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Nvidia to Pay Rambus Fees While Appealing ITC Ruling

Nvidia Corp., the world’s second- largest maker of computer-graphics chips, plans to appeal a patent ruling lost to Rambus Inc. and said customers including Hewlett-Packard Co. won’t see any disruption to their supplies. .

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Nvidia to Pay Rambus Fees While Appealing ITC Patent Ruling

Rambus Wins Patent Fight Against Nvidia in ITC Ruling

Rambus Inc., a seller of technology used in computer memory, won its patent-infringement fight against Nvidia Corp. over imports of computer-graphics chips. .

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Novartis, Myriad Get a Boost After Supreme Court Patent Ruling

Myriad Genetics Inc., Genomic Health Inc. and the rest of the burgeoning industry for personalized medicine stand to gain from yesterday’s landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision on patenting business methods. .

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Salesforce.com Sues Microsoft Over Cloud Software (Update1)

Salesforce.com Inc. filed a patent- infringement lawsuit today against Microsoft Corp., escalating a fight between the two companies over the growing market for cloud-computing software. .

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Google Sued by Frontier Communications Over Patent

Google Inc., operator of the world’s largest Internet search engine, was sued by Frontier Communications Corp. and accused of infringing a new patent for enhanced telephone services. .

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Google Sued by Frontier Communications Over Patent (Update2)

Google Inc., operator of the world’s largest Internet search engine, was sued by Frontier Communications Corp. and accused of infringement of a new patent for enhanced telephone services. .

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Google Sued by Frontier Communications Over Patent (Update1)

Motorola, RIM Settle Patent Fight Over Mobile Phones (Update4)

Research In Motion Ltd., maker of the BlackBerry smartphone, agreed to pay Motorola Inc. an undisclosed amount to settle their battle over patents to wireless technology. .

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Motorola, RIM Settle Patent Fight Over Mobile Phones (Update3)

Motorola, RIM Settle Patent Fight Over Mobile Phones (Update2)

Rambus Falls 17% on Rehearing of Micron, Hynix Cases (Update1)

Rambus Inc. plunged 17 percent in Nasdaq trading after a U.S. appeals court said the company would have to reargue its patent-infringement claims against Hynix Semiconductor Inc.

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Rambus Plunges After Court Orders Micron, Hynix Cases Reheard

Rambus Inc. plunged as much as 17 percent in Nasdaq trading after a U.S. appeals court said the company would have to reargue its patent-infringement claims against Hynix Semiconductor Inc.

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Rambus Fight With Nvidia May Hinge on Samsung Pact (Update2)

Rambus Inc.’s effort to force Nvidia Corp. to pay patent royalties on computer-graphics chips may hinge on a U.S. trade agency’s interpretation of a licensing agreement reached this year with Samsung Electronics Co. .

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Rambus Fight With Nvidia May Hinge on Samsung Pact (Update1)

Nortel May Raise as Much as $1.1 Billion From Patents (Update2)

Nortel Networks Corp., the insolvent Canadian phone-equipment maker, may get as much as $1.1 billion for technology patents that analysts say would benefit potential bidders including Research In Motion Ltd.

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Nortel May Raise as Much as $1.1 Billion From Patents (Update1)

Nero Files Antitrust Complaint Against MPEG-LA

hkmwbz writes "German technology company Nero AG has filed an antitrust complaint against the MPEG-LA, the company that manages the H.264 patent pool. Nero claims that the MPEG-LA has violated the law and achieved and abused 100% market share, by, among other things, using 'independent experts' that weren't independent after all, not weeding out non-essential patents from the pool (in fact, it has grown from the original 53 to more than 1000), and retroactively changing previously-agreed-on license terms." .

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Why Online Privacy Is Broken

Trailrunner7 writes "One of the more trite and oft-repeated maxims in the software industry goes something like this: We're not focusing on security because our customers aren't asking for it.

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Stem Cell Patent Halts Hospital’s Collection

eldavojohn writes "It's a classic case that comes up when dealing with patents. A hospital's research on the donated brains of deceased children has been in limbo for three years because of a challenge from a patent holder.

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Infineon, Elpida Settle Feud Over Memory-Chip Patent (Update2)

Infineon Technologies AG, Europe’s second-biggest chipmaker, said it settled a patent dispute with Japan’s Elpida Memory Inc. over semiconductor technology. .

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Infineon Says It Settles Patent Claim Against Elpida Memory

Infineon Technologies AG has settled its patent infringement claim against Elpida Memory Inc., it said in a statement on its Web site.

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Microsoft Sues Salesforce.com for Infringing Software Patents

Microsoft Corp. sued Salesforce.com Inc. yesterday, accusing the company of infringing nine patents for ways to make software more efficient. .

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Microsoft Sues Salesforce.com for Infringing Patents (Update1)

Microsoft Corp. sued Salesforce.com Inc. today, accusing the company of infringing nine patents for ways to make software more efficient. .

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RIM Settles BlackBerry Patent Dispute With Prism (Update2)

Research In Motion Ltd., the maker of the BlackBerry phone, settled a patent-infringement dispute with Prism Technologies LLC over technology used in the e-mail devices and smartphones.

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Cisco Told to Pay Commil $3.7 Million Over Patent (Update2)

Cisco Systems Inc., the biggest maker of networking equipment, was told by a jury to pay $3.7 million in patent royalties to Commil USA LLC for using the company’s wireless-transmission technology without permission.

