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If we’ve learned anything from the patent wars it’s that lawsuits beget lawsuits, and Red and Sony’s budding spat is no exception. In response to allegations that Sony’s F5, F55 and F65 cameras violate a pair of Red camera patents, the Japanese manufacturer is filing a suit of its own
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Sony responds to Red lawsuit with its own patent claims, seeks damages, injunction
Verizon , which just recently finished its acquisition of Mohave Wireless, has been pulled into a copyright legal spat, with a studio that produces adult films having subpoenaed the ISP for copies of its six-strike alerts against the individual being sued.
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Lawsuit attempts to use six-strikes copyright system in case against Verizon subscriber
Amidst all of the good news Facebook has been throwing out, it looks like some bad news was just waiting to rain on its parade. Facebook was sued back in September 2011 by Timelines Inc
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Facebook to go to trial over “Timeline” trademark
Ford has been hit with a class action lawsuit by its customers across fourteen states due to an issue with certain models subject to spontaneous acceleration with no way to stop. The lawsuit specifically concerns Ford cars from 2002 to 2010, with claims that the manufacturer deliberately hid the issue from buyers, resulting in the sale of vehicles that aren’t worth as much as the consumers paid. Says the lawsuit, which was filed in a federal Huntington, West Virginia court on Friday: “Ford could have and should have prevented the dangers presented by these foreseeable incidents by including [a fail-safe system or brake-override feature].
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Ford hit with class action lawsuit over spontaneous acceleration
Google has made a statement on open source and patents, publicly making an Open Patent Non-Assertion Pledge and promising not to go after open source software on the basis of patents. This follows Microsoft’s launch of its Patent Tracker tool earlier today, which is a step towards patent transparency, something that has a solid place in the OPN pledge Google has taken
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Google takes Open Patent Non-Assertion Pledge
If you’re not sure about what’s been going on between Apple and Samsung as of late, the two companies are still involved in a legal cat fight. Back in August, Samsung was given a $1.05 billion damages bill that they would have to pay to Apple
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Apple claims Samsung damages verdict is off by $85 million
Apple is dealing with another problem in China and this time it involves its personal assistant program, Siri.
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Apple in court over Siri patent infringment claim
The Swedish Language Council and Google have been going back and forth with each other since December 2012 over the word “ogooglebar”. The word means “ungoogleable” in Swedish, and Google had some concerns over the trademark issues surrounding the word.
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Sweden removes “Ungoogleable” due to Google’s demands
A US International Trade Commission Judge has sided with Microsoft in what has been a long legal battle over whether the company infringed on Motorola patents.
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Xbox doesn’t infringe Motorola patent says judge
It looks like this time around, Apple is the one getting lawsuits filed against them.
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Intertrust sues Apple for patent infringement
