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Oracle summons “Ann Droid” in appeal of Java verdict

Peter Kaminski / flickr Attempting to rescue itself from last year's thorough courtroom smackdown, Oracle has filed a 77-page appeal brief arguing that Java APIs are indeed copyrightable, contrary to a federal...

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Wednesday, February 13th, 2013 Net News No Comments

Tor operator charged for child porn transmitted over his servers

Aurich Lawson Enlarge / A court order served on Austrian Tor operator William Weber. An Austrian operator of Tor servers—that were used to anonymously route huge amounts of traffic over the Internet—has been...

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Thursday, November 29th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Senator wants to bring copyright law to the runway

Knockoffs of Kate Middleton's dress, which was created by English designer Sarah Burton, appeared for sale in the United States within days of her wedding to Prince William. UK Ministry of Defence Fashion...

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Tuesday, October 16th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Oracle must pay Google $1M to cover costs in failed patent case

When Oracle sued Google in August 2010 alleging widespread infringement of Java-related copyrights and patents in Android, the company was looking for a $6 billion payout. But Oracle got nothing when a court...

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Wednesday, September 5th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Judge: Google didn’t follow "show your shills" order

US District Judge William Alsup, who oversaw the Oracle v. Google lawsuit, is concerned that paid bloggers or other types of writers may have influenced the court—and he wants Google to try a...

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Monday, August 20th, 2012 Net News No Comments