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RIM Settles BlackBerry Patent Dispute With Prism (Update1)

Cisco Told to Pay Commil $3.7 Million Over Patent (Update1)

Cisco Systems Inc., the biggest maker of networking equipment, was told to pay $3.7 million in patent royalties to Commil USA LLC over technology that ensures laptops and mobile phones stay connected to wireless networks.

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Complex Smartphones Are the Latest Patent Battleground

A spate of patent lawsuits in the mobile-phone market could push up costs for handset makers—and consumers

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HTC Files Patent Complaint to Block Apple IPhone, IPad in U.S.

HTC Corp., a Taiwan-based maker of mobile phones that run Google Inc.’s Android operating system, fired back at Apple Inc. with a patent-infringement complaint that seeks to halt U.S.

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EU Patent Examiners Warn Parliament Will Have “No Power”

zoobab writes "The Staff Union of the European Patent Organisation sent a letter to the President of the European Parliament, warning that after the EU accedes to the European Patent Convention, there is a risk that the European Parliament would be 'circumvented' as a legislator.

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May 11, 1951: RAM Is Born

An MIT team files a patent application for the matrix core memory, promising microsecond speed in mid-century computers.

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13 Open Source Hardware Companies Make $1+ Million

kkleiner writes "Selling products whose design anyone can access, edit, or use on their own is pretty crazy. It's also good business. At the annual hacker conference Foo Camp East this year, Phillip Torrone and Limor Fried from Adafruit Industries gave a rapid fire five-minute presentation on thirteen companies with million+ dollar revenues from open source hardware.

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Nokia Adds iPad to Patent Suit Against Apple

The Finnish cellphone maker had already sued Apple over infringement of its patents involving the iPhone, which led Apple to countersue Nokia.

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Nokia Sues Apple Over Technology Used in IPhone, IPad (Update5)

Nokia Oyj, the world’s biggest maker of mobile phones, filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against Apple Inc. in its latest salvo over the iPhone and iPad. .

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Nokia Sues Apple Over Technology Used in IPhone, IPad

Nokia Oyj, the world’s biggest maker of mobile phones, said it filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against Apple Inc. in its latest salvo over technology in the iPhone and iPad .

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Nokia Sues Apple Over Technology Used in IPhone, IPad

Drug Patent Settlements May Be Illegal, Court Says (Update1)

Patent settlements reached by drug companies including Bayer AG may violate antitrust laws, a U.S. appeals court said, citing a rise in cases in which makers of brand-name medicines pay rivals to delay generic products. .

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Microsoft Says Google’s Android May Infringe Patents (Correct)

Microsoft Corp., the world’s biggest software maker, is demanding patent royalties from mobile-phone makers that use Google Inc.’s Android operating system.

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Drugmakers Risk Downgrades; Goldman Bonds Fall: Credit Markets

Pharmaceutical company bonds, the most expensive in the U.S. corporate credit market, face rating cuts after a buyout spree to replace expiring patents more than doubled their debt to $270 billion from 2006. .

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Drugmakers Risk Downgrades; Goldman Bonds Fall: Credit Markets

Rivalry Heats Up for Bayer, Teva as The Pill Turns 50 (Update1)

May marks the 50th anniversary of the sexual revolution sparked by a little white tablet known as the Pill. U.S. regulators approved it in 1960 and a year later, German drugmaker Bayer AG introduced it in Europe.

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Rambus Defends Document Policy in Hynix, Micron Patent Appeals

Rambus Inc. told an appeals court its policy for in-house document destruction shouldn’t be used to bar the company from pursuing patent royalties from Hynix Semiconductor Inc.

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Elan Seeks to Block Apple Ipad Sales Over Patent (Update2)

Elan Microelectronics Corp., a Taiwanese maker of chips and touch-screens, asked a U.S. trade agency to ban the import and sale of some Apple Inc. products, including the forthcoming iPad, because of alleged patent infringement. .

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Callaway Loses in $246M Golf-Ball Dispute

Callaway Golf Co., the maker of Big Bertha golf clubs, lost a bid for $246 million in patent- infringement damages from Fortune Brands’ Acushnet unit when a jury decided four Callaway golf ball patents aren’t valid.

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U.S. Bancorp Told by Jury to Pay $27 Million to DataTreasury

U.S. Bancorp, Minnesota’s largest bank, should pay $27 million for infringing patents related to digital checks owned by closely held DataTreasury Corp., a jury said yesterday. .

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How to Play It: Patents

The long-term payoff of a patent can be hard to quantify. In industries such as technology and health care, however, many have proved quite profitable. The performance of the Claymore/Ocean Tomo Patent Exchange-Traded Fund, which tracks an index of 300 companies that boast “quality” patent ... .

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Bill Gates May Build Small Nuclear Reactor

Hugh Pickens writes "TerraPower, an energy start-up backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, is in discussions with Toshiba Corp. to develop a small-scale nuclear reactor that would represent a long-term bet to make nuclear power safer and cheaper.

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Trademarks

‘Naked Cowboy’ Sues ‘Cowgirl’ for Getting Naked Too

The Times Square entertainer known as the “Naked Cowboy,” Robert John Burck, sued a female performer who calls herself the “Naked Cowgirl,” alleging she’s infringing on his trademarked undressed image.

