http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/1496/all xx http://www.itworld.com/legal/69768/us-government-blocks-imports-sharp-tvs The U.S. International Trade Commission issued a decision Wednesday that blocks the U.S. import of LCD panels and LCD televisions made by Sharp, ruling that the company violated a patent held by rival Samsung Electronics. http://www.itworld.com/legal/69768/us-government-blocks-imports-sharp-tvs#comments Legal News LCD LCD TV patent Samsung Sharp Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:25:37 -0400 ITworld staff 69768 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/69201/rambus-reaches-tentative-settlement-european-commission High-speed memory developer Rambus is close to settling a complaint brought against it by the European Commission in 2007, it said Friday. http://www.itworld.com/legal/69201/rambus-reaches-tentative-settlement-european-commission#comments Legal News DRAM memory patent Rambus Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:23:00 -0400 ITworld staff 69201 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/68981/rambus-pulls-some-infringement-claims-against-nvidia Nvidia on Monday said that Rambus had filed motions with the U.S. International Trade Commission to terminate an investigation relating to Nvidia's alleged infringement on four patents. http://www.itworld.com/legal/68981/rambus-pulls-some-infringement-claims-against-nvidia#comments Legal News Nvidia patent Rambus Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:10:50 -0400 ITworld staff 68981 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/68738/microsoft-sued-over-dynamic-web-page-technology A patent-holding company has sued Microsoft for patent infringement for technology used in dynamic Web pages. http://www.itworld.com/legal/68738/microsoft-sued-over-dynamic-web-page-technology#comments Legal News intellectual property Microsoft patent Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:22:58 -0400 ITworld staff 68738 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/67712/after-defeating-microsoft-patent-case-uniloc-looks-future A small security company that won a $388 million judgment against Microsoft after accusing the company of patent infringement has big plans for the future. http://www.itworld.com/security/67712/after-defeating-microsoft-patent-case-uniloc-looks-future#comments Legal Security News Microsoft patent piracy uniloc Mon, 11 May 2009 11:00:49 -0400 ITworld staff 67712 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/government/67278/patent-reform-bill-meets-opposition-during-hearing Efforts in the U.S. Congress to overhaul the nation's patent system are again running into objections from inventors, pharmaceutical companies and small technology companies, which say that current legislation could destroy the value of patents. http://www.itworld.com/government/67278/patent-reform-bill-meets-opposition-during-hearing#comments Government Legal News legislation patent Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:32:15 -0400 ITworld staff 67278 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/67229/oracle-sued-i2-patent-infringement I2 has sued Oracle for alleged patent infringement related to supply chain management technology. http://www.itworld.com/legal/67229/oracle-sued-i2-patent-infringement#comments Legal News i2 Technologies Oracle patent supply chain Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:08:25 -0400 ITworld staff 67229 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/67079/linux-group-investigates-microsoft-patents-tomtom-case A Linux group is asking the community to examine patents at the heart of a dispute between Microsoft and TomTom. http://www.itworld.com/legal/67079/linux-group-investigates-microsoft-patents-tomtom-case#comments Legal Open Source News GPS Linux Microsoft patent TomTom Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:02:13 -0400 ITworld staff 67079 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/66986/qualcomm-pay-broadcom-us891-million-patent-settlement Qualcomm, the world's largest maker of mobile phone chips, agreed to pay chip designer Broadcom $891 million to settle a long running patent dispute to end all courtroom proceedings globally. http://www.itworld.com/legal/66986/qualcomm-pay-broadcom-us891-million-patent-settlement#comments Legal News Broadcom patent Qualcomm Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:11:30 -0400 ITworld staff 66986 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/66266/hp-hopes-lower-damages-patent-dispute HP appealed a recent court decision that reduced the damages it would pay to Cornell in a patent dispute. http://www.itworld.com/legal/66266/hp-hopes-lower-damages-patent-dispute#comments Hardware Legal News Hewlett-Packard patent Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:03:46 -0400 ITworld staff 66266 at http://www.itworld.com