Patents
Samsung Seeks to Lift German Sales Ban, Sues Apple in Australia
Samsung Electronics Co. filed an appeal against a German court’s ban on sales of its Galaxy tablet computers, and accused Apple Inc. of patent infringement in Australia, deepening disputes between the companies over smartphone technology. .BusinessWeek.com -- Technology
Samsung Claims Apple IPad, IPhone Infringe Australian Patents
Samsung Electronics Co. accused Apple Inc. of patent infringement in Australia, adding to multiple lawsuits across at least four continents involving the two companies’ dispute over smartphone technology. .BusinessWeek.com -- Technology
Apple’s Patent Win Over HTC to Be Reviewed by U.S. Trade Agency
A U.S. trade agency said it will review a judge’s finding that HTC Corp. infringed two Apple Inc. patents, a decision that could lead to a ban of HTC’s Android- based phones in the country. .BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Google, Facebook Sued Over Text Completion
Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. were sued for allegedly infringing a patent covering technology that provides auto-completion service for computer users searching the Internet. .BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Google, Oracle Chiefs Must Attend Patent Case Settlement Talks
Oracle Corp. Chief Executive Officer Larry Ellison and Google Inc. CEO Larry Page were ordered to attend a Sept. 19 settlement conference in the business-software maker’s copyright- and patent-infringement lawsuit against the search engine company. .BusinessWeek.com -- Technology
Ellison, Page Ordered to Attend Patent Case Settlement Talks
Oracle Corp. Chief Executive Officer Larry Ellison and Google Inc. CEO Larry Page were ordered by a federal judge to attend a Sept. 19 settlement conference in the business-software maker’s copyright- and patent-infringement lawsuit against the search engine company. .BusinessWeek.com -- Technology
Intel Said to Mull InterDigital Bid as Google Interest Wanes
Intel Corp. is among companies considering submitting bids for InterDigital Inc.’s patent portfolio this month, while Google Inc. is losing interest in the assets, said people with knowledge of the matter. .BusinessWeek.com -- Technology
Senate Passes Biggest Overhaul of Patent System Since 1952
The Senate passed an overhaul of the U.S. patent system that President Barack Obama has called crucial to his administration’s effort to boost job growth. .BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Google Hands HTC Patents to Use Against Apple in Smartphone Wars
HTC Corp., Asia’s second-biggest smartphone maker, is using nine patents bought from Google Inc. last week to pursue new infringement claims against Apple Inc. .BusinessWeek.com -- Technology
RIM Urged by Investor Jaguar to Sell Itself or Its Patents
Research In Motion Ltd., the maker of the BlackBerry smartphone, should consider selling itself or spinning off its patents to boost investor returns after a slump in its stock price, shareholder Jaguar Financial Corp.BusinessWeek.com -- Technology
Patent Attack: Is Facebook Next?
Rising Web stars such as Facebook and Twitter have so far been spared in the patent wars, but that could changeBusinessWeek.com -- Technology
Kodak Says ‘Large Number’ of Buyers Evaluating its Patents
Eastman Kodak Co., seeking to generate cash from its intellectual property, has signed confidentiality agreements with numerous potential buyers of patents it put up for sale last month, Chief Executive Officer Antonio Perez said.BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Samsung, HTC May Gain as Apple’s Jobs Quits as CEO, Analysts Say
Steve Jobs’s resignation as chief executive of Apple Inc. may benefit Samsung Electronics Co. and HTC Corp., the Asian smartphone makers that are locked in a protracted patent battle with the iPhone maker, analysts said. .BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Motorola Value Found in 18 Patents Used Against Apple: Tech
Among Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc.’s more than 17,000 patents, a group of 18 may prove most useful in Google Inc.’s effort to fend off litigation targeting the Android mobile platform.BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Motorola’s Value Found in 18 Patents
Among the 17,000-plus patents acquired in Google's Motorola Mobility acquisition, a handful may prove the most usefulBusinessWeek.com -- Technology
Windows 8 To Fight Piracy With the Cloud
MrSeb writes "With the latest Windows 8 build (8064) that has been delivered to Intel, it's clear that the company is taking strides to make sure that its upcoming OS isn't quite so easy to pirate.Slashdot
Why Google’s Motorola Deal Is Like the Book-Search Settlement
Over the past few days I??ve been asked a lot about why Google addressed a patent problem with what seemed like overkill ?? a $12.5 billion acquisition of a handset company that almost doubles the size of the company and puts Google deep in the seemingly unattractive business of being a hardware manufacturer.Wired News
The Dark Side of the Tech Patent Wars
GMGruman writes "Bill Snyder warns that the tech patent wars are going nuclear, and could vaporize tech jobs in the process. He likens the situation to medicine, where so much money now goes to pay for insurance and 'defensive medicine,' rather than for actual care.Slashdot
13-Year-Old Uses Fibonacci Sequence For Solar Power Breakthrough
An anonymous reader tips news of 7th grader Aidan Dwyer, who used phyllotaxis — the way leaves are arranged on plant stems in nature — as inspiration to arrange an array of solar panels in a way that generates 20-50% more energy than a uniform, flat panel array.Slashdot
Alt Text: Patents Impending
Everyone agrees that patent law is a huge mess, the sort of mess rarely seen outside of the Fresno's annual "Unsupervised Toddler and Malamute Spaghetti Feed." And yet, it remains a mess, year after year, in spite of pundits, politicians and protesters.Wired News
DealBook: Quest for Patents Brings New Focus in Tech Deals
Wall Street is looking at other companies with large mobile patent portfolios as possible targets for licensing deals or takeovers after Google bid $12.5 billion for Motorola Mobililty.New York Times
