Apple Hit With Playlist Patent, Suit Filed By Former Judge’s Firm
A Texas shell company, Smart Audio Technologies, has filed a suit claiming Apple’s iPod Nano and other devices violate its patent for random… Read more »
Patent Office: Inventors Don’t Have To Pay Copyright On Science Submissions
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Scientific journals are threatening to sue inventors and law firms over the academic studies that are part of a typical patent application.… Read more »
ITC Said To Favor Barnes & Noble In Patent Dispute With Microsoft
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For the most part, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has found the mobile industry willing to bow to its patent-licensing strategy. Barnes & Noble (NYS… Read more »
Facebook Mobile Ads Developing: Sponsored Stories Coming ‘Within Weeks’
It’s not digital advertising in the sense of display ads and search results, but it looks like we are getting a bit more color on what it is… Read more »
Was Google’s Disastrous January A Passing Storm Or Sign Of Things To Come?
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It’s a little stunning to contemplate how wrong things have gone for Google (NSDQ: GOOG) in just the first month of 2012, as the company hop… Read more »
Google Fined In France For Offering Free Maps
The French are kicking Google (NSDQ: GOOG) again. This time, in a strange ruling, Paris’ commercial court has found the company is anti-comp… Read more »
Have The Hollywood Studios Finally Beaten Down Kaleidescape?
In the mid-2000s, a technology called Kaleidescape was all the rage among the Hollywood intelligensia. Fillmakers like Brett Ratner and high… Read more »
Europe Wants Google To Freeze Its New Privacy Policy
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An influential European privacy body has urged Google (NSDQ: GOOG) to “pause” its new privacy policy due to be implemented in March. The Art… Read more »
Apple v. Moto In Germany: One iPhone Injunction Ordered, Another One Lifted
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) in the last 24 hours has been dealt not one but two blows in court cases involving Motorola (NYSE: MMI) and patents in Ge… Read more »
Feds Seize Hundreds Of Websites Days Before Superbowl
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In what is becoming a ritual akin to Superbowl Week itself, federal prosecutors today announced the seizure of 16 websites that offered live… Read more »
A Second News International Paper Faces Questions In Hacking Investigation
The hacking investigation that led to the shutdown of News of the World has spread to another News International newspaper, The Times, poli… Read more »
Revenge Of The Interns: Magazine Lawsuit Tests Limits For Unpaid Work
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In a lawsuit that could shake the publishing industry, a Brooklyn woman is claiming Hearst Corporation owes wages to her and others who inte… Read more »
Google Buys Online Ads In Pushback Over Privacy
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Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is purchasing display ads on websites like the *Washington Post*, an unusual move that is part of the company’s strained… Read more »
Videoplaza Raises $12 Million For Its Multiscreen Video Ad Platform
The rising popularity of streaming video services is causing a knock-on effect for companies serving ads around that content. And here’s ano… Read more »
Myriad Eyes Synchronica, Says Messaging Company Can’t Pay Its Nokia Debt
Some fallout from the various asset offloads we have seen from Nokia (NYSE: NOK) in the last year: Synchronica, which bought Nokia’s messagi… Read more »
Village Voice To Stop Suing Over ‘Best Of’ Lists
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The Village Voice is giving up on a scheme to force rivals to pay for permission to use the phrase “best of.” Read more »
‘Hot News’ Returns In Hollywood Publisher Catfight
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For decades, publishers have tried and failed to use the law of “hot news” to chase competitors from their stories. This hasn’t dissuaded Pe… Read more »
Apple/Samsung Legal Skirmishes Have A New Player: The European Commission
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The ongoing, back-and-forth legal fight that is the Apple/Samsung patent dispute today took on a new dimension in one of its key battlegroun… Read more »
Verizon Says More Than 600 Websites Used In Cybersquatting Scam
In a case that shines light on the world of professional cybersquatters, Verizon is suing a website and a domain name registrar that placed… Read more »
Feds Warn Of Data Deletion In Megaupload Case, Other Docs Still Under Seal
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US agents have finished copying data from servers that contain information on Megaupload, the controversial file-sharing site shut down earl… Read more »
Google, Facebook, Twitter Execs Grilled By UK MPs On Privacy
