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Kodak, Sony settle patent dispute

January 3, 2007 Cross-licensing agreement puts to rest litigation over imaging technology; Kodak will receive royalties. TAGS: Eastman Kodak Co., agreement, litigation, Sony Corp.

Novell boosts legal team with litigation expert

August 6, 2007 Company taps high-powered patent lawyer Eric Acker, who has a formidable history, including 45 jury trials as a federal prosecutor. TAGS: Novell Inc., litigation, federal prosecutor, lawyer, law firm, patent, Microsoft Corp.

The new e-discovery burden

October 17, 2007 Rather than streamline and limit litigation, a rule change adds a new financial burden, Internet attorney Eric J. Sinrod says. TAGS: litigation, TASER International Inc., discovery, word-processing, material, backup, e-mail

Europe's software patent war ignites again

September 21, 2006 Patent debate may be taken out of hands of elected politicians under new measure, Parliament groups say. TAGS: software patent, litigation, measure, European Union, critic, Europe

Viacom sues Google over YouTube clips

March 13, 2007 Media company seeks more than $1 billion in damages, claiming that nearly 160,000 unauthorized clips appear on video-sharing site. TAGS: Viacom Inc., YouTube, entertainment company, intellectual property, lawsuit, litigation, negotiation, Google Inc., entertainment, complaint, video

Fixing a broken patent system

October 10, 2007 Copyright attorney Alex Chachkes says the pressure is on to fix a system generally agreed to be in a state of disarray. TAGS: patent, NTP, Research In Motion Ltd., litigation, jury, continuation, corporation, RIM BlackBerry, dollar

Welcome to litigation land, 2006

March 4, 2006 CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says there's no joy in tech-dom after the RIM-NTP settlement. TAGS: Research In Motion Ltd., NTP, litigation, jury, lawyer

Amazon hits back at IBM over patents

December 15, 2006 E-commerce giant bashes suit, lodges its own patent infringement claims. Big Blue stands by allegations. TAGS: patent, Amazon.com Inc., infringement, IBM Corp., litigation, allegation, information management, e-commerce, response

Clock is ticking on e-discovery

October 25, 2006 perspective With civil-procedure rules changing, attorney Eric J. Sinrod says electronic-discovery missteps could start costing companies. TAGS: litigation, plaintiff, discovery, attorney, defense, damage, evidence, party, rule, failure, Microsoft Corp., e-mail, database

Woman accuses Yahoo of stealing her image

March 2, 2007 Ohio woman demands $20 million from Yahoo for allegedly embedding a photo of her in a welcome e-mail sent to new users. TAGS: Ohio, Yahoo! Inc., litigation, complaint, attorney, photograph, image, e-mail, message

Bill aims to school judges in patent law

May 19, 2006 Politicians call for decade-long "pilot programs" designed to expand expertise among federal judges handling the thorny cases. TAGS: district, litigation, proposal, federal judge, expertise, bill, court, Rep.

ICANN, VeriSign make strange bedfellows

November 21, 2005 Tucows exec Ross Rader says proposal to end ICANN-VeriSign dispute could mean end of Net community's role in determining its future. TAGS: VeriSign Inc., proposal, community, settlement, RFC, litigation, administrator, domain name, DNS

Forgent settles JPEG patent cases

November 1, 2006 Settlement for $8 million covers all remaining claims, although it's considerably less than originally sought. TAGS: Forgent Networks Inc., settlement, patent, claim, litigation, lawsuit, JPEG, digital camera, camera

Patent law changes power ahead in Congress

July 20, 2007 Sweeping changes to U.S. patent system have been approved by Senate and House committees. The high-tech industry is pleased, but others aren't. TAGS: bill, litigation, patent, Qualcomm Inc., president, Microsoft Corp.

Virtual world litigation for real

June 13, 2007 Internet attorney Eric J. Sinrod says the brave new world of virtual worlds creates a constellation of new--and still foggy--legal questions. TAGS: virtual worlds, Second Life, plaintiff, avatar, defendant, land, dispute, property, litigation

YouTube may add to Google's copyright worries

October 10, 2006 Popular video-sharing site already faces legal heat. Will its acquisition make Google a high-profile lawsuit target? TAGS: legal liability, YouTube, Mark Cuban, copyright law, lawsuit, litigation, DMCA, Google Inc., CEO, video

Week in review: Deal or no deal in YouTube?

October 13, 2006 Google buys video-sharing service and adds to the Office 2.0 wave. Chipmakers talk speed, while Toyota touts ethanol. TAGS: YouTube, copyright law, Week in review, Google Docs, litigation, Google Inc., Microsoft Office, spreadsheet, IBM Corp., video, Microsoft Corp.

Things that scare Sun's Schwartz

October 29, 2004 perspective Sun President Jonathan Schwartz has a pre-Halloween case of the creeps--and for good reason. TAGS: patent, Sun Microsystems Inc., handset, litigation, phishing, value, password, security, PC

Week in review: Windows woes

February 29, 2008 The EU slaps Microsoft with a record penalty, but will a Vista price cut help pay the fine? Also: Pakistan hijacks YouTube, and game publishers square off for market domination. TAGS: antitrust, Steve Ballmer, compliance, fine, Week in review, European Union, litigation, commission, reader, pricing, software company, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, e-mail, operating system

Behind Google's German courtroom battle

September 14, 2006 A local business owner is fighting with the search giant for the right to use the term "Gmail." So far, he's winning. TAGS: Gmail, Google Inc., company representative, litigation, venture capital, mail, Europe, U.S.
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