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Seinfeld’s Wife Wins in Cookbook Infringement Appeal (Update2)

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld’s wife, Jessica, defeated a lawsuit accusing her of copyright and trademark infringement as a federal appeals court upheld a lower-court decision in her favor.

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Google: Don’t Blame Us for Ad Content

The dominant Internet search engine will try to convince a judge that it didn’t infringe Rosetta Stone’s trademarks, in part because it’s not responsible for its ad content

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Google EU Ruling May Prompt Company to Tweak Its Search Layout

Google Inc., spurred by a European Union court ruling, may need to consider changing the layout of its search results to better identify the trademark holders behind online ads, lawyers said.

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EU May Restrict Google Keyword Policy

Google Inc.’s practice of storing trademarked terms as “keywords” that link Internet searches to ads may face limits after the European Union’s top court said search engines may be held liable as online hosts if they are aware of storing infringing terms and fail to act.

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Europe Says Google Can Sell Trademarks but at a Risk of Suits

The Europe Union’s top court gave Google broad latitude to sell advertising linked to trademarks but the group may have to do more to protect against infringements.

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Google May Be Able to Sell Trademarked Keywords, Court Says

Google Inc. can continue selling protected terms as “keywords” that link Internet searches and ads unless national courts found them liable for trademark violations, the European Union’s highest court said in a case involving LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA. .

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Apple’s IPad Name May Lead to Trademark Feud With Fujitsu

Apple Inc.’s plan to call its new tablet computer the iPad may run into trademark problems because of an older application for the name by Japanese computer maker Fujitsu Ltd.

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iPad Name May Spark Trademark Feud

Apple Inc.’s plan to call its new tablet computer the iPad may run into trademark problems because of an older application for the name by Japanese computer maker Fujitsu Ltd.

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The Power of the Brand as Verb

For brands such as Google and Twitter and, Microsoft hopes, Bing, a trademark might not be as useful as becoming a part of speech.

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Rosetta Stone: The Latest Case Against Google

The language education software maker claims Google's AdWords program infringes its trademark. Legal experts say Rosetta Stone's suit will be hard to win .

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March 10: Jefferson the Paleontologist, Lincoln the Inventor

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March 6, 1899: Tales of Hoffmann’s Aspirin

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Psion Accuses Intel of Cybersquatting

Save the Netbooks writes "We discussed Psion sending C&Ds late last year over international trademarks held on the term 'netbook' and Dell accusing Psion of fraud last week.

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Artist Dave Gibbons’ Gut Feelings on the ‘Watchmen’ Movie

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Filming the Unfilmable: Behind the Scenes of the Watchmen Movie

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Dell Accuses Psion of “Fraud” Over Netbook

Barence writes "Dell has issued court papers in the US, accusing Psion of fraudulently laying claim to the term netbook. Psion sent out warning letters late last year to PC manufacturers, retailers and bloggers alike, asking them to stop using the term netbook, which the company registered as a trademark in the late 1990s.

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‘Pull My Finger’ iPhone Fart App Dispute Lingers

Farting iPhone apps popular enough that two makers of the flatulence apps are engaged in a trademark dispute over the phrase, "pull my finger."

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Jan. 30, 1975: Rubik Applies for Patent on Magic Cube

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Sporty BMW Pocket Truck Runs Errands in Style — for a Sticker-Shock Price

BMW's pocket truck is handsome and well equipped, and you'll love the company's trademark sports-car feel. But is it worth the hefty price tag? .

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Image of Popeye Enters Public Domain In the EU

Several readers wrote in to mention that the copyright on the image of the character Popeye expired in the EU as the year began, 70 years since the death of its creator Elzie Segar.

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OpenSUSE 11.1 License Changes Examined

nerdyH writes "Novell's recent openSUSE 11.1 release includes a new end-user license agreement modeled after Fedora's EULA, says Community Manager Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier in this detailed interview.

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Soak It to Me: Inside Liquid-Suspended Gaming PC

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Russian Hopes To Cash In On Emoticons

drewmoney writes "According to a BBC article, Entrepreneur Oleg Teterin said the trademark for the ';-)' emoticon was granted to him by Russia's federal patent agency. 'Legal use will be possible after buying an annual licence from us,' he was quoted by the newspaper Kommersant as saying.

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Online Rebel Publishes Millions of Dollars in U.S. Court Records for Free

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FOSS Community Can Combat Bad Patents

An anonymous reader lets us know about a new initiative designed to help shield the open source software community from threats posed by patent trolls. The initiative, called Linux Defenders (the website is slated to go live tomorrow, Dec.

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New .tel TLD Now In Use

rockwood reports that the .tel top level domain has been deployed, "in a first attempt at pushing the recently approved .tel. The top-level domain .tel was approved by ICANN as a sponsored TLD launching on Wednesday, December 3, 2008[1] to trademark owners of national effect and on February 3, 2009 to anyone who wishes to apply.

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Music Game Competition Heats Up

With Guitar Hero: World Tour set to launch on October 26th, Activision has released a list of downloadable content that will be immediately available. Activision has also apparently included a trailer for Guitar Hero: Metallica (which will arrive sometime next year), and they recently trademarked the name 'Guitar Hero Modern Hits,' which may be part of their plan to increase the amount of Guitar Hero content they produce.

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Google Profiting From Typo Squatting, Report Charges

A report out Monday says Google is profiting by generating ad revenue from so-called typo-squatting websites. Such websites usually have one letter different from the URL of the original, trademarked site. .