A Bull Market in Tech Patents
Recent blockbuster patent deals are fed largely by legal considerations, not economic ones, analysts say.New York Times
FarmVille Maker Zynga Sued over Patents for Facebook Games
Zynga was sued by Agincourt Gaming for allegedly infringing two patents covering features of online games including FarmVille and Mafia WarsBusinessWeek.com -- Technology
Kodak Worth More in Breakup With $3 Billion Patents
Eastman Kodak may hold patents worth five times more than the business itself, making the company an M&A target for tech giantsBusinessWeek.com -- Technology
Kodak Worth More in Breakup With $3 Billion Patents
Eastman Kodak may hold patents worth five times more than the business itself, making the company an M&A target for tech giantsBusinessWeek.com -- Technology
HTC Raises Patent Stakes Against Apple With Bid to Block IPhone
HTC Corp., Asia’s second-biggest maker of smartphones, filed a patent-related complaint at the U.S. International Trade Commission that seeks to block imports of Apple Inc.’s iPhone, iPad and Mac computers. .BusinessWeek.com -- Technology
Google Paying Dot-Com Bubble Price in Motorola Deal: Real M&A
Google Inc. needs to secure mobile- phone patents so badly it’s willing to pay the highest premium for a wireless-equipment company since the dot-com bubble. .BusinessWeek.com -- Technology
Google Paying Dot-Com Bubble Price in Motorola Deal: Real M&A
Google Inc. needs to secure mobile- phone patents so badly it’s willing to pay the highest premium for a wireless-equipment company since the dot-com bubble. .BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Pfizer Viagra Patent Ruled Valid by Judge in Loss for Teva
A Pfizer Inc. patent for the impotence pill Viagra is valid, a U.S. judge ruled, blocking Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. from marketing a generic version until 2019. .BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Icahn’s Motorola Patents Push Adds $600 Million to His Stake
Billionaire Carl Icahn’s efforts to get Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. to review options for its patents added almost $600 million to the value of his company stake following Google Inc.’s $12.5 billion buyout. .BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Google to Acquire Motorola for About $12.5B
Google Inc., maker of the Android mobile-phone software, agreed to buy smartphone maker Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc., gaining mobile patents and expanding in the hardware businessBusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Pfizer Wins Viagra Patent-Infringement Case Against Teva
Pfizer Inc. won a patent- infringement case that prevents Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. from marketing a generic version of the impotence drug Viagra until 2019. .BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Google to Acquire Motorola for About $12.5B
Google Inc., maker of the Android mobile-phone software, agreed to buy smartphone maker Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc., gaining mobile patents and expanding in the hardware businessBusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Apple-Google Duel for Mobile Supremacy Boon for Lawyers: Tech
Apple Inc., Google Inc. and rival handset and software makers, seeking to defend their turf in the surging mobile-phone market, are competing for top patent lawyers as litigation floods courtrooms worldwide. .BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Google to Acquire Motorola Mobility for About $12.5 Billion
Google Inc., maker of the Android mobile-phone software, agreed to buy smartphone maker Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. for $12.5 billion in its biggest deal, gaining mobile patents and expanding in the hardware business. .BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Patent Applications Hint Apple Wants To Eliminate Printer Drivers
An anonymous reader writes "Apple has filed two patent applications that describe an approach as well as file formats and APIs to eliminate the printer driver as a requirement for users to access a printer and print documents.Slashdot
Google Takes a Small Step in Lodsys Patent-Troll Case
The Lodsys saga continues; reader WyzrdX writes with this excerpt from Wired: "Google has intervened in an ongoing intellectual property dispute between smartphone application developers and a patent-holding firm, Wired.com has learned, marking the Mountain View company's first public move to defend Android coders from a patent troll lawsuit that's cast a pall on the community.Slashdot
Google Steps Up to Defend Android Developers From Patent Lawsuit
Google has intervened in an ongoing intellectual property dispute between smartphone application developers and a patent-holding firm, Wired.com has learned, marking the Mountain View company's first public action in the matter.Wired News
Apple Sued Over OS X Quick Boot
An anonymous reader writes "With a patent originally owned by LG in tow, a Florida based company called Operating Systems Solutions LLC recently filed suit against Apple claiming that OS X's use of quick booting infringes the aforementioned patent." The company in question is a bit suspicious — having formed very recently — and so others are speculating it was created for a proxy battle against Apple by LG.Slashdot
Sale of Samsung Galaxy Tab Blocked in the EU
bizwriter writes with a news piece in bnet about the continuing battle between Samsung and Apple. From the article: "In a stunning and painful decision for Samsung, Apple got a German court to issue a preliminary injunction against the Galaxy Tab.Slashdot
Patent Troll Lawyer Sanctioned Over Extortion Tactics
An anonymous reader writes "For all the stories of patent trolls and copyright trolls, there haven't been too many stories of either being sanctioned for abusive or extortion-like practices...Slashdot
Apple Complaint Against HTC Over Flyer to Get Trade Review
Apple Inc.’s patent-infringement complaint against HTC Corp. will be reviewed by a U.S. trade agency that has the power to block imports of the Taiwanese company’s phones and new Flyer tablet computers. .BusinessWeek.com -- Technology
What If Android Lost the Patent War?
