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Apple Is Challenged in China Over iPad Name
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Proview Technology (Shenzhen) has filed for a temporary restraining order in a Shanghai court to stop Apple from using the iPad name in mainland China....
The Oatmeal fights backs, snaps photo of cash, sends money to charity
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Step 1? Check. Step 2? Check. Matt Inman Matt Inman, creator of The Oatmeal webcomic, has snapped his promised picture of a huge pile of cash—but using his own money, not donated funds. Regular readers will remember that Inman tried to raise $20,000 online after Charles Carreon, lawyer for...
Designer group Hermès obtains $100M award against alleged counterfeiters
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This report is brought to you from Eric Goldman's Technology & Marketing Law Blog which covers aspects of Internet law, intellectual property, and advertising and marketing law. Hermès v. Does, 12-civ-1623 (S.D.N.Y.; Apr. 30, 2012) We've blogged repeatedly about trademark owners obtaining ex parte orders that provide extraordinarily broad...
Microsoft wins injunction in Washington against Motorola, can keep selling stuff in Germany
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Microsoft's been waging legal war against Motorola on several fronts for some time now, and today, team Redmond scored a victory in a federal district court in Washington that'll have repercussions in Germany. The judge granted Microsoft's motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction that prevents Motorola...
Public interest group sues Google to block new privacy policy
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A public interest group asked a federal judge on Wednesday to block Google from changing its privacy policy, reports Reuters. The lawsuit comes from the Electronic Privacy Information Center, which claims the search giant is in violation of a consent agreement made with U.S. regulator last March. The group...
Indian Supreme Court orders Pirate Bay, Pastebin blocks, gets DDoSed
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An injunction issued by an Indian court in a copyright infringement case has forced Indian Internet service providers to block access to the video-sharing sites Vimeo and DailyMotion, Bittorrent-tracker The Pirate Bay, text-sharing site Pastebin and a number of other websites. In response, members of Anonymous mounted a denial of...
Charles Carreon Keeps Digging & Digging: Inman And IndieGoGo Hit Back
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Well, they don't call it the Carreon Effect for nothing. The lawyer who keeps on digging has decided to... keep on digging. Last week he filed an amended complaint pretty quickly after his original complaint -- specifically with the goal of adding California's Attorney General to the case. Why? Well,...
Irreparable injury result if FTC fails to police Google, group tells court
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A privacy group suing the Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday in a federal court brief that the agency’s inaction against Google warrants judicial review and failure to do so could cause “irreparable injury” to consumers.The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) wants a federal court to compel the FTC to enforce...
Motorola wins German injunction on Windows, Xbox — but U.S. ruling blocks it for now
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Setting up an unusual conflict between courts on different continents, a judge in Germany ruled overnight that Microsoft violates two of Motorola Mobility’s digital video patents — ostensibly preventing the Redmond company from distributing Windows 7, the Xbox 360 and other products in the country. However, based on a...
US judge temporarily stops Motorola from blocking Microsoft products — in Germany
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A federal judge in Seattle issued a ruling today preventing Motorola, at least for now, from enforcing a ban in Germany on the sales of Windows, Internet Explorer, the Xbox and other Microsoft products implementing the H.264 codec standard. The judge's decision is in response to a motion Microsoft...
Microsoft can keep selling Windows and Xbox in Germany, US court rules
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A US judge ruled yesterday that Microsoft can continue selling Windows and Xbox 360 products in Germany, even if a German court grants an injunction request filed by Motorola, which is suing Microsoft over use of video-related, standards-essential patents. The ruling is somewhat unusual. Motorola opposed the Microsoft motion...
Apple may file for temporary restraining order against Galaxy S III
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During a hearing involving Apple's suit against Samsung's Galaxy Nexus on Thursday an attorney for the iPhone maker said that a temporary restraining order against the South Korean company's Galaxy S III could be used to block sales of the device before it reaches U.S. shores....
Apple won’t stop June 21 Galaxy S III launch
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When we checked in last Friday on the ongoing Apple vs Samsung cases in the U.S., Apple’s lawyers were threatening Samsung with a temporary restraining order on the Galaxy S III to stop sales of the device before its June 21 release date. Apple was hoping Judge Lucy Koh would...
Apple fails in bid to block Galaxy S III US launch
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Late Monday afternoon, US District Court Judge Lucy Koh denied Apple's motion to add the Galaxy S III to the infringing products list in its ongoing battle with cellphone manufacturer Samsung. Koh said that Apple'srequest to get a temporary restraining order preventing the launch of the highly anticipated smartphone before...
Microsoft-Motorola case in Seattle: claim construction order and list of issues for today's hearing
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At 11 AM Pacific Time today, Microsoft and Motorola will meet in a Seattle courtroom to discuss Microsoft's motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against the enforcement of an injunction a German court might order next week. The day before yesterday, Microsoft filed its related reply brief.Yesterday,...
Apple's deliberate approach allows Samsung to launch Galaxy S III on time
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Late on Monday, Judge Lucy Koh responded to a joint Apple-Samsung proposal for a nearest-term schedule regarding the S III. The agreement that the parties had reached on the next steps reflected caution on both sides. Samsung apparently tried to be reasonably cooperative, while Apple wanted to take Samsung's claim of...
