Apple has to pay out $6.5 million in home copying levies that it's collected but failed to deliver to the appropriate agency, the Paris High Court ruled on Friday. Apple and other companies that sell tablet computers must by law pay a ...
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Nearly three dozen computer scientists have signed off on a court brief opposing Oracle’s effort to copyright its Java APIs, a move they say would hold back the computer industry and deny affordable technology to end users. The ...
Material irrelevant to police investigation that was seized from Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom and three associates in January 2012 will have to be returned to them, a court in New Zealand has ruled. The police are also required to ...
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A proposal in Taiwan to enforce copyright laws by blocking access to top piracy sites is facing concerns that the measures could impinge on Internet freedoms on the island. The intellectual property office of Taiwan's Ministry of Economic ...
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U.S. companies should be allowed to take aggressive countermeasures against hackers seeking to steal their intellectual property, contends the private Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property. The 100-page report, ...
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It is common to assume that a garage is solely a functional zone with no need for any additions. More often than not, people just leave their garage floors as it is, and refuse to spend money on something they think is of no value. However, ...
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New Zealand's Supreme Court on Thursday granted Megaupload leave to appeal a ruling that denied it access to evidence the U.S. government holds. The permission gives Megaupload another chance to make its case to see a wide range of ...
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A federal court in New York has denied class certification to copyright owners in an infringement lawsuit against YouTube over unauthorized hosting of content, stating that copyright claims have only superficial similarities. Judge Louis ...
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A German online copyright law that will give publishers the exclusive right to the commercial use of their publications on the Internet will come into effect on Aug. 1. The law was published in Germany's Federal Law Gazette ...
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Embedded YouTube videos don't infringe copyright under current German law, but they could violate European rules, the German Federal Court of Justice said on Thursday. The court said that it has referred a case about YouTube embeds to the ...
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Designing your own home furnishings can ensure that the living space you create reflects your personality and takes care of your specific requirements. Instead of buying stuff ready-made, designing it in your own fashion, not only makes ...
Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde is planning to run for the European Parliament in 2014. The Pirate Bay co-founder wants to run as a candidate for the Finnish Pirate Party, he said in a blog post on Tuesday announcing his candidacy to ...
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The U.S. Congress should consider a "safe harbor" from legal action for consumers using works protected by copyright as it launches a long-term effort to revamp copyright law, some advocates said Thursday. Consumers should be protected ...
In recent times, the popularity of epoxy paint coating for garage floor has increased manifold, and it can be attributed to its many good points and the fact that it comes in a variety of colors that you can choose from. The durability of ...
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The chip copyright litigation between Shanghai Haier Integrated Circuit and US Microchip Technology, which has lasted for nearly six years, has gotten the final judgment recently. The Shanghai Higher People's Court upheld the judgment of ...
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