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    Apple Needs To Rename the Mighty Mouse 09/10/2009 02:30:00

    Speculation that Apple will release a new mouse surfaced last week, but now those rumors are about to rev up, as the trademark for the Mighty Mouse name has been awarded to another company.
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    Rambus pulls some infringement claims against Nvidia 09/06/2009 05:49:00

    Nvidia on Monday said that Rambus had filed motions with the U.S. International Trade Commission to terminate an investigation relating to Nvidia's alleged infringement on four patents.
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    Patent reform bill meets opposition during hearing 01/05/2009 10:11:00

    Efforts in the U.S. Congress to overhaul the nation's patent system are again running into objections from inventors, pharmaceutical companies and small technology companies, which say that current legislation could destroy the value of patents.
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    Taiwan firm hits Apple with multi-touch patent lawsuit 09/04/2009 07:37:00

    A Taiwanese company that makes touchpads sued Apple Inc. in U.S. District Court Tuesday, charging that the California firm's multi-touch technology infringes two of its patents, according to court documents.
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    Open source firms urged to go on legal offensive 30/03/2009 07:14:00

    Open-source software companies are missing out on a relatively inexpensive way to fight concerns about patent liability, according to an attorney who spoke at an open-source conference in San Francisco.
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    Large tech firms praise patent reform bill 06/03/2009 08:52:00

    Several large technology vendors praised a U.S. patent reform bill introduced this week, but other groups slammed the legislation, saying it would water down intellectual property rights.
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    Intel tries to free 'netbook' trademark from Psion 26/02/2009 12:16:00

    Intel on Wednesday said it had joined Dell and other companies in an attempt to free the term 'netbook' from the clutches of PC maker Psion Teklogix.
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    Intel, Microsoft, HP sued for alleged patent infringement 16/01/2009 05:08:00

    The feature to quickly recover data in PCs and Windows is under attack. Data recovery firm Xpoint earlier this week sued IT giants including Intel, Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft for infringing on patents to quickly restore data in the event of corrupted hardware or software.
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    Major software companies sued for patent infringement 12/01/2009 08:13:00

    Twenty-two major software and security companies are being sued for alleged patent infringement by a little-known entity now controlling the two patents in question.
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    Microsoft specs out 'Pay-as-you-go' PC scheme 30/12/2008 11:15:00

    Microsoft last week applied for a patent that spells out a "pay-as-you-go" concept where users would be charged for both the software they run and the computing horsepower they use.
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    NSA patents a way to spot network snoops 22/12/2008 08:28:00

    The US National Security Agency has patented a technique for figuring out whether someone is tampering with network communication.
 
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