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UK student faces U.S. extradition in copyright case

A London court ruled on Friday a British student can be extradited to the United States for breaching U.S. copyright law by running a website that allowed users to access films and TV programs illegally.

Kodak Shares Jump as Company Files Lawsuit Against Apple, HTC

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The Rochester-based company's complaint to the U.S. International Trade Commission argues that some of Apple's iPhones, iPads and iPods, along with some of HTC's smartphones and tablets infringe on Kodak patents involving technology for transmitting images.
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Dutch court orders block on Pirate Bay website

Two Dutch cable companies were ordered by a court on Wednesday to block access to the website The Pirate Bay to prevent the illegal downloading of free music, films and games in case brought on behalf of the entertainment industry.
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China tops U.S, Japan to become top patent filer

China became the world's top patent filer in 2011, surpassing the United States and Japan as it steps up innovation to improve its intellectual property rights track record, a Thomson Reuters research report showed on Wednesday.
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Apple Wins U.S. Patent Suit Against HTC

The California-based Apple is involved with numerous patent disputes world over with smartphone makers that run Android. Recently Samsung filed new claims against Apple over patent infringements in Germany.
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Apple in narrow win in U.S. patent suit vs HTC

Apple Inc scored a narrow victory against Taiwan's HTC Corp in their smartphone patent battle after the International Trade Commission ruled HTC infringed on only one of four patents at the center of the case brought by Apple.
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ITC to review a ruling on HTC patent suit vs Apple

The International Trade Commission said on Friday it will revisit in part a decision by an ITC administrative law judge, who had found no violation by Apple of four HTC patents that include technologies for power management and phone dialing.
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EU Patent Dispute Outcome Limits DMD Opportunity for AVI Biopharma

Prosensa announced the outcome of the Opposition Division of the European Patent Office (EPO) ruling on dystrophin exon 51 skipping molecule. Wedbush Securities said the EPO decision, pending any appeal, may effectively prevent AVI BioPharma from marketing its lead exon 51 skipping molecule, eteplirsen, for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in the European Union without a license
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WiLAN's 759 Patent Validated in U.S.

Canadian patent licensing firm WiLAN Inc said the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) validated most of the claims in one of its key patents, bringing a re-examination process that began in January closer to completion.
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Apple loses tablet case against small Spanish firm

A small Spanish tablet maker has won a patent infringement battle with Apple Inc in a rare victory against the U.S. company in its global defense of markets for its iPads, a court document showed on Wednesday.
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Apple's Touchscreen Slide-to-Unlock Gesture Patent May Kill Rivals

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded Apple the popular slide-to-unlock feature, boasted by many smartphones nowadays, on a touchscreen device. Apple had already been granted a similar patent before. Another major patent win would obviously strengthen Apple's position. The patent (U.S. Patent No. 8,406,721) is entitled Unlocking a Device by Performing Gestures on an Unlock Image, and has an open language as follows:
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Would Justin Bieber Have Gone to Jail Under Anti-Piracy Bill S 978?

A proposed federal law has sparked fears that people like Justin Bieber, who got his start performing cover songs on YouTube could end up in jail. The Commercial Felony Streaming Act would make unauthorized Web streaming of copyrighted content a felony punishable by up to five years.
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TCW damages expert argues for trade secrets cash

A damages expert asserted Trust Company of the West is owed $81.7 million in royalties due to trade secret theft as the high-profile civil case pitting the asset mangement firm against its former chief investment officer Jeffrey Gundlach resumed on Tuesday.

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