adeelarshad82 writes "The patent system is certainly complex, especially when it comes to smartphones. The Financial Times estimates that as many as 250,000 patents are at stake in a smartphone.Slashdot
Aug. 8, 1876: Run This Off on the Mimeo
Thomas Edison receives a patent for the mimeograph. It will dominate the world of small-press-run publication for a century. .Wired News
Alcatel 76% Drop on Lucent Means Breakup Not French: Real M&A
Alcatel-Lucent SA is giving potential buyers a chance to acquire its earnings for free with patents that may be worth as much as the company itself.BusinessWeek.com -- Technology
How Novartis Plans to Avoid the ‘Patent Cliff’
With two blockbuster drugs poised to lose patent protection, the Swiss giant bets it can retain revenueBusinessWeek.com -- Top News
The Biggest I.P. War Chests
Research In Motion, Nokia, and Microsoft lead the pack in number of U.S. mobile patents applied for or granted .BusinessWeek.com -- Technology
Google Says Apple, Oracle, Microsoft Wage ‘Hostile Campaign’
In a sign of rising tension in the patent wars, Google accused rivals of waging a "hostile, organized campaign" against its Android softwareBusinessWeek.com -- Technology
Google Says Apple, Microsoft, Oracle Wage ‘Hostile’ Android War
Google Inc. accused Microsoft Corp. and Oracle Corp. of waging a “hostile, organized campaign” against its Android mobile software, a sign of escalating tension in the industry’s patent war. .BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Samsung Is Said to Examine InterDigital Patents After Approach
The world's second-largest maker of mobile phones is examining InterDigital's patent portfolio after being approached to make a bidBusinessWeek.com -- Technology
Trademarks
Google Takes a Small Step in Lodsys Patent-Troll Case
The Lodsys saga continues; reader WyzrdX writes with this excerpt from Wired: "Google has intervened in an ongoing intellectual property dispute between smartphone application developers and a patent-holding firm, Wired.com has learned, marking the Mountain View company's first public move to defend Android coders from a patent troll lawsuit that's cast a pall on the community.Slashdot
Bitcoin Trademark Troll Now Sending Bogus DMCA Takedowns
An anonymous reader writes "A couple weeks ago, Slashdot wrote about a lawyer named Michael Pascazi, who was trying to trademark Bitcoin. Techdirt picked up on the story, including Pascazi's evidence of the trademark.Slashdot
Apple Hits 15b App Store Downloads, But Loses “App Store” Name Skirmish
Coldeagle writes "Apple has been dealt a blow in its 'App Store' trademark case, with a federal judge denying its request for an injunction to stop Amazon from using the term." Apple probably wouldn't trade the name exclusivity it seeks, though, for the success they've found with the business model; the company announced today that the App Store has reached 15 billion downloads.Slashdot
More Oracle Patents Declared Invalid
sfcrazy writes "The validity of another Oracle patent has become doubtful in the dispute with Google about the infringement of Java patents and copyrights on Android devices.Slashdot
Apple Sued by New York Publisher Over Use of ‘iBooks’
Apple Inc., maker of the iPad tablet computer and the iPhone, was sued by New York publisher John T. Colby in federal court today for trademark infringement over its use of the term “iBooks.” .BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Apple Denies Amazon’s Claim That ‘App Store’ Is Generic Term
Apple Inc., suing Amazon.com Inc. for trademark infringement, denied the retailer’s claims that “app store” is a generic term and that the words together stand for a store for application programs. .BusinessWeek.com -- Technology
Apple Says ‘App Store’ Isn’t Generic in Suit Against Amazon
Apple Inc. said “app store” isn’t a generic term that can be used by Amazon.com Inc. and denied the words together stand for a store for application programs, the iPod maker said in its trademark case against the retailer. .BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Microsoft, Nokia Challenge Apple’s ‘App Store’ EU Trademark
Microsoft Corp. and Nokia Oyj are among four technology companies challenging Apple Inc.’s European Union-wide trademarks for “Appstore” and “App Store.” .BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Microsoft, Nokia Challenge Apple’s EU Trademarks for ‘App Store’
Microsoft Corp. and Nokia Oyj are among four technology companies to challenge Apple Inc.’s European Union-wide trademarks for “Appstore” and “App Store.” .BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Amazon.com Seeks Dismissal of Apple Lawsuit Over ‘App Store’
Amazon.com Inc., responding to a trademark lawsuit by Apple Inc. over its use of the words “App Store,” said the term is generic and denied that the iPhone maker has exclusive rights to the phrase. .BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Apple Claims Samsung Galaxy Phone, Tablet Copy IPhone, Ipad
Apple Inc. sued Samsung Electronics Co. alleging that the electronics maker’s Galaxy phones and tablet computers infringe patents and the trademarked look of the iPhone and iPad. .BusinessWeek.com -- Technology