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Chicago Law Firm Sues Over Hyperlink To Trademarked Name

TheSpoom writes "Large Chicago law firm Jones Day are suing internet startup BlockShopper over the issue of whether linking to a business with their trademarked name should be legal.

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Gallery: Emoticons Jump From Web to Real World :-)

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Mozilla Admits Firefox EULA Is Flawed

darthcamaro writes "Mozilla has now come around and is taking seriously the concerns of Ubuntu and others about the Firefox EULA, which we discussed vigorously the other day.

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A New Battle Is Beginning in Branding for the Web

Trademark issues may take on a higher profile, fueled by the escalating value of brands in general and trademark holders increasingly trying to assert their rights, especially on the Internet.

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Dell Tries To Trademark “Cloud Computing”

Ian Lamont writes "The Industry Standard reports that Dell is trying to trademark the term cloud computing . The phrase entered the tech lexicon years ago, but Dell's application (serial number 77139082) was made in early 2007 to the US Patent and Trademark Office, apparently in connection with data center products and services that it was promoting around that time.

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Wikileaks Releases ACTA Negotiations As “0-Day”

An anonymous reader writes "Wikileaks has released a new document about the ACTA negotiations occurring in Washington over the next three days. This might be the shortest time between authorship of a document and its publication on Wikileaks so far.

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The Death of Nearly All Software Patents?

An anonymous reader writes "The Patent and Trademark Office has now made clear that its newly developed position on patentable subject matter will invalidate many and perhaps most software patents, including pioneering patent claims to such innovators as Google, Inc.

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American Airlines Drops Trademark Lawsuit Against Google

American Airlines has dropped its lawsuit against Google, which claimed the Internet company used the airline’s trademark to trigger paid advertisements for other companies.

New York Times

GOP ‘Caving’ From Trademark Lawsuit Threats

The Republican National Committee on Monday backed down on its threats to sue CafePress for allowing its online vendors to sell GOP-related merchandise. The GOP, however, said while it is backing off on litigation threats, it will demand vendors acquire licenses of shirts, stickers or other goods if they solely display the trademarked letters G-O-P or the trademarked GOP elephant. .

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Could Mattel End Up With Bratz?

In winning its trademark case against MGA, Mattel could grab hundreds of millions in back royalties—and maybe even ownership of the superhot Bratz dolls

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GOP Threatens CafePress over Shirts, Stickers and Logos

The GOP is threatening to sue online vendor host CafePress for allowing vendors to sell trademarked GOP regalia such as T-shirts, stickers and images of the trademarked Republican elephant.

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Bits: Apple Sues Psystar to Block Macintosh Clone Sales

Apple has sued Psystar, a Florida-based maker of Macintosh clones, claiming that the company makes poor-quality machines that infringe on Apple’s trademarks.

New York Times

Apple Files Suit Against Psystar

Reader The other A.N. Other, among others, alerts us to the news that Apple has filed suit against Psystar, the unauthorized clonemaker. (We've been discussing Psystar from the start.) The suit alleges violation of Apple's shrink wrap license and trademarks, and also copyright infringement.

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Judge to Tiffany: Police Your Own Brand

EBay has won a crucial victory for Web sales of trademarked goods, but the ruling doesn't apply to Viacom's copyright suit against YouTube

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Judge to Tiffany: Police Your Own Brand

EBay has won a crucial victory for Web sales of trademarked goods, but the ruling doesn't apply to Viacom's copyright suit against YouTube

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eBay Beats Tiffany In Net Trademark Case

sm62704 notes a Reuters story reporting that eBay has beat Tiffany in court in a "knockout" decision. If this had gone the other way, not only would eBay be in trouble (especially after the loss of a similar case in France), but so would Net commerce as a whole.

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Judge Doesn’t Give Tiffany a Trademark Silver Spoon in eBay Flap

A federal judge on Monday ruled that eBay is not required to police its site for knockoffs being auctioned on its online site. Jeweler Tiffany claimed eBay had a duty to perform such duties to keep counterfeited goods from being sold on the site.

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eBay Claims Victory in Tiffany Lawsuit

The jewelry maker had sued for trademark infringement, hoping to force eBay to remove items from its site listed under Tiffany's name brand

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Google Abandons the Gmail Name In Germany

praps writes "A three-year trademark conflict has ended with Google withdrawing its use of the Gmail brand in Germany. On Friday, a plain-text message appeared, beginning 'We can't provide service under the Gmail name in Germany...

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Bezos Buries Patent Office in Paper

theodp writes "On June 2nd, almost two-and-half years after the USPTO initiated a reexamination of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' 1-Click Patent, Amazon dumped another load of documents on the USPTO Examiner assigned to the case, asking for consideration of the 185 or so listed references and 'favorable action.' Peter Calveley, the LOTR actor whose do-it-yourself legal effort prompted the reexam, notes that he was cc'ed on 20 kg of documents that Amazon sent earlier to the USPTO as it tried to stave off last October's nonfinal rejection of all but 5 of Amazon's 26 1-Click patent claims.

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Swiss Army Knife Launches the Age of the Multitool

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Copyrights

Google’s YouTube Didn’t Infringe Viacom, Judge Says

Google Inc.’s YouTube video-sharing website didn’t infringe copyrights owned by movie and television producer Viacom Inc., a judge ruled.

