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Netflix-Backed Bill Passes Senate
12/20/2012, Under the 1988 Video Privacy Protection Act or VPPA, folks in the U.S. are required to make a written consent in order for them to share information regarding their digital viewing habits. It was created to prevent the “wrongful disclosure [...]
European Commission To Charge Antitrust Objections Against Samsung
12/20/2012, It’s another beautiful day, and we’re hearing another patent lawsuit. This time, the spotlight is aiming at the European Union, the economic and political union in the continent. European Commission competition chief, Joaquin Almunia, said today that Samsung is facing [...]
Apple’s ‘Pinch to Zoom’ Patent Tentatively Invalidated By USPTO
12/19/2012, Apple might have won big time against Samsung in court, but now it seems that all the patent trolling are beginning to take its toll on the Cupertino-based technology giant. Just a few weeks after tentatively invalidating the so-called “Steve [...]
FTC Revises Child Online Privacy Protection Act, Now Includes Social Networks & Apps
12/19/2012, New times require new rules. That is why the Federal Trade Commission is updating its decade-old rule surrounding children’s online privacy. This time, the FTC wants to include social networks and smartphone apps. The report comes after a complaint was [...]
SpongeBob Game Removed From The App Store For Privacy Complaints
12/18/2012, After being accused by the non-profit group CDD or the Center for Digital Democracy, Nickelodeon has removed its SpongeBob Diner Dash from Apple’s App Store on Monday. The Center for Digital Democracy claims that the SpongeBob app violated a children’s [...]
Samsung Surrenders Apple Patent Lawsuits In Europe
12/18/2012, Samsung has reportedly dropped its patent lawsuits against Apple in Europe, particularly in U.K., France, Germany, Italy, and Netherlands. The South Korean technology giant confirmed to The Verge today saying, “Samsung remains committed to licensing our technologies on fair, reasonable [...]
CALM Act Gets Implemented, Turns Down Volume On Loud Commercials
12/14/2012, Finally, after four long years of waiting, the CALM Act, which stands for Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation, took effect yesterday, Thursday, December 13th. The CALM Act, introduced by Rep. Anna G. Eshoo in 2008, requires broadcast, cable, satellite and other [...]
Jury finds that Apple and LG did not infringe upon Alcatel-Lucent’s patents
12/14/2012, Back in November, we reported that Alcatel-Lucent had gone after both Apple and LG, alleging that both companies had infringed upon their patent. As it turns out that may no longer be the case as the jury has exonerated both [...]
Apple Found Guilty Of Infringing Patents Owned By MobileMedia
12/13/2012, Apple has just received a taste of its own bitter medicine. That’s because the U.S. court has just ruled earlier today that almighty Apple is guilty of infringing three patents owned by MobileMedia Ideas. The infringed patents are said to [...]
Wi-LAN sues RIM over alleged Bluetooth patent infringement
12/12/2012, With RIM so close to launching its Blackberry 10 platform and its accompanying device in early 2013, the last thing they need would be legal troubles to trip them up, but that’s exactly what has happened. It seems that a [...]
Google and other companies file petition over the upholding of vague patents
12/11/2012, Patent trolls are typically companies that just buy a ton of patents, sits on them and sues big companies for alleged infringement. For the most part these patents are relatively vague and general-sounding, so depending on how it is argued, [...]
Woman Sued For Negative Review On Yelp
12/07/2012, Watch out for those words, it could cost you thousands of dollars. A woman from Virginia , Jane Perez, wrote a negative review on Yelp. The review was for Dietz Development, a contracting company that apparently worked on Perez’s home. [...]
‘Steve Jobs Patent’ Tentatively Invalidated By USPTO
12/07/2012, Back in the glory days, multitouch was the key feature that separated the iPhone from the rest. Nowadays, however, the tables are beginning to turn, and Apple is somewhat forced to unleash the troll within, in a bid to preserve [...]
