm, ZTE, and Samsung. …read more Source:: Legal
The one thing Microsoft must do – but won’t – to gain open-source trust
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•Opinion: It can stop forcing companies to pay for its bogus Android patents. Right. Like that’s ever going to happen. …read more Source:: Legal
ACCC gives draft approval for NBN revenue, pricing, cost recovery
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•The ACCC has approved NBN’s FY15 revenue, capex, opex, and pricing, as well as a proposal that provides NBN with the opportunity to recover an additional AU$6.4 million as uptake …read more Source:: Legal
Foxtel and Roadshow home in on piracy website blocking
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•ISPs are suggesting domain name blocking rather than IP address blocking in Foxtel and Roadshow’s case to get piracy websites blocked. …read more Source:: Legal
Former school principal to publicly face Victorian anti-corruption commission
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•A former Victorian education department official will face IBAC next week probed on his alleged corrupt involvement in the botched AU$180 million Victorian schools IT project …read more Source:: Legal