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Mark Twain To Reveal All After 100 Year Wait

Hugh Pickens writes "The Independent reports that one of Mark Twain's dying wishes is at last coming true: an extensive, outspoken and revelatory autobiography which he devoted the last decade of his life to writing is finally going to be published one hundred years after his death.

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China Rejects US Piracy Claims As “Groundless”

eldavojohn writes "Earlier this month, a United States piracy list fingered China, Russia and Canada as the first, second and third worst governments (respectively) for enforcing copyright policy in the world.

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Hollywood Nervous About Kagan’s Fair Use Views

Of the many commentaries and analyses springing up about Obama's Supreme Court nominee, this community might be most interested in one from the Hollywood Reporter. Reader Hugh Pickens notes that Hollywood may have reason to be nervous about the nomination of Elena Kagan to be the next US Supreme Court justice.

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Can Employer Usurp Copyright On GPL-Derived Work?

An anonymous reader writes "I am a recent graduate, and I've been working on my own on a project that uses GPL-licensed libraries. Later a university department hired me, on a part-time basis, to develop this project into a solution that they needed.

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13 Open Source Hardware Companies Make $1+ Million

Seinfeld’s Wife Wins in Cookbook Infringement Appeal (Update2)

The Economist Weighs In For Shorter Copyright Terms

lxmota writes "The Economist says that long copyright terms are hindering creativity, and that shortening them is the way to go: 'Largely thanks to the entertainment industry's lawyers and lobbyists, copyright's scope and duration have vastly increased.

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Storyboard: 5 Years of YouTube’s Meme Machine

What did we do before YouTube? Where is it all going? In this week's Storyboard podcast, editors Nancy Miller and Joe Brown discuss

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Visual Artists to Sue Google Over Library Project

The class action lawsuit asserts that a planned digital library amounts to large-scale copyright infringement.

New York Times

Citing E-Mail, Viacom Says YouTube Ignored Copyrights

The charge was one of many made by Viacom in filings in its copyright lawsuit against YouTube and Google.

New York Times

Google Slams Viacom For Secret YouTube Uploads

An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt from Reuters: "Google, Inc. accused Viacom, Inc. of secretly uploading its videos to YouTube even as the media conglomerate publicly denounced the online video site for copyright infringement, according to court documents made public on Thursday." As "statements from the corporate counsel's office" go, this post on the YouTube blog is pretty hot reading. .

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Accusations Fly in Viacom, YouTube Copyright Fight

The Viacom-YouTube copyright battle heated up Thursday. Viacom told a federal judge that Google-owned YouTube turns a blind eye to wanton copyright infringement on the video-sharing site.

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Google: Viacom Snuck YouTube Clips

Google says Viacom secretly uploaded clips while complaining YouTube violated its copyrights

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Filings in Viacom’s Suit Against Google Are Released

Thousands of pages of court filings that are part of Viacom's copyright infringement suit against Google, YouTube's owner, were unsealed on Thursday.

New York Times

Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ Reprint Under Way, Bucking German Ban

Scholars in Germany are working on a reprint of Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” they may publish after a ban by the state copyright holders expires, a researcher said.

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Obama ‘Hope’ Artist Fairey May Plead the Fifth in AP Lawsuit

Shepard Fairey, the artist whose “Hope” election poster of Barack Obama spawned a copyright battle with the Associated Press, may invoke his Fifth Amendment right not to answer legal questions after revealing he’s under criminal investigation for faking evidence in the case.

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Lawyers Challenge Lowered Amount of ‘Shocking’ File Sharing Award

Lawyers for a music file sharer are challenging a judge’s order reducing from $1.92 million to $54,000 the amount their client, Jammie Thomas-Rasset, must pay the recording industry for copyright infringement of 24 songs.

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China Faces U.S. Piracy Lawsuit for Internet-Filtering Software

China was accused of piracy in a lawsuit filed by a California software maker, which said the Green Dam Youth Escort filtering program installed on personal computers in the country infringes its copyright.

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China Accused of Piracy by California Software Maker (Update1)

China was accused of piracy in a lawsuit filed by a California software maker, which said that the Green Dam Youth Escort filtering software installed on personal computers in the country infringes its copyright.

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Apple Crushes Clone Maker in Court

Apple won a sweeping legal victory against Macintosh clone maker Psystar Corp. Nov. 13 when a federal judge in San Francisco ruled (PDF, courtesy of Groklaw) that Psystar had violated Apple's copyright and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

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Google Books Fight Heats Up in Europe

Europe's objections to Google Books among Europeans focus on copyright, but also on questions about privacy and even censorship

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Court Castrates Mininova, The Pirate Bay Alternative

BitTorrent file sharing suffered another setback on a global scale Wednesday when a Dutch-based court ordered Pirate Bay rival – Mininova — to remove all its copyrighted works

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Pirate Bay Archive Goes Online

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "With the main Pirate Bay website experiencing DNS issues, downtime and uncertainty about both the lawsuits and potential sale to GGF, a Pirate Bay clone has already gone online.

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Appeals Court Overturns 2007 Unix Copyright Decision

snydeq writes "A federal appeals court has overturned a 2007 decision that Novell owns the Unix code, clearing the way for SCO to pursue a $1 billion copyright infringement case against IBM.

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Incoming CEO’s Manifesto for New Pirate Bay

Hans Pandeya, whose Swedish software company is expected to assume control of The Pirate Bay perhaps as early as Thursday, writes in a manifesto that file sharers of unauthorized copyrighted works are not morally weak.