Apple Claims Samsung’s Galaxy Phones, Tablet Copy IPhone, IPad
Apple Inc. sued Samsung Electronics Co. alleging that the electronics maker’s Galaxy phones and tablet computers infringe patents and the trademarked look of the iPhone and iPad. .BusinessWeek.com -- Technology
Apple Claims Samsung Galaxy Phones, Tablet Copy IPhone, IPad
Apple Inc. filed a lawsuit claiming Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy phones and Galaxy Tab tablet computers are infringing patents and the trademarked look of the iPhone and iPad. .BusinessWeek.com -- Technology
Louboutin Sues Yves Saint Laurent Over Red-Sole Shoes
Christian Louboutin SA, the designer of expensive red-sole women’s shoes popularized by characters on “Sex and the City,” sued Yves Saint Laurent America Inc., alleging it violated Louboutin’s trademark for the footwear.BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Apple: Amazon Stealing ‘App Store’ Title
Claiming that Amazon.com is using its trademarked name for a mobile-software development program, Apple has filed suit demanding a halt and seeking unspecified damagesBusinessWeek.com -- Technology
Apple: Amazon Stealing ‘App Store’ Title
Claiming that Amazon.com is using its trademarked name for a mobile-software development program, Apple has filed suit demanding a halt and seeking unspecified damagesBusinessWeek.com -- Technology
Can Arianna Huffington’s Magic Touch Save AOL?
The AOL-Huffington Post merger officially closed on Monday, so now it falls to accidental media entrepreneur Arianna Huffington to lead the former internet darling out of the darkness with her trademark brand of media savvy, swagger and charm.Wired News
Yoga’s Missionaries of Position
The yoga trademarking craze is on, and aspiring gurus are flowing inBusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Apple Forces Steve Jobs Action Figure Off eBay
Hugh Pickens writes "Kevin Parrish writes in Tom's Guide that last month, just in time for Christmas holiday gift-giving, M.I.C. Gadget manufacture and sale of a Steve Jobs action figure featuring an oversized head, Steve's trademark black shirt/blue jeans outfit, and a new iPhone 4 like a magical world-saving talisman in Jobs' left hand.Slashdot
BAT Wins Australian Approval to Pursue Claim Over Health Labels
British American Tobacco Plc., Europe’s biggest cigarette maker, won an Australian judge’s approval to pursue a claim that its trademark was infringed by a distributor who covered a label with a health warning.BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Hells Angels Sue Saks, McQueen Design Over Trademark
The Hells Angels motorcycle group sued fashion design house Alexander McQueen and retail chain Saks Inc. for trademark infringement for selling handbags, jewelry and clothing using the club’s death-head design. .BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Google Will Sell Brand Names as Keywords in Europe
Marketers will be able to bid on and use trademarked names like Louis Vuitton and Prada, as they already can in the United States and Canada.New York Times
‘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.BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
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.BusinessWeek.com --
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 contentBusinessWeek.com --
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.BusinessWeek.com --
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.BusinessWeek.com --
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.New York Times
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. .BusinessWeek.com --
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.BusinessWeek.com -- Technology
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.BusinessWeek.com --
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.New York Times
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 .BusinessWeek.com --
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.Slashdot
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.Slashdot
‘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."Wired News
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? .Wired News
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.Slashdot
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.Slashdot
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.Slashdot
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.Slashdot
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.Slashdot
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.Slashdot
Copyrights
Google, Oracle Chiefs Must Attend Patent Case Settlement Talks
Oracle Corp. Chief Executive Officer Larry Ellison and Google Inc. CEO Larry Page were ordered to attend a Sept. 19 settlement conference in the business-software maker’s copyright- and patent-infringement lawsuit against the search engine company. .BusinessWeek.com -- Technology
Ellison, Page Ordered to Attend Patent Case Settlement Talks
