Microsoft: Our blogging app did copy rival's code
News The software maker has said its own investigation showed that the Juku microblogging application on MSN China did swipe code from a rival [16 Dec 2009]
- Big Surprise... NOT! - J.A. Watson
- aye.. - CA
Single European patent moves closer to fruition
News Intellectual property experts have praised the agreement on a single EU-wide patent scheme, but have warned that the issue of translation remains unresolved [07 Dec 2009]
- Omission of certain fundamentals - Shibley R
Court reverses Microsoft patent-infringement ruling
News A US district court has reversed an April ruling that would have seen Microsoft being forced to pay $388m in a patent-infringement case [30 Sep 2009]
Apple hits Nokia with copyright countersuit
News In response to the Finnish phone maker's October suit against Apple, the iPhone maker says Nokia is violating 13 patents belonging to Apple [14 Dec 2009]
Judge asks to be shown live BitTorrent demo
News A judge presiding over a copyright-infringement hearing in Australia has asked to see a live demonstration of how BitTorrent is used to download movies [07 Oct 2009]
Microsoft infringed patent, says appeals court
News A US court also said the $358m jury award against Microsoft was disproportionate to the small feature in Alcatel-Lucent's patent that appeared to be little-used [14 Sep 2009]
Google, Apple, others hit by Eolas patent lawsuit
News In a bigger sequel to its years-long patent-infringement case against Microsoft, Eolas has sued Apple, Google, Amazon, Yahoo, Playboy and many other corporate giants [07 Oct 2009]
Verizon to trial campaign of 'copyright notices'
News The US company, known for its reluctance to intervene in anti-piracy cases, will forward copyright notices on behalf of the music industry to those suspected of illegal downloading [13 Nov 2009]
Judge rules for Apple in Psystar case
News A summary judgement says Psystar's creation of Mac clones running OS X violate 'Apple's exclusive reproduction right, distribution right, and right to create derivative works' [16 Nov 2009]
Pirate Party makes waves in Australia
News The Pirate Party, which champions issues such as intellectual-property rights, free speech and data privacy, is on its way to becoming an official party in Australia [29 Sep 2009]
Microsoft controlling Australian Gov't 2.0 funds
News Australia's Government 2.0 Taskforce has revealed that any contracts for its Project Fund will be between successful bidders and Microsoft, not the Commonwealth [01 Oct 2009]
Microsoft may face legal action over copied code
News Microblogging site Plurk says that Microsoft's apology over code a contractor copied for its MSN China site is not enough to settle the matter [18 Dec 2009]
- Poor Plurk - Shibley R
Microsoft suspends China blog site amid code claims
News The software maker is investigating allegations that MSN China's Juku microblogging site improperly uses code from rival Plurk [15 Dec 2009]
