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Google Android Devices More Popular than Apple iPhone

Apple, Microsoft Leading Non-Android Group to Bully Android

In an allegedly unholy coalition, Apple, Microsoft and Research in Motion have joined hands to demote Android's position in the smartphone market. Six of Google's rivals tied up recently to prevent Google from buying a critical trove of telephony patents, at Nortel's wireless technology patents' auction, with judges in the United States and Canada approving the $4.5 billion transaction.

Gilead kickstarts patent pool for AIDS drugs

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Gilead Sciences, the leading maker of HIV drugs, is to share intellectual property rights on its medicines in a patent pool designed to make treatments more widely available to the poor.
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Exclusive: Apple patent lawyer to leave

Apple Inc's chief patent counsel will soon leave the company, at a time when the company is fighting numerous legal battles around the world, according to a source familiar with the situation.
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Apple files fresh patent complaint against HTC

Apple Inc has filed a fresh complaint against Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC Corp with a U.S. trade panel over unspecified portable electronic devices and software, according to the panel's web site.
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Apple seeks halting sale of four Samsung products: Infuse 4G, Galaxy S 4G, Droid Charge, Galaxy Tab 10.1

Apple filed motion for Preliminary Injunction in US District Court U.S District Court in San Jose, on Friday, to halt the sale of four Samsung devices, Infuse 4G, Galaxy S 4G, Droid Charge, and Galaxy Tab 10.1. Apple alleged that the devices copy Apple's mobile devices and make use of its patents and intellectual property without authorization. According to Apple's claim, the Samsung devices collectively infringed on three of Apple's design patents and one utility patent
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Apple seeks injunction in Samsung patent case

Apple asked a U.S. court to issue a preliminary injunction against Samsung on four patents in a dispute between the two companies, according to a court filing.
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Apple, RIM group wins $4.5 billion Nortel patent auction

A group including Apple, Research In Motion and Microsoft will pay $4.5 billion to snatch Nortel Networks' patents from under the noses of Google and Intel, stealing a march on their rivals in a litigious market.
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Apple, RIM group wins $4.5 billion Nortel patent auction

A group including Apple, Research In Motion and Microsoft will pay $4.5 billion to snatch Nortel Networks' patents from under the noses of Google and Intel, stealing a march on their rivals in a litigious market.
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Apple and RIM in consortium buying Nortel's patent portfolio

A consortium including Apple Inc, EMC Corp, Ericsson and BlackBerry maker Research In Motion bought bankrupt telecommunications gear maker Nortel Networks Corp's remaining patent portfolio for $4.5 billion, in an auction that began early this week.
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AU Optronics hits Samsung with patent countersuit

AU Optronics Corp of Taiwan hit Korea's Samsung Electronics Co Ltd with a countersuit for patent infringement, ratcheting up their dispute over flat-panel technology.
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Nortel patent sale attracts tech giants

Valuable broadband and networking patents developed by bankrupt Nortel Networks go up for sale next week, with tech giants like Google, Apple and Intel heading the list of would-be buyers.
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Apple files patent suit against Samsung in South Korea

Apple Inc has filed a lawsuit in South Korea, claiming Samsung Electronics Co Ltd infringed upon several patents, a court official said on Friday, in the companies' latest legal tussle over smartphone and tablet devices.
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China’s hi-speed rail maker eyes US patents

CSR Corporation Limited, maker of high-speed trains, plans to apply for US patents for its CRH380A train, which would allow the company to participate in the railway projects in the country.

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