EETimes - 7 days, 2 hours, 16 minutes ago
IBM loses injunction against Dell executive - A U.S. judge turned down a request from IBM tobar its former head of mergers and acquisitions from working at Dell over allegations that he would disclose trade secrets.
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MarketWatch - 6 days, 23 hours, 10 minutes ago
Oracle, Sun merger gets closer antitrust scrutiny - Federal antitrust regulators are taking a closer look at the proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems.

Michael Masnick / Techdirt - 7 days, 8 hours, 24 minutes ago
Can Someone Please Tell Us How You Determine What's A 'Legal' Search Engine From An 'Illegal' One? - I've had a lot of trouble with courts around the globe pinning blame on search engines for what they find, using a questionable interpretation of the law for "contributory" infringement or "inducing" infringement.

Seattle Times - 8 days, 7 hours, 14 minutes ago
Court limits billing case against Sprint - A federal judge in Washington state has disallowed national class-action status to a lawsuit against Sprint Nextel Corp. over billing issues.

The Register - 10 days, 11 hours, 11 minutes ago
Alleged Craigslist killer pleads not guilty - Long wait for trialThe alleged "Craigslist killer" Philip Markoff has pleaded not guilty to the murder of a woman he allegedly met through Craigslist.…Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work

EETimes - 11 days, 11 hours, 5 minutes ago
WiMax group calls for patent pool - The Open Patent Alliance has issued a call for patents in an effort to set up a WiMax patent pool, and Via Licensing Corp. will act as administrator of the pool.

Patrick Smith / paidContent.org - 14 days, 12 hours, 52 minutes ago
French Indie Collecting Society Sues YouTube - YouTube is being sued for €10 million (£8.3 million) by French indie label collecting society SPPF, which argues the Google-owned site is hosting 100 music videos without authorisation and despite an earlier agreement...

EETimes - 14 days, 23 hours, 41 minutes ago
IBM exec picked to head patent office - Early reactions support President Barack Obama's choice of David Kappos, the assistant general counsel for intellectual property law at IBM Corp., as the new head of the U.S.

Michael Masnick / Techdirt - 15 days, 1 hour, 4 minutes ago
A Look At The DMCA's Chilling Effects On Security Research - Michael Scott points us to a column over at BetaNews recounting many of the examples of how the DMCA has created a chilling effect on security research.

Silicon Alley Insider - 15 days, 3 hours, 31 minutes ago
Spam Attacks Twitter! - The biggest threat to Twitter isn't Google or Facebook, but spam. Bad news is, it's turning into something of a cottage industry, if Twitter Profit House -- "as seen and trusted*" on CNBC -- is to be believed. [via Delete Yourself]Join...