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European Opposition Mounts Against Google’s Selling Digitized Books

National copyright agencies, which charge fees to publishers, see the proposed deal as a threat to their income.

New York Times

Hollywood Wins Key Round Against RealNetworks’ ReadDVD

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Fair Use Defense Dismissed In SONY V. Tenenbaum

Several readers sent us updates from the Boston courtroom where, mere hours before the start of trial, a federal judge ruled out fair use as a defense.

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Should Copyright of Academic Works Be Abolished?

Dr_Ken writes to mention recent coverage of a Harvard Cyber-Law study on Techdirt that analyzes the uses of copyright in the academic world. Some are claiming that the applications of copyright in academia are stifling and that we should perhaps go so far as to abolish copyright in the academic world entirely.

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We Were Smarter About Copyright Law 100 Years Ago

An anonymous reader writes "James Boyle has a blog post comparing the recording industry's arguments in 1909 to those of 2009, with some lovely Google book links to the originals.

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Google and YouTube Win Dismissal of Some Damages Claims

A U.S. judge dismissed some claims in a copyright infringement lawsuit against Google’s video-sharing Web site YouTube.com. .

New York Times

RIAA Seeks Web Removal of Courtroom Audio

suraj.sun writes to tell us that the RIAA has asked a federal judge to order the removal of what they are calling "unauthorized and illegal recordings" by Harvard University's Charles Nesson of pretrial hearings and depositions in a file-sharing lawsuit.

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Tech Is Too Cheap to Meter: It’s Time to Manage for Abundance, Not Scarcity

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Study Deconstructs Canadian Copyright Lobby Deception

An anonymous reader writes "A new Canadian study deconstructs how copyright lobby groups manipulate public opinion by laundering proposals through seemingly independent groups. The study started after the Conference Board of Canada was shown to have plagiarized several of its IP reports and now shows the connections that all lead through the MPAA and RIAA.

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Copyright Should Encourage Derivative Works

Techdirt has an interesting look at copyright and the idea that an author is the originator of a new work. Instead, the piece suggests that all works are in some way based on the works of others (even our own copyright law), and the system should be much more encouraging of "remixing" work into new, unique experiences.

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Buyer of Pirate Bay, a File-Sharing Site, Plans to Go Legal

Global Gaming Factory X said that it had bought Pirate Bay for $7.8 million and that it would start a business model intended to compensate both content operators and copyright owners.

New York Times

Supreme Court: Cablevision Remote DVR is OK

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Fighting For Downloaders’ Hearts and Minds

iateyourcookies writes "As opposed to enforcement which usually makes the headlines, The BBC is running an article called Inside A Downloader's Head which looks at the film and music industries' attempts to prevent copyright infringement.

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Swedish Court Says IP Numbers Privacy Protected

oh2 writes "The highest applicable Swedish court, Regeringsrätten, has ruled that IP numbers are protected (in Swedish) since they can be traced to individuals. This means that only government agencies are allowed to track and store IP addresses, leaving 'anti-piracy' advocates with no legal way to find possible copyright infringers." Update: 06/18 14:42 GMT by KD : The original linked article had been pulled due to factual errors and a new article has been posted (link replaced above).

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Harvard Study Says Weak Copyright Benefits Society

An anonymous reader writes "Michael Geist summarizes an important new study on file sharing from economists Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Koleman Strumpf. The Harvard Business School working paper finds that given the increase in artistic production along with the greater public access conclude that "weaker copyright protection, it seems, has benefited society." The authors' point out that file sharing may not result in reduced incentives to create if the willingness to pay for "complements" such as concerts or author speaking tours increases." .

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RIAA Wants To Bar Jammie From Making Objections

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "In the Duluth, Minnesota case headed for a re-trial on June 15th, Capitol Records v. Thomas-Rasset, the RIAA has filed a motion seeking to bar the defendant, Jammie Thomas-Rasset (she got married recently), from making objections to the plaintiffs' copyright registration documents.

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Eric Baptiste Weighs In On Copyright Summit Issues

With the upcoming biennial summit of authors and composers in Washington D.C., The Register has an interview with Eric Baptiste head of the International Confederation of Authors and Composers Societies (CISAC) that touches on some of the hot issues.

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EFF Posts ‘Terms of Service’ Tracker

Internet giants are constantly changing their terms of service agreements with their customers. The EFF crafts a new website tracking those changes, which often have an impact on privacy and copyright. .

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Music Labels Want Pirate Bay Shuttered

The recording industry wants to add new fines to the $3.6 million levied against the four co-founders of The Pirate Bay. The four face a one-year prison term and fines for copyright infringement for running the world's most notorious BitTorrent tracker. .

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Canadian Pirates Sell Spurious Songs — In 1897

Reservoir Hill writes "The NYTimes reported in their June 13, 1897 edition that 'Canadian pirates' were flooding the country with spurious editions of the latest copyrighted popular songs.

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Music Copyright In EU Extended To 70 Years

rastos1 writes "The European Parliament extended the copyright in the EU for the performers of musical works from 50 to 70 years. The legislation will be reviewed in 3 years.

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Disney to Sell Miramax to Filmyard for $660 Million

Walt Disney Co. agreed to sell Miramax to investors including Ronald Tutor and private equity firm Colony Capital LLC for more than $660 million, ending a six-month search to find a buyer for the art-house moviemaker. .

