BlackBerry sues Twitter for patent infringement
BlackBerry has filed a patent infringement lawsuit accusing Twitter of illegally using technology in its mobile messaging applications.
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Court denies Samsung request for rehearing in Apple patent case
A U.S. appeals court has denied Samsung Electronics' request for a rehearing in a smartphone patent infringement case that awarded rival Apple US$548 million.
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Is NZ’s tech industry under threat? IT pros take Software Patent concerns to Trade Minister
"This can’t come at the cost of the future of the technology industry."
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Appeals court to hear US agency's decison to block digital imports
An appeals court will hear arguments this week about the U.S. International Trade Commission's decision to block digital transmissions of 3D dental records into the U.S., an import ban that could have a broad impact on other digital goods.
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Big tech companies back Samsung in Apple patent fight
Tech companies including Google, Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Facebook are backing Samsung Electronics as it appeals a court ruling to pay Apple almost US$1 billion in damages in a patent infringement suit.
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Apple and Samsung: What's behind the patent fight
Samsung took a step toward finding a kind of "pax tabletica" with arch-foe Apple in an Australian court last week, offering to remove features from its Galaxy Tab to avoid a court ban on sales of the device in that country. But what's really interesting about the case isn't the technical litigation, but the underlying attempt to define how much of a product's design is actually protected under existing, fragmented international laws.