New Patent Suits Target Starbucks, Expedia Mobile Payments
In a possible sign of trouble for the booming mobile payment industry, a semiconductor firm filed patent lawsuits against Starbucks (NSDQ: S… Read more »
Use of Brands In Video Games Is Free Speech — EA Lawsuit
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In a new lawsuit, Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS) says free speech rights permit it to use brand name helicopters in the hit game Battlefield 3… Read more »
Apple Gets Hit With $1.9 Million Copyright Lawsuit By Chinese Writers
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Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is putting a big bet on China, where its products and services have proven hugely popular, but that could also leave it e… Read more »
Google Dodges Lawsuit Over Ads On Undeveloped Websites
A federal judge in California turned down a would-be class action lawsuit that sought millions of dollars in refunds for companies whose ads… Read more »
Correction: Razr Ain't Cutting It: Motorola Mobility To Fall Short On Q4
Correction: An earlier version of this article noted Motorola (NYSE: MMI) Mobility’s revenue in “millions” not “billions”. It has now been c… Read more »
Steve Jobs Doll Legal In Most States, Not Indiana
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Apple’s lawyers have a fearsome reputation for defending the company’s intellectual property. But it sure looks like they’re bluffing in the… Read more »
Apple E-book Conspiracy Case To Turn On 'Most Favored Nation' Clause
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Recent interviews shed light on how the antitrust cases against Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and book publishers will unfold. The e-book controversy w… Read more »
When Playing Defense, Apple Willing To Settle Patent Disputes
Apple’s aggressive mobile patent strategy is apparently reserved for its offensive maneuvers. It has agreed to settle a patent lawsuit broug… Read more »
BBC World Service To Run Ads On Some Websites And Radio Stations
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The BBC Trust has approved plans to run advertising on a number of BBC World Service websites as well as in radio broadcasts for the first t… Read more »
Real Name Checks On Weibo Won't Come Cheap For Sina, Tencent
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With it now certain that China’s popular Weibo (microblogging) services – prime among them being Sina’s (NASDAQ:SINA) and Tencent’s (HKG:0… Read more »
NewsRight Launches With 29 Publishers; 'Not A Litigation Shop'
Three years after the Associated Press started the News Registry to help publishers track their content online — and make money from reuse… Read more »
Amazon Ends Lawsuit Over Kindle Fire
In a surprise development, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) has quietly resolved a lawsuit that alleges its Kindle Fire violates four patents related to… Read more »
What The Analysts Asked Yahoo Today, And How The New CEO Responded
The markets didn’t punish Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) today when it announced it would appoint a payments technology specialist, Scott Thompson, as i… Read more »
Industry Moves: FT Alphaville, Ofcom, IPC, Archant
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Some of the latest executive-level hirings and exits in the world of digital media business… Read more »
Microsoft Resolves 'Really?!' Ad Lawsuit Over Windows 7 Phone
A novelty company has ended its dispute with Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) in which it had accused the Seattle giant of ripping off its concept for… Read more »
TiVo Nets At Least $215 Million From AT&T Patent Settlement
Set-top box maker TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) announced today that it would rake in hundreds of millions from licensing three of its patents to AT&T (… Read more »
Rupert Murdoch's Wife Won't Get Twitter Handle Back Any Time Soon
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Wendi Deng, the wife of news baron Rupert Murdoch, must be fuming after an impostor fooled everyone — including Murdoch’s own company — wi… Read more »
Why The Canadian Government Wouldn't Block A RIM Takeover
Investors have been praying that an outside company will step in to catch the falling knife known as Research In Motion. But last week an in… Read more »
What's Coming In 2012
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Last week, the paidContent staff analyzed the sectors we cover most, highlighting the key people, companies and trends to watch in 2012. Som… Read more »
SOPA Opponents Gain Momentum Heading Into 2012
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Not long ago the controversial law known as the Stop Online Piracy Act was poised to sail through Congress. But it lost traction at a Congre… Read more »
Hulu Missing Out On The Facebook Sharing Gold Rush
Facebook has super-charged a handful of lucky media companies selected to test-drive the social network’s frictionless sharing platform. But… Read more »
What's Coming In 2012: Digital Advertising, Up Close And Personal
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This is the fifth in a series of posts this week that will highlight key people, companies and trends to watch in 2012 in the sectors we cov… Read more »
Linear TV Consumption Is Growing, But Is Ad Spend?
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When you consider the internet, on-demand services, games consoles, mobiles, apps and [fill in your personal favorite here], we have more wa… Read more »
What's Coming In 2012: The Content Industry Strikes Back
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This is the fourth in a series of posts this week that will highlight key people, companies and trends to watch in 2012 in the sectors we co… Read more »
EU To Focus On Digital Content Policy In 2012
The European Commission says 2011 progress against its digital agenda ambitions has been “mixed”. Read more »
Updated: HarperCollins Sues Open Road Over E-Book Rights
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HarperCollins is suing digital publisher Open Road Integrated Media for copyright infringement over the digital rights to Jean Craighead Geo… Read more »
What's Coming In 2012: Book Publishing
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This is the second in a series of posts over the next week that will highlight key people, companies and trends to watch in 2012 in the sect… Read more »
Mobile Data Use Expected To Grow 21x By 2015
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Mobile phone networks, get your houses in order. Here is how much mobile data consumption is expected to grow in the next four years… Read more »
Wanna Download A Free Movie With No Legal Worries? Go Dutch.
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Some countries in Europe, like France, are looking at ways of extending their copyright protection laws to streamed media, in addition to ex… Read more »
Game On: HD Streaming Site FilmOn Debuts NCAA Basketball, Football Channels
FilmOn, the premium-content internet streaming site that met controversy earlier this year over lawsuits involving CBS (NYSE: CBS), CNET, an… Read more »
Looking Back At 2011
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This past week, the paidContent staff has analyzed the most significant developments throughout the year in the sectors we cover most. We’ve… Read more »
FTC Calls For Comments On Facial Recognition Technology
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Devices that treat our face as a fingerprint are one of the more unnerving technologies of the information age. Privacy regulators are start… Read more »
Updated: Facebook Timeline And Ads: Real Estate For The Highest Bidder?
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A report out today, taking its cue from the new Timeline feature that is now getting rolled out to Facebook’s 800-million-plus users, allege… Read more »
AT&T's Consolation Prize? Deal Approved For Qualcomm's Wireless Spectrum
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AT&T (NYSE: T) finally won a round with the U.S. government, but only because T-Mobile wasn’t involved. The carrier got the go-ahead to purc… Read more »
Louis Vuitton Sues Warner Bros For Using Fake Bag In Hangover II
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A studio that has been a champion of stopping piracy is now facing awkward accusations that it showed counterfeit luggage in a hit movie. Read more »
Wimp Sues Zombie In New Test Of Parody Limits
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The owner of the popular Wimpy Kid franchise is suing an upstart publisher for releasing an illustrated “diary” featuring a haggard, blood-s… Read more »
Fine, NYT: HuffPo To Change Parentlode Name, Which They Never Liked Anyway
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Claiming it was a name “that, frankly, we never really loved,” Lisa Belkin–the former editor of New York Times (NYSE: NYT) parenting blog “… Read more »
Will There Ever Be A Universal, MP3-Like Standard For E-Books?
Digital music is now mainstream, thanks in part to the MP3. Will the e-book market be next to produce a one-size-fits-all format-a format th… Read more »
Highlights Of 2011: A Year Of Tech And Publishing Lawsuits, By The Numbers
This is the fifth in a series of posts this week that looks at the most significant developments of this year in the sectors that we cover,… Read more »
