This is going to get messy. Really messy. Apple’s been granted a patent on slide to unlock. You know what uses slide to unlock? Just about every other touchscreen UI out there, in one way or another. More »
Federal Court Justice Annabelle Bennett is due to deliver her verdict on the temporary injunction against Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 at Midday today. We’ll report the verdict later today as soon as she’s finished delivering it. More »
Apple and Samsung are back in court in Sydney today, contesting the fate of the Galaxy Tab 10.1. Apple says Samsung is “crashing through” its patents, but Samsung states that design should have nothing to do with the patent case. More »
This was pretty inevitable; Samsung’s following up on legal actions it’s taken in other countries with a countersuit against Apple, alleging it infringes seven Australian patents held by Samsung. More »
John Sulston, along with Sarah Chan and John Harris, writes that scientific process is being stymied due to excessive ownership of scientific intellectual property. One of the more troubling statistics? Private companies have patented nearly 20 per cent of human genes. More »
Lawyer fight! After Apple sued Samsung up and down for alleged mobile patent infringement, the defence has wasted little time in mounting a counterattack of the “no, YOU are” variety. Samsung has filed complaints against Apple in Seoul, Tokyo and Germany, saying that Apple in fact infringed on their patents. More »
The dust has barely settled on the AFACT vs iiNet court case, but it seems it’s never too early to hold secret meetings about changing copyright law to be friendlier to the entertainment industry. John Hilvert at ITNews has uncovered that the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement is trying to offer extensive new powers for IP rights holders. More »
First full IP play for Foxtel, 30 channels and “fabulously affordable”. More »
Well, this is equal parts frightening and annoying: Malware writers and their lot have been buying up data centres and getting approved for large blocks of IP space. What’s that mean? That they can pretty much run rampant. More »
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