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) executives got a rough ride from a House Of Commons committee on Monday, when they declined to systemically filter law-b… Read more »
Sign Of The Times: Google Graffiti Pops Up In NYC
Everyone wants to chime in on Google’s privacy polices including, it seems, graffiti artists. In recent weeks, an unflattering version of th… Read more »
Five Ways Twitter Is Changing Media Law
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Why does Twitter get involved in so many interesting lawsuits? In its short life, the company has kicked up legal hornet nests involving eve… Read more »
Ad Agency Sues Herman Cain Over Book Cover Photo
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A new lawsuit claims a former Republican presidential candidate used a photo without permission for the cover of his biography, This is Herm… Read more »
Virtual Pet Owners Sue Google Over Lost ‘Gold’
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Angry game owners are demanding Google (NSDQ: GOOG) compensate them for wiping out their investments in online pets. The loss of a virtual k… Read more »
Twitter Faces Censorship Backlash
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The social network Twitter is facing a storm of criticism from users, after revealing that it has implemented a system that would let it wit… Read more »
Judge: Ron Paul Can’t Force Twitter, YouTube To Identify ‘Impostors’
Ron Paul’s campaign suffered a setback this week in its effort to identify who uploaded videos that appear to show the presidential candidat… Read more »
Entertainment Lobby Claims Google, Bing Send Users To Illegal Music Files
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Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and other search engines “overwhelmingly” direct music fans to illegal copies of copyrighted tracks online, a coalition… Read more »
AT&T: The iPhone Was Good, But Not Good Enough To Hold Off A Q4 Loss
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A set of quarterly results today from AT&T (NYSE: T) that underscored some of the aftershocks the carrier is feeling in the wake of its fail… Read more »
Motorola Adds iPhone 4S, iCloud, To List Of Products It Says Hit Patents
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The smartphone patent wars may never end. Motorola (NYSE: MMI) fired a round Wednesday with a new lawsuit against Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), declar… Read more »
What The Pundits Are Missing In The Megaupload Case
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Media types are claiming that prosecutors will find it hard to pin copyright charges on Kim Dotcom, the 300-pound executive whose website Me… Read more »
Update 2: Privacy Alert: O2 Fixes Hole That Shared Users’ Phone Numbers
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Update: Mobile operator O2 says that as of 2pm Wednesday, it has fixed the part of its mobile web browsing service that was reporting mobile… Read more »
Amazon Lawsuit Tests ‘No Harm, No Foul’ Rule For Leaked Personal Info
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Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) subsidiary Zappos, an online shoe retailer, faces a second lawsuit over a hacking incident involving 24 million customer… Read more »
Analyst To Studios: It’s Time To Force Early VOD On Theater Chains
With both the theatrical and home video channels in revenue decline, and amid panic that digital piracy will soon crest into a tidal wave, B… Read more »
Google’s New Privacy Policy Aims At Integrating YouTube
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Google (NSDQ: GOOG) will use email and a message on its home page to notify users about a new privacy policy that will go into effect this M… Read more »
Jon Miller, News Corp.: It’s All About Video For Us Right Now
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Jon Miller, the chief digital officer for News Corporation (NSDQ: NWS), described his company’s digital strategy today as very “focused on v… Read more »
Orange To Provide Wikipedia Free In Middle East And Africa
Orange has struck a deal with Wikipedia to make its digital encyclopaedia available free of data charges to millions of mobile phone users a… Read more »
The Digital Piracy Problem Is Riddled With Hypocrisy
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In the summer of 2009, I found myself invited to a small party in an old bourgeois apartment with breathtaking views of the Champ-de-Mars an… Read more »
Megaupload Case Grows Bigger, Stranger
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A New Zealand court today delayed its decision over whether to grant bail to the founder of Megaupload after prosecutors argued that Kim Dot… Read more »
Nokia Lumia’s TV Deal Broke UK Advertising Rules
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One of the biggest components in Nokia’s expensive campaign for its latest flagship handset broke UK media rules by mixing its sponsorships… Read more »