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Russia Debt Risk Drops Most in Four Months on Growth

The cost of protecting investors from a default on Russian government bonds fell the most in four months in July, helped by rising oil prices, accelerating economic growth and a declining budget deficit.

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Emerging Bond Yields at Record Low on Best Gain Since September

Emerging-market bonds are heading for their biggest monthly rally since September, cutting yields to a record low, as accelerating economic growth and Argentina’s debt restructuring spur confidence.

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Korea Joins India, Malaysia in Raising Power Costs

South Korea will raise power and gas prices for the first time in more than a year, adding to inflation and increasing pressure for a further increase in interest rates.

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Singapore Death Penalty Book Author Won’t Apologize

Alan Shadrake, the British author charged for contempt of court for challenging the integrity and independence of Singapore’s judiciary, said he wouldn’t apologize for his book on the city’s death penalty.

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Spain Nears Accord With Solar Producers on Subsidies

The Spanish government and solar- power producers are moving toward an agreement aimed at reducing subsidies to the industry and reining in electricity prices without damaging the country’s renewable energy industry.

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Facebook Said to Put Off IPO Until 2012

The world's biggest social network may not sell public shares until 2012 to give management more time to boost sales and lure users

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Alcatel-Lucent Confirms 2010 Outlook; Shares Rise

Alcatel-Lucent SA, France’s largest telecommunications equipment maker, confirmed full-year margin targets after posting an operating profit in the second quarter.

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DPJ Lawmakers Urge Kan to Focus on Growth, Push BOJ

Lawmakers from Japan’s ruling party pressed Prime Minister Naoto Kan to shift the focus of his economic policy to growth from fiscal restraint and urge the central bank to do more to tackle deflation.

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Li Ka-shing Group in $9.1 Billion Bid to Buy EDF Unit

A group led by Li Ka-shing’s Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Ltd. offered 5.8 billion pounds ($9.1 billion) for Electricite de France SA’s U.K. power networks, the Hong Kong billionaire’s biggest acquisition. .

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Samsung Electronics Profit Jumps to Record on Chips

Samsung Electronics Co., Asia’s biggest maker of semiconductors, flat screens and mobile phones, said second-quarter profit jumped 83 percent to a record, fueled by a recovery in demand for computer-memory chips.

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Vedanta May Mine Bauxite at Orissa by End of Year

Vedanta Resources Plc, battling criticism from environmental groups and some shareholders over plans to extract bauxite in India’s Niyamgiri mountains, said it may begin mining at the site as early as the end of the year.

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Yen Rises to 2010 High Against Dollar on Global Slowdown Signs

The yen rose to the strongest level this year against the dollar and gained for a third day versus the euro as signs the global recovery is losing momentum boosted demand for Japan’s currency as a refuge.

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Anglo American Doubles its Profit; Resumes Dividend

Anglo American Plc, owner of stakes in the world’s biggest platinum and diamond producers, said it’s resuming dividend payments after first-half earnings more than doubled on higher metals prices.

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Yields Falling to ’04 Levels Spark Busiest July: Credit Markets

U.S. corporate bond sales soared 31 percent this month, the busiest July on record, as yields fell to the lowest in more than six years on growing investor confidence in the economic recovery. .

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Hitachi Beats First-Quarter Profit Estimates, Raises Forecasts

Hitachi Ltd., Japan’s No.3 company by sales, posted a third consecutive quarterly profit as China’s economic growth and the recovery in the U.S. fueled demand for products ranging from auto components to hydraulic excavators. .

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Charles River Withdraws $1.6 Billion Offer for WuXi

Charles River Laboratories International Inc. withdrew a $1.6 billion bid for WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) Inc., citing investor opposition to what would have been the largest foreign takeover of a China company. .

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Renault First-Half Profit Beats Estimates on Global Recovery

Renault SA, France’s second-largest carmaker, posted a first-half profit that beat estimates as the global economic recovery boosted demand for autos.

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Disney Announces Sale of Miramax to Filmyard for Over $600 Mln

Walt Disney Co. reported the sale of Miramax Films to Filmyard Holdings LLC for over $660 million subject to certain adjustments. .

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Mitsubishi, Sumitomo Net Doubles on Steel, Power Coal

Mitsubishi Corp. and Sumitomo Corp.’s quarterly profit more than doubled after prices of coal, for steelmaking and power generation climbed on demand growth from China and India. .

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Alcatel-Lucent Confirms 2010 Outlook After Second-Quarter Loss

Alcatel-Lucent SA, France’s largest telecommunications equipment maker, confirmed full-year growth targets after posting a second-quarter loss wider than analysts’ estimates.

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China Says Its South Sea Claims Are ‘Indisputable’

China declared its “indisputable sovereignty” over the South China Sea and held naval drills in the waters, pushing back against a U.S. role in resolving disputes in one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes. .

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Pakistan Steps Up Rescue After Flash Floods Kill 275

Pakistan stepped up rescue efforts after flash floods and heavy rains in the northwest killed 275 people and left thousands stranded in the region’s worst storms. Communication systems collapsed. .

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GDP Report May Show Consumers Pulling Back

The U.S. economy probably grew in the second quarter at about the same pace as in the prior three months, driven by a pickup in business investment as consumer spending cooled, economists said ahead of a report today. .

