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Europe fines TV, monitor makers $1.92 billion for pricing conspiracy
Cathode-ray tubes are on their way to becoming historical in technology terms, but to European antitrust regulators, they're very "now." Seven companies were fined a total of €1.47 billion, or $1.92 billion, for acting...Feds to take a closer look at patent trolls with patent trolls
US antitrust enforcers are getting mighty interested in patent trolls. The Federal Trade Commission has even taken to calling these lawsuit-happy companies "patent assertion entities," or PAEs. "There's a possibility of competitive harm here," said...Kodak gets life-saving loan of $793 million—if it can sell its patents
Kodak has signed a deal to get a lifeline of $793 million in credit from its bondholders, which would allow the company to emerge from bankruptcy. There's one catch, though: the company has to...Samsung, like Google, now under DOJ scrutiny over standards-based patents
In the smartphone-patent wars, the forces lining up against Android—namely, Microsoft and Apple—are hoping Android has one particular Achilles' heel. The hoped-for weakness is that their use of "standards essential" patents will somehow prove...GMaps Browser: Get Google Maps on the iPhone 5
IPhone app allows users to use Google Maps with street view, traffic reports, public transport, satellite views, weather forecast, and more on the new iOS 6 in which Google Maps was removed and replaced...Exclusive Usenet Offers: $7.95/month
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