Oracle Corp. Chief Executive Officer Larry Ellison and Google Inc. CEO Larry Page were ordered by a federal judge to attend a Sept. 19 settlement conference in the business-software maker’s copyright- and patent-infringement lawsuit against the search engine company. .BusinessWeek.com -- Technology
SAP’s Ex-TomorrowNow Accused of Crimes for Oracle Downloads
U.S. prosecutors charged SAP AG’s former TomorrowNow software-maintenance unit with unauthorized computer access and criminal copyright infringement for improper downloads of Oracle Corp. programs. .BusinessWeek.com -- Technology
SAP’s Ex-TomorrowNow Unit Accused of Crimes for Oracle Downloads
U.S. prosecutors charged SAP AG’s former TomorrowNow software-maintenance unit with unauthorized computer access and criminal copyright infringement for improper downloads of Oracle Corp. programs. .BusinessWeek.com -- Technology
Oracle’s $1.3 Billion U.S. Verdict Against SAP Thrown Out
Oracle Corp.’s $1.3 billion copyright-infringement verdict against SAP AG, the largest maker of business-management software, was overturned by a federal judge who called the award “grossly excessive.”.BusinessWeek.com -- Technology
Oracle’s $1.3 Billion Verdict Against SAP Thrown Out by Judge
Oracle Corp.’s $1.3 billion copyright-infringement verdict against SAP AG, the largest maker of business-management software, was overturned by a federal judge who called the award “grossly excessive.”.BusinessWeek.com -- Technology
SAP Wins Bid to Reject $1.3 Billion Oracle Copyright Verdict
SAP AG, the largest maker of business-management software, won its bid to overturn a jury’s $1.3 billion award to Oracle Corp. in a copyright-infringement lawsuit. .BusinessWeek.com -- Technology
SAP Wins Bid to Reject $1.3 Billion Oracle Copyright Award
SAP AG, the business software maker, won its bid to overturn a $1.3 billion jury verdict awarded to Oracle Corp. in a copyright infringement lawsuit. .BusinessWeek.com -- Technology
EMI Wins Partial Victory in Copyright Suit Against MP3tunes
EMI Group Ltd. won a partial victory in a copyright lawsuit against the online music storage site MP3tunes LLC, which was found liable for contributory infringement. .BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Patent Troll Lawyer Sanctioned Over Extortion Tactics
An anonymous reader writes "For all the stories of patent trolls and copyright trolls, there haven't been too many stories of either being sanctioned for abusive or extortion-like practices...Slashdot
8 Ways To Circumvent the PROTECT-IP Act
Dangerous_Minds writes "One of the things that the PROTECT-IP act is said to do is make DNS servers censor websites that have been accused of copyright infringement.Slashdot
Britain Takes New Tack in Piracy Fight
The government introduced a broad overhaul to copyright laws aimed at bringing them up to speed with current technology and the fight against piracy.New York Times
Zediva Shut Down By Federal Judge, MPAA Parties!
AlienIntelligence writes "Looks like the loophole that Zediva founded their business model on evaporated. Zediva's biggest problem was getting over a 1991 ruling against a similar method of transmitting copyright works.Slashdot
Google Judge Tosses Oracle’s $6.1 Billion Damage Estimate
Google Inc. won a ruling excluding Oracle Corp.’s $6.1 billion damage estimate in a patent and copyright lawsuit over its use of Java technology in the Android operating system for mobile devices. .BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Bits: Zynga Is Hit With Countersuit Over Game Designs
Vostu, a Brazilian social gaming company, filed suit against the online gaming giant Zynga, responding to a suit from Zynga claiming that Vostu copied its game designs.New York Times
Frustrated Judge Pushes For Solution In Google Books Case
SpuriousLogic writes with this excerpt from a Reuters report: "A Manhattan federal judge set a Sept. 15 deadline for Google, authors and publishers to come up with a legal plan to create the world's largest digital library, expressing frustration that the six-year-old dispute has not been resolved.Slashdot
Bitcoin Trademark Troll Now Sending Bogus DMCA Takedowns
An anonymous reader writes "A couple weeks ago, Slashdot wrote about a lawyer named Michael Pascazi, who was trying to trademark Bitcoin. Techdirt picked up on the story, including Pascazi's evidence of the trademark.Slashdot
Belgian Newspapers Delisted On Google
D H NG writes "After being ordered by the Belgian courts to 'remove from its Google.be and Google.com sites, and in particular, cached links visible on Google Web and the Google News service, all articles, photographs and graphics of daily newspapers published in French and German by Belgian publishers,' Google had removed all traces of the newspapers in question from all its search services.Slashdot
Judge Fines Righthaven $5,000
A Las Vegas federal judge has sanctioned copyright troll Righthaven to the tune of $5,000 for making misrepresentations to the court. U.S. District Judge Roger Hunt of Nevada last month ordered Righthaven to explain why Hunt should not sanction it for trying to "manufacture standing." (.pdf) Standing is a legal concept that has enabled Righthaven to ... .Wired News
Can a Monkey Get a Copyright & Issue a Takedown?
