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US Courts Stop Landmark Patent Troll Attempt

8:00PM February 10, 2012 | Andrew Tarantola

Tim “I helped invent the Internet” Berners-Lee testified before a federal jury earlier this week, tearing into the validity of a key patent Eolas Technologies’ was exploiting to sue multiple web companies for $US600 million. He must have been persuasive because the court took mere hours to reach its decision. More »


Tsera Sues Apple, Microsoft… Everyone Else For Touchpad Tech

1:15PM July 20, 2009 | Jack Loftus

An obscure company has filed suit in a copyright infringement-friendly Texas district against Apple and several other companies it for what it contends is—wait for it—copyright infringement related to touchpad technology. More »