Android Carrier IQ detector app
All the controversy surrounding Carrier IQ has prompted a developer to create an application that helps Android device owners determine whether their handset is running the software.
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Carrier IQ, Apple, HTC, Samsung, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile sued over Federal wiretap laws
In what is sure to be one of many class-action lawsuits being filed over this Carrier IQ issue, a suit naming phone makers Apple, HTC, Samsung and Motorola, as well as Sprint, T-Mobile and AT&T has been filed in Deleware Federal Court.
Microsoft: how to become fired because of a single tweet
A Microsoft employee who tweeted about an unreleased Nokia Windows phone has left the company after being told that he violated Microsoft’s social-media policy.
Samsung targets Apple’s iPhone, iPad in Australia
The legal spat between Apple and Samsung that has stretched around the world took on additional weight this week, with a new claim lodged against Apple by Samsung in Australia.
Court battle looms between U.S. and AT&T, T-Mobile
The Justice Department made a bold move when it sued to block AT&T Inc’s $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile. Now comes the hard part: going to court.
Rapper could face charges tied to flash mob
The sheriff’s department alleges the Game tweeted the phone number of the Compton station Friday and told his 580,000 followers to call the number if they wanted an internship.
Nortel portfolio buyers facing DOJ scrutiny
Despite last month’s $4.5 billion sale of Nortel’s patent portfolio wrapping up this week, government scrutiny over what its buyers intend to do with the patents continues, a new report says.
Angry Birds caught up in Lodsys patent suit
The company filed a suit against seven developers back in May, but has now amended it to include the biggest names in the app world.
Android IP headache may become a migraine
How dominant can Google’s Android operating system become? Dominant enough for almost an entire industry of rivals to play a $4.5 billion game of patent keep away. Now it’s time to rev up the lawsuits.
Last week, a consortium that included Apple, EMC, Ericsson, Microsoft, Research In Motion, and Sony won 6,000 Nortel patents for a cool $4.5 billion. Google had started the bidding with a $900 million stalking horse bid, reportedly got cute with pi-related offers, and lost its best chance to defend Android in the courtroom. Nortel’s patents are one swell swan song for the bankrupt telecom equipment provider that has already been split up and sold in chunks.
Giant Microsoft to pay $290 million to tiny i4i
The ruling could have broad implications for the way patent law is applied to technology. Microsoft has hoped the court would change the standard by which patents could be invalidated, requiring on a “preponderance of the evidence.” But the court upheld the current “clear and convincing evidence” standard in ruling in favor of i4i.
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