An anonymous reader writes "Last week, the Daily Mail published a story about some monkeys in Indonesia who happened upon a camera and took some photos of themselves.Slashdot
Study: Fair Use Drives Large Part of US Economy
angry tapir writes "Industries that rely on fair use exceptions to U.S. copyright law have weathered the recent slow economy better than other businesses, according to a new study released by a tech trade group.Slashdot
To Slow Piracy, Internet Providers Ready Penalties
Internet providers agreed to a system to identify those suspected of digital copyright infringement and impose progressively harsher consequences.New York Times
ISPs to Disrupt Internet Access of Copyright Scofflaws
The nation's major internet service providers, at the urging of Hollywood and the major record labels, have agreed to disrupt internet access for online copyright scofflaws. The deal, almost three years in the making, was announced early Thursday, and includes participation by AT&T, Cablevision Systems, Comcast, Time Warner and Verizon.Wired News
Spanish Copyright Society Raided For Embezzlement
esocid writes "Senior officials in Spain's Society of Authors and Publishers (SGAE), the country's leading collection society for songwriters and composers, face embezzlement charges in the wake of a Friday raid on the organization's offices.Slashdot
‘Massive Infringement’ Case Against CNET Dropped
Plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit accusing CNET of facilitating "massive copyright infringement" by distributing peer-to-peer software dropped their case Monday. The May lawsuit was lodged in Los Angeles by a handful of musicians and filmmaker Alkiviades David.Wired News
More Oracle Patents Declared Invalid
sfcrazy writes "The validity of another Oracle patent has become doubtful in the dispute with Google about the infringement of Java patents and copyrights on Android devices.Slashdot
Dropbox TOS Includes Broad Copyright License
mrtwice99 writes "Dropbox recently updated their TOS, Privacy Policy, and Security Overview. Included in the TOS is the following statement: 'By submitting your stuff to the Services, you grant us (and those we work with to provide the Services) worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicenseable rights to use, copy, distribute, prepare derivative works (such as translations or format conversions) of, perform, or publicly display that stuff to the extent we think it necessary for the Service.' I think Dropbox is a great service, but what is the significance of granting them such broad usage rights?" Elsewhere in the same Terms of Service, which are a few notches above the norm in both brevity and readability, Dropbox says both "Dropbox respects others’ intellectual property and asks that you do too," and "You retain ownership to your stuff." .Slashdot
Lawyer to Judge: I Swear My Browser Ate My Homework
A lawyer for copyright troll Righthaven is declaring under penalty of perjury that an update to his computer's browser prohibited him from electronically submitting a legal filing before an angry judge's deadline.Wired News
Software Patent Reform Happening Now
Jim Hall writes "Many of us in IT recognize that software patents are a bad idea — you can patent just about anything if you put "on a computer" at the end of it.Slashdot
Good Grief! Peanutweeter Gets Taken Down Following DMCA Claim
Peanutweeter, the hilarious marriage of random funny tweets with Peanuts cartoons, was removed from Tumblr Friday, following a claim that the blog violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. See Also: Peanutweeter Brings Peanuts, Twitter Together With Hilarious Results A tweet from the @Peanutweeter account, sent just after noon PDT, claimed that the site had been taken offline following ...Wired News
Oracle Seeks ‘Billions’ From Google in Java Patent Lawsuit
Oracle Corp. is seeking as much as $6.1 billion in damages in a patent- and copyright-infringement lawsuit against Google Inc. that claims the search-engine company’s Android software uses technology related to the Java programming language, according to court papers. .BusinessWeek.com -- Technology
Oracle Asks ‘Billions’ From Google in Patent, Copyright Suit
Oracle Corp. is seeking billions of dollars in damages in a patent- and copyright-infringement lawsuit against Google Inc., claiming the search-engine company’s Android software uses technology related to the Java programming language, according to court papers. .BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Nevada Judge Threatens Sanctions for Copyright Troll
A Las Vegas federal judge threatened to sanction copyright troll Righthaven, calling its litigation efforts Tuesday "disingenuous, if not outright deceitful." The blistering decision also places into doubt the litigation factory's year-old business model, which is also under a Colorado federal judge's microscope. U.S.Wired News
First Challenge To US Domain Seizures Filed
An anonymous reader writes "You may recall that the US government, mainly through Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement division (ICE) has been seizing domain names over the past year, based on bad evidence, even leading to the 'accidental' seizure of 84,000 sites.Slashdot
Gadgetwise: A Free Site Helps Find Stolen Cameras
An experiment may make it possible to recover a stolen camera, find copyright infringement and help police catch child pornographers.New York Times
Nude Nuns Mass BitTorrent Lawsuit is Terminated
A Utah investment company late Friday dropped its copyright-infringement lawsuit against 5,865 BitTorrent users who allegedly downloaded the movie Nude Nuns with Big Guns between January and March of this year. Incentive Capital, which is embroiled in litigation with another company called Camelot Distribution over who actually owns the B-rated flick, notified the Los Angeles federal ...Wired News
Bits: Apple Patents Way to Prevent Concert Piracy
A new patent filed by Apple could help the music and movie industries thwart copyright violation by disabling mobile phone cameras that try to record concerts and movies.New York Times
Zediva Fights Back Against MPAA
