HTC makes new bid to block iPhone and iPad in US
HTC, the Taiwan-based company that is Asia’s second-biggest maker of smartphones, filed another salvo in the escalating patent wars around the devices. Its patent-related complaint at the US...
View ArticleAustralian court blocks Samsung tablet
Apple has won an important legal battle in a Sydney court to block rival Samsung Electronics from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia ahead of the crucial Christmas shopping season, the FT...
View ArticleHTC calls ruling a ‘victory’ over Apple
HTC has claimed victory over Apple in a closely watched intellectual property case for the smartphone industry, despite a US court ruling that imposes a ban on the import of some of HTC’s handsets into...
View ArticleKodak in ‘advanced’ talks with Citi on bankruptcy
Kodak is in advanced discussions with Citigroup to provide bankruptcy financing, Bloomberg says, citing three people familiar with the matter. Kodak may seek protection from creditors within weeks and...
View ArticleKodak files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Eastman Kodak announced early Thursday that it and its US subsidiaries filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, reports Marketwatch. The firm said the move “is intended to bolster liquidity in the US and...
View ArticleKodak files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Eastman Kodak announced early Thursday that it and its US subsidiaries filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, reports Marketwatch. The firm said the move “is intended to bolster liquidity in the US and...
View ArticleFacebook, Microsoft, AOL and patents, oh my
We’re still trying to get our heads round this at pixel time (Yahoo killer?) but here’s the release: In the initial AOL auction, Microsoft secured the ability to own or assign approximately 925 U.S....
View ArticleThe case against idea monopolisation
Patents and copyrights, a.k.a the process of monopolising ideas. A gripping new paper from Michele Boldrin and David Levine at the St. Louis Fed argues there are strong economic grounds to abolish...
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Ireland hits its ‘patent cliff’
Chart from Michael Saunders at Citi (click to enlarge): What that shows is a pretty dramatic fall inContinue reading: Ireland hits its ‘patent cliff’
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The FT Alphaville podcast, with Dylan Grice
Welcome to FT Alphaville’s extraordinarily infrequent podcast… (click through for the podcast link). Continue reading: The FT Alphaville podcast, with Dylan Grice
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