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Cisco Halt Exposes Flaw as NYSE Amex Handles Nasdaq Trading

The five-minute halt in Cisco Systems Inc. yesterday highlighted a flaw in how NYSE Amex executes orders it can’t fill on its book at the best price. .

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Citibank Pays $75 Million to Resolve Subprime-Disclosure Probe

Citigroup Inc. will pay $75 million to settle U.S. regulatory claims that it misled investors by failing to disclose billions of dollars in holdings tied to subprime mortgages while the housing crisis unfolded. .

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Wyly Brothers’ $550 Million Stock Sales Prompt SEC Fraud Claim

Samuel Wyly and Charles Wyly, the Texan brothers and entrepreneurs who funded ads helping George W. Bush’s presidential campaigns, were sued by U.S. regulators who accused them of misleading investors while selling hundreds of millions of dollars in stock. .

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Republicans Say Rangel Passed on Chances to Settle Ethics Case

Republicans on the U.S. House ethics panel said Representative Charles Rangel passed up chances to settle misconduct charges and now must face an airing of allegations that include improperly seeking donations from companies with business before Congress. .

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Samsung Electronics Profit Jumps to Record on Chips

Carlyle Raises $354 Million for China Fund, Less Than Targeted

Carlyle Group said it raised 2.4 billion yuan ($354 million) for its Beijing yuan-denominated fund in its first closing, less than half the 5 billion yuan targeted.

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Louisiana Reopens Some Fishing Areas After FDA Confirms Safety

Louisiana reopened some commercial fishing areas that were closed due to BP Plc’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to an e-mailed statement from the office of Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal.

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Asian Stocks, Oil Drop on Japan Jobless Data; Yen Strengthens

Asian stocks fell for first time in six days after a surprise drop in Japan’s industrial production and an increase in unemployment signaled the world’s second- largest economy may slow.

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One Way to Save the Music Industry

Given the persistence of digital music piracy, a new subscription-creation model borrowed from online gaming could aid ailing record labels

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Sukuk’s Best Month in Four Signals More Gains: Islamic Finance

Islamic bonds gained at half the pace of emerging-market debt in July. Fund managers say they may make up the lost ground as funds flow into developing nations and Dubai World restructures debt. .

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Chalco Shares Rise on Investment in Guinea Iron Ore Project

Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd., the nation’s biggest producer of the metal, rose in Shanghai trading after agreeing to buy a stake in Rio Tinto Group’s Simandou iron ore project in Guinea. .

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Arizona Files Appeal Challenging Immigration Ruling

Arizona appealed a judge’s ruling that struck key provisions of a state law requiring police to determine the immigration status of people stopped for questioning, said Governor Jan Brewer.

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Japan Growth to Slow as Unemployment Rises, Production Drops

Japan’s unemployment unexpectedly rose for a fourth straight month and industrial production fell the most in more than a year, signaling the economic expansion is poised to slow.

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Emerging Bond, Equity Inflows Rise on Stress Tests

Emerging-market equity and bond fund inflows rose in the week ended July 28 as European bank stress tests and U.S. earnings reports bolstered investor optimism, EPFR Global said in a statement. .

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Wyly Brothers’ $550 Million Stock Sales Draw SEC Suit

Samuel Wyly and Charles Wyly, Texas- based entrepreneurs who financed ads supporting George W. Bush’s presidential campaigns, were sued by U.S. regulators for allegedly misleading investors while selling hundreds of millions of dollars in stock. .

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Nomura Said to Hire 40 Students as Global Bankers at Triple Pay

Nomura Holdings Inc., Japan’s biggest securities firm, offered jobs to 40 students at triple the normal starting salary under a new plan to strengthen its international business, two people involved in the hiring said.

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Microsoft Says Tablets Top of Mind Amid Apple Success

Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer said tablet computers are high on his priority list as Apple Inc. takes the lead in a market his company has tried to foster for more than a decade. .

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Republicans Block Small-Business Lending Bill

Senate Republicans blocked a measure that would cut taxes and ease credit for small businesses. Majority Leader Harry Reid seeks a compromise .

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Google Says Web Search, Advertising Being Blocked in China

Google Inc. said some of its services, including Web search and advertising, are being fully blocked in China. .

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Fits and Starts for Startup Flipboard

The iPad app maker has big traffic its first week—and big headaches

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Commentary: America Sits Out the Race

There are some obvious ways to make the U.S. more competitive with China in clean energy. Why won't the Senate debate them? .

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The New Abnormal

Americans are broke and depressed—and also swilling $3 lattes and waiting in line for iPhones. Welcome to the schizophrenic economy .

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U.S. Denies Petitions Challenging Climate Science

The Obama administration rejected challenges to its finding last year that climate change caused by emissions of greenhouse gases is a danger to public health.

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Citrix Jumps to Highest in a Decade on Upgrades

Citrix Systems Inc., which makes software used to control computers remotely, rallied to the highest level since 2000 after more demand for its XenDesktop virtualization program prompted at least five analysts to raise their ratings.

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Kindle Losing Profit Battle, May Win the War: Rich Jaroslovsky

Whatever happens to profits on Kindle the device, Kindle the service is positioned to reign supreme in e-reading for a long time to come

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Nomura Said to Hire Economist Segura, Trader Groothuis From RBS

Nomura Holdings Inc. hired Latin America economist Boris Segura and trader Adam Groothuis from Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, according to people familiar with the matter. .

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