MoldySpore writes "When Zediva burst onto the streaming scene earlier this year, they managed to do something nobody else was doing. Navigating around the copyright law, they found a way to stream rental movies not currently available on other services, because they were still inside the DVD sales window, and filled a role not currently part of the competitions' services.Slashdot
Warner Music, Sony Settle Lime Wire Suit for $105 Million
Music labels including those owned by Warner Music Group Corp. and Sony Corp. settled their copyright lawsuit against Lime Wire LLC and its founder, Mark Gorton, for $105 million during the second week of a trial in New York. .BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Bronfman Tells Jury Lime Wire ’Devastating’ to Warner Music
Warner Music Group Corp. Chief Executive Officer Edgar Bronfman told a federal jury weighing damages caused by Lime Wire LLC’s copyright infringement that the effect on Warner’s business was “devastating.” .BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
MGA Wins $88.4 Million Award Against Mattel in Bratz Trial
MGA Entertainment Inc. won an $88.4 million award against Mattel Inc. from a jury that ruled MGA didn’t steal the idea for Bratz dolls from the rival toymaker or infringe its copyright. .BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Denmark Now Supports EU Copyright Term Extension
airfoobar submitted an editorial by Bernt Hugenholtz. From the article "Bad news from Denmark. According to an official press release, the Danish government has changed its position and now endorses the European Commission's proposal to extend the term of protection for sound recordings.Slashdot
SAP Fourth-Quarter Profit Drops 36% on Oracle Fine
SAP AG, the world’s largest maker of business-management software, said fourth-quarter profit fell 36 percent as it was ordered to pay rival Oracle Corp. $1.3 billion in damages in a copyright infringement case. .BusinessWeek.com -- Technology
Righthaven Adds Forum Posters To Copyright Suit
eldavojohn writes "The last time we discussed the Las Vegas Review-Journal and their litigating attorneys at Righthaven LLC, they were suing all the websites that had violated their news copyrights.Slashdot
‘Potter’ Copyright Suit Against Scholastic Dismissed
Scholastic Corp., U.S. publisher of the bestselling “Harry Potter” novels, won a copyright- infringement lawsuit brought by the estate of an author claiming one of the books copied his work. .BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Oracle Owed Interest by SAP in Infringement Case, Judge Rules
Oracle Corp. must be paid interest on the $1.3 billion copyright-infringement jury verdict it won against SAP AG last month, a federal judge said. .BusinessWeek.com -- Technology
Oracle Owed Interest by SAP in Infringement Case, Judge Rules
Oracle Corp. must be paid interest on the $1.3 billion copyright-infringement jury verdict it won against SAP AG last month, a federal judge said. .BusinessWeek.com -- Technology
Porn Site Says Revealing Takedown Notices Infringe Copyright
Perfect 10, the porn website that bills itself as displaying "the world's most beautiful natural women," claims that disclosing its copyright takedown notices is a little too revealing.Wired News
U.S. Supreme Court Divides in Costco Gray Market Case
The U.S. Supreme Court divided evenly in a clash over the multibillion-dollar “gray market,” leaving intact a ruling that lets manufacturers use copyright laws to keep some products out of U.S.BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Google Streamlining its Approach to Digital Copyright
As the battle over intellectual property and online piracy heats up, web titan Google is announcing some significant changes to the way it deals with copyright infringement on its ubiquitous search engine.Wired News
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Euro Weakens as Finance Chiefs Fail to Offer Plan; Dollar Gains
The euro weakened for a second day against the dollar and yen after European officials failed to offer a plan to halt the region’s debt crisis and as Greece struggles to avoid default.BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Stocks, Euro Slump on Concerns About Greek Debt; Gold Advances
Stocks fell, sending the MSCI All- Country World Index lower for the first time in five days, as the euro weakened amid concern about Greece’s debt. Gold and Treasuries gained and copper retreated. .BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Tyco Plans Breakup Into Three Companies to Accelerate Growth
Tyco International Ltd., the world’s largest publicly traded maker of security systems, said it will break up into three publicly-traded companies to drive growth and pave the way for acquisitions.BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Turkey Stocks World’s Best in Month as Rate Cuts Boost Banks
Turkey’s benchmark stock index is climbing the most among major equity gauges worldwide in the past month as investors grow convinced that interest rate cuts will stimulate growth without causing the economy to overheat.BusinessWeek.com -- Technology
Dealers Add Treasuries in Biggest Buying Spree Since ‘07
Wall Street’s biggest bond traders are stockpiling Treasuries at the fastest pace since 2007 on speculation the Federal Reserve will announce a plan this week to buy longer-term debt to spur the faltering economy.BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
European Stocks Decline Amid Speculation on Greek Aid Payment
European stocks slid, halting a four-day rally for the Stoxx Europe 600 Index, as investors speculated that Greece may not receive a payment that would help it avoid default.BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Greece’s Next Aid Payment in the Balance as Review Resumes
Greece’s ability to avoid default hangs in the balance as international monitors prepare to assess whether Prime Minister George Papandreou can meet the conditions of rescue loans.BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Bernanke Joins King Tolerating Inflation to Revive Economies
Some Federal Reserve policy makers favor keeping their benchmark rate close to zero until price increases reach a level that could be as high as 3 percentBusinessWeek.com -- Top News
