News tagged with patent lawsuit

Dish profit down 34 pct, but adds subscribers

(AP) -- Satellite TV provider Dish Network Corp. said Monday that it added subscribers in the first quarter, but net income dropped 34 percent and revenue growth fell short of Wall Street expectations.

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Google CEO Page gets grilled in Oracle trial (Update)

(AP) -- Google CEO Larry Page spent nearly an hour in a federal courtroom Wednesday deflecting questions about his role in a copyright dispute over some of the technology in his company's Android software ...

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created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Facebook responds to Yahoo with own patent suit

(AP) -- Facebook is stepping up its patent dispute with Yahoo by filing its own lawsuit against the struggling Internet icon.

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created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Facebook to make stock market debut in May: report

Facebook will make its stock market debut in May with a record-setting initial public offering of shares, according to a report Wednesday in the Wall Street Journal.

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created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Aspiring Facebook investors warned of Yahoo! lawsuit

Facebook has warned potential investors that a patent lawsuit against the company by Internet pioneer Yahoo! could deliver a significant blow to its business.

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created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Google, Motorola ordered to share Android details with Apple

Google Inc. and Motorola Mobility have been ordered to disclose details on the development of the Android operating system to arguably their biggest rival - Apple Inc.

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created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (10) | comments 8

Australian court bans sales of Samsung Galaxy tab

A court has temporarily banned Samsung from selling its new Galaxy tablet computer in Australia, another setback for the South Korean electronics giant in a global patent battle with Apple Inc. that accuses ...

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created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 6

Court hears arguments in Microsoft patent case

(AP) -- The Supreme Court on Monday heard arguments from Microsoft Corp. asking it to overturn a $290 million patent infringement judgment against the world's largest software maker, a ruling that could have a profound effect ...

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created Apr 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Sweden's Ericsson suing Chinese rival ZTE

(AP) -- Swedish wireless equipment maker LM Ericsson on Saturday said it is suing Chinese rival ZTE Corp. for alleged infringement of several of its patents in handset and network technology.

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Smart phone rivalry plays out in patent suits

Competition among smart phone makers is heating up at retail, in advertising and, increasingly, in the courtroom as handset and software makers wield patent lawsuits to protect their turf and slow down their rivals.

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created Dec 17, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Judge tosses patent suits against Facebook, Apple, Google

A US judge has tossed out a patent infringement lawsuit filed against Apple, Facebook, Google, Yahoo! and other firms by a company owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.

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created Dec 13, 2010 | popularity 2.1 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Motorola fires back against Microsoft in patent dispute

Motorola, the target of a patent lawsuit by Microsoft, fired back against the US software giant with a patent infringement complaint of its own on Wednesday.

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created Nov 11, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 5

Motorola looking to take bite out of Blackberry

US handset maker Motorola is taking aim at the Blackberry with a new smartphone designed for business users, the "Droid Pro".

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created Oct 06, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Panel maker Chimei sues Sony over patents

(AP) -- Taiwanese flat-panel display maker Chimei Innolux has filed a lawsuit in Delaware expanding its patent-infringement dispute with Sony.

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Microsoft in legal duel with cloud computing star Salesforce

Packaged software king Microsoft and cloud computing prince Salesforce.com are duelling in US courts, with each accusing the other of violating its patented technology.

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created Jun 26, 2010 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0