Two U.S. lawmakers have introduced legislation that would require a losing plaintiff to pay legal costs in many patent infringement lawsuits, in an effort to discourage so-called patent trolls from filing court cases.
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New bill would require loser to pay in some patent lawsuits
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on February 28, 2013
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Wikimedia, Internet Brands settle Wikivoyage lawsuits
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on February 18, 2013
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Lawsuit claimed volunteers for the formerly not-for-profit project were encouraging others to “fork,” or copy open-source code to another project. [Read more]
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Samsung Withdraws Lawsuits Against Apple In Europe For Standard-Essential Patents
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on December 18, 2012
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Samsung has announced that it will drop all of its standard essential patent infringement cases against Apple in Europe, according to the manufacturer. Blooomberg reports that Samsung says it’s doing so “in the interest of protecting consumer choice” in a statement, saying it believes “it is better when companies compete fairly in the marketplace.”
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Patent trolls now behind most patent infringement lawsuits
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on December 11, 2012
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Patent assertion entities, which seek licensing fees rather than create products based on the technology, filed about 62 percent of the patent suits this year, according to a new study. [Read more]
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Apple And HTC Settle Remaining Lawsuits
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on November 11, 2012
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In a press statement released late tonight, smartphone titans Apple and HTC have said that they have settled all outstanding legal disputes. The settlement includes a 10-year-licence agreement between the two. This story is developing and we will have more to come.
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Samsung Confirms: iPhone 5 To Join The Ranks Of Existing Patent Lawsuits
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on September 20, 2012
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Samsung has been widely expected to add the iPhone 5 to its ongoing patent disputes with Apple, and today the Korean electronics company made that official, noting in a U.S. court filing uncovered by Reuters that it “will file, in the near future, a motion to amend its infringement contentions to add the iPhone 5 as an accused product.” Samsung expects the iPhone 5 to fall under the same areas of infringement as existing iPhone models.
Facebook moves to consolidate IPO lawsuits
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on June 16, 2012
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Facebook has petitioned the U.S. courts to consolidate more than 30 lawsuits filed in connection with its ill-handled initial public offering.
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Facebook response to IPO lawsuits to focus on Nasdaq
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on June 15, 2012
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Social network is expected to file a motion to consolidate a wave of investor lawsuits and addressing the stock exchange’s role in the fumbled offering.
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Can charity squash frivolous lawsuits?
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on June 13, 2012
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The case of the cartoonist at The Oatmeal who was threatened by a lawyer for FunnyJunk after his work was allegedly ripped off hundreds of times surely offers some hope for humanity and, perhaps, for the legal system.
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Google glasses gets raft of new patents, sniffs lawsuits coming from miles away
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on May 22, 2012
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Google will find four more granted patents for Project Glass sitting on its over-sized doorstep this morning. The company can now claim rights over the design of the right half of the device, where the camera hangs over the eye and where the innards are housed within the band along the side. It’s also patented the nose-pad sensor that knows when it’s being worn, plus the ability to represent ambient sounds on the screen with range and direction info. Finally, it’s also got rights on using each eyepiece as a separate display, with the example shown above demonstrating a map in one eye and navigation instructions in the other. The more we sift through the paperwork, the more we’re reminded of the Dominion Warship headsets from Deep Space Nine — but that could be just because we’ve been locked indoors for too long.
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Apple Gives In, Drops iPad ’4G’ Tag To Avoid Lawsuits
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on May 13, 2012
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Back in March, Apple was sued in Australia and criticized in Europe over its marketing of the iPad as supporting 4G speeds when it only did so in the U.S. and Canada. Now, reader TheGift73 writes with news that Apple has given in and changed the ‘Wi-Fi + 4G’ label to ‘Wi-Fi + Cellular.’ From the article:
“In the U.K., a number of complaints by customers pushed the ASA into acting against Apple for its misleading advertisements. The regulator had received ‘dozens of complaints’ from customers, and had pushed for Apple to remove any mentions of ’4G’ from its websites. It should come as little surprise considering Britain has yet to see its mobile networks divide up its 4G spectrum without bickering furiously about it. Some networks had even opted to avoid litigation directed at them by including stickers to inform potential buyers that the new iPad will not work on existing 4G networks, or even 4G networks that don’t even exist yet. This should come as bittersweet news for consumers. Apple has already sold millions of iPads across the U.K., Europe and Australia, while the vast majority are unaware that they will not be able to connect to high-speed mobile broadband networks.”
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Google and Oracle slated to meet in ‘World Series’ of lawsuits
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on April 17, 2012
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Software Patents Not So Abstract When the Lawsuits Hit Home
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on March 25, 2012
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no_such_user writes “It’s easy to ignore the controversy surrounding software patents, especially if you don’t have the passion for technology which Slashdot readers do. But as Dana Nieder discovered, it’s not all about major corporations and obscure patent trolls. Her daughter uses a comparatively inexpensive assistive communication app on their iPad, which is being threatened by the makers of a multi-thousand-dollar hardware device.”
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Google faces class action lawsuits against new privacy policy
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on March 22, 2012
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Google faces consumer complaints in federal courts in New York and California which claim that its new privacy policy violates the company's earlier policies which promised that information provided by a user for one service would not be used by another service without the consumer's consent.
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Aereo responds to massive network lawsuits
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on March 2, 2012
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Aereo, a company that surely knew it was on shaky legal ground before its founders even created its name, has responded to lawsuits that have been filed by every one of the major television networks. Aereo’s business plan is to make over-the-air TV available streaming for free, but networks claim that amounts to stealing their [...]
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Elpida broadens DRAM patent lawsuits against Nanya
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on November 16, 2011
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Elipda said Wednesday it has sued Nanya in the U.S. and Taiwan for DRAM patent infringements.
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Mass Piracy Lawsuits Come To Australia
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on October 3, 2011
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daria42 writes “Remember when the RIAA started sending tens of thousands of letters to Americans who it had alleged had infringed copyright online, trying to get them all to settle out of court? Yeah, good times. Well that style of mass-lawsuit has now arrived in Australia, courtesy of a new company which dubs itself the ‘Movie Rights Group.’ The company is currently seeking to obtain details of at least 9,000 Australians it alleges has infringed copyright on one film, and it has a number of other films in the pipeline. Sounds like a good time to know an IP lawyer.”
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AT&T asks court to dismiss lawsuits filed by Sprint and C Spire Wireless
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on October 1, 2011
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Well, look at Ma Bell now, wishing it’d all just go away. Tied up in lawsuits, the company has filed motions to dismiss the two complaints brought by Sprint and C Spire Wireless (formerly Cellular South), which seek to block AT&T’s acquisition of T-Mobile. In the filings, it’s argued that the two providers represent their own interests, rather than that of the public. AT&T further reveals that C Spire had pursued private negotiations prior to the lawsuit, where the regional provider agreed to support the merger “if AT&T would agree not to engage in facilities-based competition in Mississippi.” Ma Bell goes on to state, “This inappropriate proposal confirms that what Cellular South fears is competition, not lack of competition.” Given the latest maneuver (which smacks heavily of PR spin), there’s no doubt that lawyers for Sprint and C Spire will have a bit of homework for the weekend.
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EA’s New User Agreement Bans Lawsuits
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on September 24, 2011
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An anonymous reader writes with this snippet: “Electronic Arts has updated its Terms of Service Agreement for the Origin platform. Following Sony’s steps, and taking it even further, EA has added a new clause that prevents users from suing them in both class action and jury trial forms.”
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