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For decades, under section 28 U.S.C. § 1391, the federal court system permitted the plaintiff to select any judicial district for filing...
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Arista agrees to pay $400 million to Cisco
Cisco and Arista have ended a 4-year-old legal conflict over networking patents. Arista is set to pay Cisco a total of $400 million in...
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IBM wins $82 million against Groupon over e-commerce patents
A U.S. jury awarded IBM $82.5 million after finding that Groupon infringed four of its e-commerce patents. It had been a running battle...
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LG and Ericsson Sign Global Patent Cross-Licensing Agreement
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Family Federation of World Peace sues World Peace and Unification Sanctuary over “12 Gates" TM
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Apple and Samsung Bury the Hatchet, Finally!
What once seemed to be a series of relentless bickering, smartphone giants Apple and Samsung finally reached a settlement on June 29,...
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Opinions: Blaming Facebook for data leak is easy but wrong
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Opinions: Facebook subverted democracy
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