The intellectual property lawsuit between Apple and Samsung reaches its final stages today as Judge Lucy Koh gives instructions to guide the nine-person jury over their decision-making. The 109 pages of instructions, which has taken most ...
Tags: Apple, Samsung, infringements, patent dispute
SAP is suing insurer Swiss Re International, claiming that the company has refused to pay its share of an $80 million settlement with Waste Management, which had brought suit against SAP in 2008 over a troubled software project. Waste ...
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IDG News Service - A U.S. District Court judge has rejected a proposed settlement in a lawsuit that alleges Facebook violated users' rights by using their names and recommendations of advertisers to be publicized through a Sponsored Stories ...
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IDG News Service - Apple has opposed a government proposed judgment in an e-books price-fixing lawsuit, stating that the judgement seeks to terminate and rewrite its contracts "before a single document has been introduced into evidence, ...
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A U.S.Department of Justice investigation has concluded that a multifaceted$3.9 billion agreement between Verizon Wireless and four of the largest cable TV network operators in the country could substantially harm competition and lead to ...
Tags: DOJ, Verizon Wireless, FiOS, Spectrum Deal, wireless communications
The trial judge presiding over the patent infringement lawsuit between Apple and Samsung has urged both sides to reach a settlement. Judge Lucy Koh suggested that both companies should seek a settlement before the jury begins deliberating ...
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Computerworld - A case that pits a whistleblowing employee against offshore outsourcing giant Infosys will be delayed until next month, a judge ordered on Wednesday. The trial, which was scheduled to begin Monday, is the result of a ...
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Apple and Samsung's ongoing legal drama,which is currently unfolding in federal court in San Jose,California,has seen Apple produce an accountant who,the company says,has calculated that Samsung owes it$2.75bn(£1.75bn)in damages to ...
Tags: Apple, Samsung, nfringements, crisis of design
For its fiscal third-quarter 2012 (to end-June), Emcore Corp of Albuquerque, NM, USA, which makes components, subsystems and systems for the fiber-optic and solar power markets, has reported revenue of $41.1m. This is down 17% on $49.5m a ...
South Korea- and Japan-based LED firms reported first-half 2012 financial results. Samsung Electronics, having consolidated its LED supply chain and resources, predicts 2012 total revenues of the LED businesses to be KRW2.5 trillion (US$2.2 ...
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SCO, the low-end Unix software vendor that sought to claim intellectual property rights over the popular open-source operating system Linux, has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, the first stage in its winding up and liquidation. Further ...
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SAP has agreed to pay fierce rival Oracle a minimum of$306m(GBP196.6m)in partial damages over copyright infringement,but the total settlement could be as much as$426m(GBP273.8m). The amount includes the$120m(GBP77m)that Oracle said it had ...
Tags: SAP, Oracle, TomorrowNow, unauthorised downloads
For second-quarter 2012,GigOptix Inc of San Jose,CA,USA(a fabless supplier of semiconductor and optical components including modulator and laser drivers and transimpedance amplifier ICs based on III-V materials)has reported an 11th ...
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HP has won its lawsuit against Oracle over the software company's decision to discontinue development of its products on Itanium. Further reading HP sues Oracle over support for Intel Itanium processor HP refreshes its Itanium server ...
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Samsung has rejected Apple's claim that it copied the iPhone during opening arguments in the first court clash between the two technology companies before a US jury in San Jose, California. The technology firms have each accused the other ...
Tags: Samsung, Apple, iPhone, iPad, user interface