Microsoft urges U.S. court to bar Motorola from enforcement of potential German injunction, offers $300 million bond
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On April 17, the Mannheim Regional Court will hand down its ruling on a lawsuit in which Motorola Mobility (or more precisely, a wholly-owned MMI subsidiary named General Instrument Corporation) is suing Microsoft over two patents allegedly essential the H.264 video codec standard. Based on the debatable but firm positions...
Microsoft urges U.S. court to bar Motorola from enforcement of potential German injunction, offers $300 million bond
Judge Koh considers restraining order against Galaxy S III
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Apple yesterday petitioned Judge Lucy Koh's court for a temporary restraining order against Samsung, asking for an emergency hearing that could delay its trial against the company. The move could help Apple block Samsung's planned June 21 launch of the Galaxy S III in the US, but could also come...
Schedules set and modified in Microsoft-Motorola FRAND obligations dispute
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At a hearing yesterday, Judge James L. Robart of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington gave both parties a rough ride according to reports from the Seattle Times and GeekWire. The judge appears inclined (though this could change by the time the actual orders come...
Paramount Sues Puzo Estate Over Godfather Sequels
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The studio behind the famous Godfather trilogy is asking a court to make the franchise’s literary heirs an offer they can’t refuse. In papers filed in New York federal court, Paramount (NYSE: VIA) Pictures accuses the estate of author Mario Puzo of tarnishing the godfather brand by publishing a...
U.S. court extends ban: Motorola can't enforce German patent injunction against Microsoft
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On Monday afternoon local time, less than two weeks after the Mannheim Regional Court handed Motorola Mobility a German patent injunction against Microsoft over two patents allegedly essential to the ubiquitous H.264 video codec standard, Judge James L. Robart of the United States District Court for the Western District of...
Microsoft wins in U.S. court, prevents Motorola from near-term enforcement of forthcoming German ruling
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[DEVELOPING STORY -- may still add detail]I just heard from a local source watching developments that the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington granted a Microsoft motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against Motorola Mobility. This U.S. court order prevents the handset maker...
Microsoft wins in U.S. court, prevents Motorola from near-term enforcement of forthcoming German ruling
Microsoft wins round vs. Motorola in key patent case
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In a closely watched technology patent dispute, a federal judge in Seattle this afternoon granted Microsoft’s motion for a temporary restraining order to prevent Motorola Mobility from blocking sales of Windows and Xbox in Germany, regardless of the outcome of a German court’s ruling in a related case. The decision...
Microsoft wins short block on Motorola banning Windows, Xbox
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Microsoft scored an important win in a Seattle courtroom by successfully getting a temporary block on any Motorola bans of its products. The temporary restraining order prevents Motorola from securing a ban on Windows or the Xbox 360 until the court believes it has made a sincere effort to license...
Apple may request temporary restraining order to block Galaxy S III launch -- but trial date may slip
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Reuters, Bloomberg and the San Jose Mercury News had reporters at Thursday's Apple v. Samsung preliminary injunction hearing. The reports indicate that Judge Koh understands Apple's sense of urgency with respect to the Galaxy S III, which has a June 21 launch date and an unprecedented level of pre-orders, but the next...
Apple may request temporary restraining order to block Galaxy S III launch -- but trial date may slip
Microsoft brushes aside Motorola's arguments against an anti-enforcement injunction
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Microsoft just filed its reply to a Motorola brief opposing Microsoft's motion in the Western District of Washington for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction barring Motorola from the enforcement of an injunction it might win next week in Mannheim based on two standard-essential (H.264-related) patents.A hearing on this...
The significance of May 7 for the temporary restraining order Microsoft won against Motorola
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The decision by a United States district court on Wednesday to grant a Microsoft motion for a temporary restraining order against Motorola Mobility's near-term enforcement of a potential German patent injunction was certainly one of the most interesting recent developments in the ongoing smartphone patent disputes. The decision was announced...
Apple and Motorola move for summary judgment in Wisconsin litigation over FRAND issues
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Microsoft's U.S. lawsuit to enforce Motorola's FRAND licensing promises and obligations is pretty well-known by now, at least since the temporary restraining order that Judge James L. Robart recently entered against Motorola Mobility's near-term enforcement of a German patent injunction it may win the day after tomorrow (May 2). For a...
Court to hold hearing on July 5 to discuss if Apple's 'antisuit lawsuit' against Motorola can proceed
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In February, Apple brought an "antisuit lawsuit" -- a lawsuit aiming to preclude another party from bringing and pursuing litigation -- against Motorola with respect to patent assertions targeting the iPhone 4S, arguing that Apple, as a third-party beneficiary to a license agreement between Qualcomm and Motorola, is shielded against such...
Court to hold hearing on July 5 to discuss if Apple's 'antisuit lawsuit' against Motorola can proceed
Mannheim Regional Court postponed Motorola-Microsoft decision by two weeks
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When the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington granted a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction Microsoft had requested against Motorola, the assumption was that the Mannheim Regional Court would hand down a ruling on a couple of Motorola Mobility lawsuits over allegedly H.264-essential patents next...
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