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Stanford-Roche legal battle to decide critical intellectual property issue

A case that came up for hearing before the U.S. Supreme Court, involving Stanford University and Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche, is expected to clarify a landmark intellectual property rights law that lays down the rules for grant of patents for federally funded inventions.
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Senate votes to strip down patent reform bill

The Senate voted on Tuesday to strip controversial provisions out of a bipartisan bill to revamp the U.S. patent system and clear a years long backlog of patent applications.
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Sony Stops One Hacker, But Others Appear

Sony Computer Entertainment America won a preliminary injunction against a hacker who publicized a method for allowing Playstation 3 consoles to install non-Sony operating systems. But others might still tinker with their machines.
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Lawsuit accuses Google of stealing trade secrets

NEW YORK, Feb 14 - Technology communications company VoIP Inc sued Google Inc. in New York Supreme Court on Monday, accusing the Internet giant of stealing its trade secrets related to online voice technology.

MPAA warns Google on infringement notices

Google stands the risk of being disconnected from its primary source of bread and butter, the internet, if there is any bite to Motion Picture Association of America's (MPAA) warning that chides Google for copyright infringement.
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Senate panel backs patent overhaul bill

A bill to reduce the likelihood of massive damage awards in patent disputes took a step forward on Thursday with approval by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Howrey merging with Winston & Strawn?

Distraught Howrey mulling merger with Winston & Strawn?

Howrey is reportedly mulling a tie-up with Chicago-based intellectual property (IP) specialist Winston & Strawn and the top bosses of the two law firms are in discussions whether a merger would make sense.
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Wi-LAN reports more deals, expects to avoid court

Wi-LAN has reached settlements with six companies in a wireless patent dispute and expects to reach deals with six others involved in the case before the February 2 trial date, the patent-licensing company said on Monday.

Exclusive: U.S. asks about search fairness in Google/ITA

The U.S. Justice Department's review of Google Inc's planned acquisition of airline ticketing software company ITA Software is focusing on making sure ITA's products remain available, even to Google's rivals, according to a source close to the deal.
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Mylan, Pfizer settle patent disputes over Lipitor, Caduet

U.S. generic drug maker Mylan Inc has settled two U.S. patent disputes with global pharma giant Pfizer Inc, which will enable the former to sell the generic versions of cholesterol drug Lipitor and combination blood pressure and cholesterol treatment Caduet.

Huawei Wins Bid To Stop Motorola-NSN Deal

Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei won a partial victory in its fight to block Motorola's $1.2 billion sale of assets to Nokia Siemens Networks, as the court granted an order to stop the transfer of Huawei's intellectual property.

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