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My, how Google’s attitude has changed

January 26, 2012

Google, five months ago: “A smartphone might involve as many as 250,000 (largely questionable) patent claims, and our competitors want to impose a “tax” for these dubious patents that makes Android devices more expensive for consumers. They want to make it harder for manufacturers to sell Android devices. Instead of competing by building new features or devices, [...]

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Apple reassures FutureTap: “We’re not making a patent claim on your work”

August 11, 2010

Remember the story about how Apple was stealing a third-party app developer’s work and patenting it? At the time, I explained in a long post that the patent was nothing to do with FutureTap’s excellent WhereTo? application. And, after consulting a patent lawyer who managed to get in touch with Apple’s patent lawyers, that’s exactly [...]

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Has Gizmodo broken the law with its iPhone story?

April 20, 2010

I am not a lawyer. But I do play one on the weekends. More importantly, over the years I’ve become intimately familiar with the law as it affects journalists on both sides of the pond. I’ve covered cases like the “trade secrets” disputes between Apple and various news sources, and even had a couple of [...]

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Adobe set to sue Apple?

April 13, 2010

Steven J. Vaughn-Nichols: “Apples iron-bound determination to keep Adobe Flash out of any iWhatever device is about to blow up in Apples face. Sources close to Adobe tell me that Adobe will be suing Apple within a few weeks.” If Steven is correct – and he’s not the kind of guy to write this without [...]

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Good news on copyright, but bad news on protection for sources

April 2, 2009

Some great news from Brussels on the attempt to extend copyright terms, again: “Copyright term extension was dealt another serious blow last week when COREPER, the European Committee representing EU member states and the Council of Ministers, voted against the proposal. In a surprise move the UK government joined others in a blocking minority, rejecting [...]

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Some thoughts on the Psystar/Apple case

July 16, 2008

Ahh, Psystar. We hardly knew you. And now, finally, Apple wants you dead: "’Apple licenses the use of its Macintosh operating system software for use only on Apple-labeled hardware,’ the Mac maker says in the suit (click here for PDF) adding that the only way to get a full version of the Mac OS is [...]

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