A longtime user of Infor's ERP(enterprise resource planning)software says in a federal lawsuit that Infor is unjustly demanding a substantial sum of money after discovering that third-party companies have been accessing the software. ...
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The U.S.Federal Communications Commission needs to be a"cop on the beat"to ensure mobile and broadband competition across the country,the agency's chairman said Tuesday. The FCC must resist calls for the agency to phase out nearly all ...
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Rambus illegally destroyed evidence in its long-running lawsuit with Hynix,a Californian court has ruled,and Hynix is not obliged to pay a previous court award of$397m for patent violation. The$397m court award against Hynix was made by ...
The US is collecting huge amounts of data on its citizens, according to former National Security Agency (NSA) official Bill Binney. While at the NSA, Binney led the development of secret software he now believes is being used to carry out ...
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SACRAMENTO,Calif.—For upholstered furniture makers,the end result of a flammability rulemaking process that started this month will likely be a label saying their furniture is compliant. But getting to that point will be a long ...
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IDG News Service-The U.S.Department of Justice is recommending that AU Optronics,a Taiwanese maker of LCD panels,pay a US$1 billion fine,and two former executives serve 10 years in prison,for the company's participation in a long-term ...
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In a case that has been running parallel to the intellectual property lawsuit between Apple and Samsung in the USA,a South Korean court ruled today that Apple had violated two of Samsung's patents,while the Korean firm had infringed on one ...
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IDG News Service-When assigning search result rankings,Google will now take reports of copyright violation into account. The goal is to give better placement to sites that publish content they either own or have legally licensed,and ...
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Japan has decided to extend, for another year, punitive tariffs on tapered roller bearings imported from the U. S. In retaliation against a U. S. Anti-dumping trade law known as the Byrd amendment. The decision to extend the retaliatory ...
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Samsung Electronics accused Apple of refusing to enter into negotiations to license essential 3G patents included in the iPhone and iPad during the first day of their patent trial on Monday in Federal Court in Sydney. In Australia,Apple ...
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The U.S.International Trade Commission has affirmed a prior ruling that an Eastman Kodak patent asserted in a complaint against Apple and Research In Motion is invalid,according to a notice issued late Friday. Kodak said Saturday it would ...
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WASHINGTON - The House of Representatives Committee on Rules could act in the next several weeks on H.R. 3210, which would amend the illegal logging amendments added to the Lacey Act in 2008. The rules committee set Friday as the deadline ...
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California's top legal official has put the tech industry on notice that she intends to get tough on digital privacy. Attorney General Kamala Harris said Thursday she is forming a new group within the state's Justice Department, the ...
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A jury in California found Research In Motion had infringed a patent relating to wireless device management owned by assignment by Mformation Technologies, a mobile device management technology provider in Edison, New Jersey. The jury ...
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The Power Tool Institute, the California Chamber of Commerce and retailers such as Home Depot and Lowe's strongly oppose AB 2218, known as the Table Saw Safety Act, Closets Daily reports. What is the Table Saw Safety Act? Introduced by ...
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