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<title>Precedent-setting SEP enforcement injunction awarded in Wi-Fi dispute</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/05/21/ruling.expected.to.impact.may.31.apple.versus.samsung.itc.ruling/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1369171460_usitc-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A ruling yesterday in the Northern District of California may have repercussions on the smartphone patent battles raging across the US court landscape. A federal judge granted a user of a standards-essential patent a preliminary injunction against enforcement of a possible US International Trade Commission (ITC) sales injunction. This decision by Senior District Judge Ronald Whyte is the first tim...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 20:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cook pushes for US IP law changes during Senate testimony</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/05/21/complains.about.speed.of.court.system/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn1.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1355964173_TIME-Cook-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[In a brief sidetrack during his &lt;a href="http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/05/21/chairman.believes.apple.exploiting.absurdity.of.tax.laws/"&gt;Senate testimony&lt;/a&gt; today, Apple CEO Tim Cook voiced his opinion on US intellectual property law.  Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) asked Cook about the IP benefits of running a company in the US versus other countries, but appear...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 20:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>German judge stays Nokia versus HTC remote management trial</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/05/17/htc.technically.infringing.but.patent.likely.seen.as.not.valid/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1368830221_nokiaflags-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The Mannheim Regional Court has stayed one chapter of the &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/285885==http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/22/microphone.technology.developed.for.sole.nokia.use.in.the.htc.one/" rel='nofollow'&gt;ongoing&lt;/a&gt; Nokia versus HTC trial in Germnay. Judge Andreas Voss ordered the stay over a feature proving supervisory remote permission ma...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 22:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google filing in Motorola Mobile versus Apple suit seeks injunction</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/05/15/google.believes.ftc.consent.decree.restrictions.overstated/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1368658032_google-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A Google-made appeal filing in the Motorola Mobile versus Apple smartphone patent trial in Judge Richard A. Posner's court has been made public. Controversially, the Google-owned Motorola claims that the still-pending &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/285691==http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/01/03/google.agrees.to.end.scraping.practice.allow.data.exports/" rel='nofollow'&gt;...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 22:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USPTO rejects some claims in Apple translucency patent</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/05/10/could.affect.outcome.of.apple.v.samsung.battles/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1368219085_boringpatent.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The US Patent and Trademark Office has issued a preliminary rejection of some claims in an Apple patent, &lt;em&gt;Method and apparatus for providing translucent images on a computer display&lt;/em&gt;, says &lt;em&gt;FOSS Patents&lt;/em&gt;.  Claims 29-30 and 33-35 have been rejected.  The USPTO says that aspects of the patent were obvious or anticipated in light o...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 20:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple pursues Android source code records in second US Samsung suit</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/05/08/files.statement.opposing.google.amicus.curiae.in.first.case/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn4.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1366900015_gavel-new.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[As a part of one of its lawsuits against Samsung, Apple is asking US Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal for access to Google's Android source code records, &lt;em&gt;Bloomberg&lt;/em&gt; reports.  The documents are being demanded as part of pretrial information sharing; Apple argues in a court filing that Android is used in all of the Samsung devices accused of infringing Apple patents, ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 15:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Motorola issued EU warning for FRAND patent abuse against Apple</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/05/06/motorola.suffers.major.setback.in.frand.patent.case.against.apple/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn1.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1366848316_motomob-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Motorola has been &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/284960==http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-13-406_en.htm" rel='nofollow'&gt;issued a formal warning&lt;/a&gt; by the European Commission for potential FRAND patent abuse against Apple in a case underway in Germany. The EU Commission has formed a preliminary view that Google-owned company's case against Apple violates ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 12:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple wins right to appeal Wisconsin FRAND dismissal case</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1367632039_Crabb-Apple-Moto-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[In the ever-more-complicated legal wrangles between Apple and Google (through its subsidiary Motorola), Apple has &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/284906==http://www.fosspatents.com/2013/05/federal-circuit-denies-google-motion-to.html" rel='nofollow'&gt;won the right&lt;/a&gt; to proceed with an attempt to &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/284907==http://www.electro...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple wins patents on smart contact service, physical input for iOS</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1367348897_jimjacks.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple has won a pair of new patents from the US Patent and Trademark Office, says &lt;Em&gt;AppleInsider&lt;/em&gt;.  One, &lt;em&gt;Method and system for facilitating contacting people using electronic devices&lt;/em&gt;, describes a software &lt;a href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/04/30/apple-patents-method-to-determine-the-best-way-to-contact-som...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kodak imaging patent ownership transfers to Apple as part of sale</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1212/Kodak-Apple-Google-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A number of patents &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/284604==http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/01/11/approval.paves.the.road.to.an.additional.830.million.in.financing/" rel='nofollow'&gt;owned by Kodak&lt;/a&gt; have been transferred into Apple's name, according to &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/284609==http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&a...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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