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USPTO may invalidate another of Apple’s key multitouch patents

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued a first Office action declaring all twenty claims of one of Apple's key multitouch patents invalid. The decision that was filed Monday isn't final, but...

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Friday, December 7th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Op-ed: Verizon willfully driving DSL users into the arms of cable

Flickr user Caren Parmelee Karl Bode is the editor of Broadband Reports and has been covering the telecom industry from a consumer perspective for over a decade. The opinions expressed here do not...

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Wednesday, July 25th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Copyright Troll Lawyer Slammed By Court of Appeals

In 2010, lawyer Evan Stone filed a suit on behalf of Mick Haig Productions against 670 as-yet unknown individuals the company believed had been unlawfully sharing their film “Der Gute Onkel” using BitTorrent....

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Friday, July 13th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Judge blasts "unlawful invasions of privacy" by "rogue" P2P attorney

Last September, a federal judge in Texas blasted the “staggering chat spot” of P2P attorney Evan Stone  (seen above in better times), who had issued subpoenas to Internet services providers in a porn...

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Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Sanctioned: P2P lawyer fined $10,000 for "staggering chutzpah"

A federal judge has fined Texas lawyer Evan Stone $10,000 for sending out subpoenas and then settlement letters to people accused of sharing a German porn film called Der Gute Onkel —all without...

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Saturday, September 10th, 2011 Net News No Comments