Patent & IP news for May 5, 2012

Google's take on API copyrightability is unique and a departure from established industry practice from www.fosspatents.com

While waiting for an apparently hung jury to reach unanimity or render a partial verdict if that's what Judge Alsup decides, I'd like to address the misinformation that some people -- mostly because they ...

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Footy broadcasts online (again): the saga of Optus v Telstra No 2 from ipkitten.blogspot.com


While resting her injured hind paw in a mountain of pillows, this Kat could have done with some Aussie footie on TV (go the Pies! and go the Knights!).  As it turns out, the closest ...

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U.S. court sanctions Samsung for withholding 'design-around' source code from Apple from www.fosspatents.com

In connection with a March 9, 2012 order that allowed Apple to take certain depositions out of time in order to make up for Samsung's lack of cooperation, I already wrote that "Apple has ...

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