Chinese court orders vendor to halt iPad sales in trademark dispute
Feb. 21, 2012 | MICHAEL KAN
A Chinese court has ordered a local electronics vendor to stop selling the iPad, as part of an escalating trademark dispute that threatens to stop Apple from selling its iconic tablet in the country.
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Apple threatens to sue Chinese firm for defamation in iPad trademark dispute
Feb. 21, 2012 | MICHAEL KAN
Apple has threatened to take legal action against a little-known Chinese firm for inflaming an ongoing dispute over the iPad trademark, alleging that the company's founder and its lawyers have made misleading statements that could damage the U.S. tech giant's business in China.
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U.S. lawmakers call on FTC to investigate Google over Safari cookies
Feb. 20, 2012 | JOHN RIBEIRO
Three lawmakers from the U.S. House of Representatives have asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether last week's report of privacy violations of Safari users by Google violated a consent agreement the company had reached with the FTC last year.
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Apple files EU patent complaint against Motorola Mobility
Feb. 20, 2012 | MARC FERRANTI
Apple has asked the European Commission to intervene in its patent battle with Motorola Mobility, according to a filing with the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) made by Motorola Mobility late Friday.
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ITC rules in Apple's favor in HTC dispute
Feb. 20, 2012 | NANCY GOHRING
The U.S. International Trade Commission on Friday issued a final determination that Apple doesn't infringe certain HTC patents.
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Apple could face U.S. lawsuit related to iPad trademark dispute in China
Feb. 17, 2012 | MICHAEL KAN
A trademark dispute in China over the iPad could spill over into U.S courts, after a little-known Chinese company threatened on Friday to sue Apple in the U.S. for among other things allegedly setting up a "fake company" to purchase the rights to the trademark.
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Oracle and SAP given June court date for TomorrowNow retrial
Feb. 17, 2012 | JAMES NICCOLAI
Oracle and SAP may be back in court on June 18 to begin a retrial of Oracle's corporate theft lawsuit involving SAP's former TomorrowNow subsidiary, according to a judge's order Thursday.
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BLOG: Tribute to the human element
Foo Fighters frontman, in his Grammy Award acceptance speech, honoured the “human element” of music that has lost its place in the digitally advanced industry.
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BLOG: “Damn Bloody Stewpig!”
Singapore's DBS Bank does not seem to have learnt from its mistakes.
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BLOG: Enter the Dragon: The year of project success
Eight insights into success and failure
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BLOG: In lust we trust
Three Indian politicians resign after caught watching porn in state assembly. Can lawmakers who keep talking about censoring the hoi polloi first learn to censor themselves?
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BLOG: Kodak’s demise: A salutary tale for the IT industry
Can some of today’s IT giants survive in the face of the most disruptive technology that is impacting both IT firms and their customers -- cloud computing?
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