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German patent firm takes HTC fight to retailers

...German patent licensing firm IPCom is sending cease-and-desist letters to retailers and wholesalers of HTC's 3G devices... Read more

7 December, 2011 by David Meyer

Apple opens new front in 'App Store' battle

...on its path toward making the term 'App Store' its own. A cease-and-desist letter from Apple, represented by the law offices of New... Read more

11 July, 2011 by Josh Lowensohn

ECJ blocks bid to force social networks to monitor users

...The case dates back to June 2009, when Sabam sent Netlog a cease-and-desist letter asking it to block the alleged exchange of copyrighted... Read more

16 February, 2012 by Tom Espiner

UK mobile operators: We don't use Carrier IQ

...IQ responded to Eckhart's publication of his findings by sending a cease-and-desist letter. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) stepped in and Carrier... Read more

2 December, 2011 by David Meyer

Samsung nabs Android CyanogenMod hero

...for Android 2.3.3, Gingerbread. Although Kondik was served with a cease-and-desist letter from Google in late 2010, which referred to non... Read more

17 August, 2011

Apple backs developers in iOS patent row

...as well as developers targeted by the patent holdings firm, which sent cease-and-desist letters to app developers who were using the in-app... Read more

24 May, 2011 by Josh Lowensohn

iOS app makers receive patent warning

...The makers of several iOS applications have received cease-and-desist letters over the use of in-app purchasing, from parties... Read more

16 May, 2011 by Josh Lowensohn

Huawei sues ZTE over trademarked logo, dongle patents

...in a lawful manner." According to Huawei, ZTE failed to respond to cease-and-desist letters regarding the alleged infringements, and had also refused to... Read more

28 April, 2011

ITC to hear Motorola complaint against Microsoft

...off in 2011, is seeking an exclusion order, as well as a cease-and-desist order against Microsoft in order to keep its game systems... Read more

22 December, 2010 by Josh Lowensohn
Coffee Fix 3.0

Coffee Fix 3.0

...A Starbucks, relaunched with a new name and logo after receiving a Cease and Desist from Starbucks.If you love Starbucks coffee then this is... Read more

26 November, 2011

Microsoft to Oracle: Cease and desist

...ongoing attempt to keep Larry Ellison honest, Microsoft issued Oracle a standard cease-and-desist letter." Murchie also took issue with the heart of Ellison... Read more

27 October, 2000 by Mary Jo Foley

LinkedIn and the one way street on social graph portability

Has a "cease and desist" notice to a niche social network inadvertently revealed LinkedIn's... Read more

2 April, 2009

HP settles disclosure case with SEC

...us." As part of the settlement with regulators, HP agreed to a cease-and-desist order but neither admitted nor denied any wrongdoing as part... Read more

24 May, 2007 by Greg Sandoval

'Free' OS X riles Apple

...an earlier version. Macfixit later took down the posting after receiving a cease-and-desist letter from Apple. "Whenever we find information that contributes to... Read more

4 December, 2001 by Ian Fried

Android modders to cut Google Apps out of ROM

...product without proprietary Google Apps included. The shift in strategy follows a cease-and-desist letter from Google. Google complained that, while Android itself is... Read more

28 September, 2009

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