STX Scraps Plan to Buy Stake in Hynix, Leaving SK as Sole Bidder
STX Group scrapped plans to buy a stake in Hynix Semiconductor Inc., leaving mobile-phone operator SK Telecom Co. as the only suitor left to bid for a 20 percent of the world’s second-largest computer-memory chipmaker. .BusinessWeek.com -- Technology
Infineon Sits on Cash as Main Competitors ‘Aren’t Exciting’
Infineon Technologies AG, flush with as much as $3 billion in cash for acquisitions, is struggling to find an attractive target that would boost its most profitable business, power semiconductors.BusinessWeek.com -- Technology
Euro Bulls Capitulate as Trichet Turnaround Cuts Forecasts
The rebound in the euro and European stocks last week may prove short-lived in the face of increasing pessimism over the region’s debt, if money-market and derivative trading are any indication.BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
AT&T Said to Seek Asset Sales to Save Bid for T-Mobile
AT&T Inc. is approaching smaller rivals including MetroPCS Communications Inc. and Leap Wireless International Inc. to sell spectrum and subscribers as part of an attempt to save its $39 billion takeover of T-Mobile USA Inc., said two people with direct knowledge of the situation. .BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
China to Limit Stimulus in Global Slump, Deutsche Bank Says
China’s stimulus in any world economic slump is unlikely to be more than half the nation’s estimated 9.3 trillion yuan ($1.46 trillion) fiscal and monetary expansion from November 2008 through 2010, Deutsche Bank AG said.BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Sany Defies Market Rout With $3.3 Billion Sale, XCMG Delays
Sany Heavy Industry Co. and Citic Securities Co. are pushing ahead with share sales in Hong Kong, where companies have canceled or delayed a record $14 billion of equity offerings this year as stock markets tumble. .BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
LNG Surges as Japan Vies With China, Exxon’s Shipments Grow
Liquefied natural gas prices are surging to a three-year high as demand from Japan, China and India outpaces supply increases, boosting sales for producers from BG Group Plc to Exxon Mobil Corp.BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
UBS Trading Loss Was $2.3 Billion; Gruebel Stays as Chief
UBS AG, Switzerland’s biggest bank, said its loss from unauthorized trading amounted to $2.3 billion, more than initially reported, while Chief Executive Officer Oswald Gruebel dismissed calls to step down.BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Fund Withdrawals Top Lehman as $75 Billion Pulled From Stocks
Investors have pulled more money from U.S. equity funds since the end of April than in the five months after the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., adding to the $2.1 trillion rout in American stocks. .BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
STX Says It Drops Bid for Stake in Hynix Semiconductor
STX Corp. dropped its planned bid for a stake in Hynix Semiconductor Inc. because of costs required for future investment and global economic uncertainties, according to a regulatory filing today. .BusinessWeek.com -- Technology
U.S. Stock Futures Decline Following Five-Day S&P 500 Advance
U.S. stock futures fell, indicating the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index will drop after posting the third-biggest weekly gain since 2009, amid growing concern that Europe’s debt crisis may spread to larger economies. .BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Euro Drops as European Finance Chiefs Fail to Reassure on Greece
The euro dropped against the dollar and yen for a second day after European officials failed to offer a plan to halt the region’s debt crisis and as Greece struggles to avoid default.BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
RTS Futures Advance as Sberbank May Cap GDRs: Russia Overnight
RTS futures rose, signaling the measure in Moscow may rebound from a second weekly decline after Russian shares fell to their lowest valuations in more than two years.BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
China Can Roll Out $728 Billion Stimulus, Deutsche Bank Says
Deutsche Bank AG said that China may roll out stimulus of as much as 4.65 trillion yuan ($728 billion), including subsidies on consumer goods, in the event of a global slump.BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Euro, Asian Stocks Decline as Gold Climbs; Commodities Retreat
The euro weakened against the dollar for a second day, while Asian stocks dropped after European policy makers failed to introduce a plan to stem the region’s debt crisis.BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Billionaire Reddy to Sell $1 Billion Unit Stake to Buy Mines
GVK Group, controlled by Indian billionaire G.V. Krishna Reddy, plans to raise $1 billion selling a stake in its energy unit to help fund the purchase of coal assets from a company owned by Australia’s richest woman. .BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
‘Modern Family’ Leads ABC to 5 Emmys, Ending HBO’s 8-Year Streak
The comedy “Modern Family” led Walt Disney Co.’s ABC to five Emmy awards, the most of any network, ending an eight-year winning streak by Time Warner Inc.’s HBO.BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
China’s Stocks Fall to 14-Month Low on Tightening Concern, IPOs
China’s stocks fell to a 14-month low after Premier Wen Jiabao said the government will take measures to control inflation and investors speculated pending initial public offerings will sap demand for existing equities.BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Debevoise & Plimpton Adds Lawyers in Asia to Target Disputes
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, the New York-based law firm with about 650 lawyers, said it will move five to Hong Kong to work with Asia-based clients on disputes and U.S.BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Obama Deficit Plan to Call for $1.5 Trillion in Higher Taxes
President Barack Obama will call for $1.5 trillion in tax increases mostly targeting the wealthy over the next decade as part of a plan to cut the U.S federal deficit by $3 trillion, administration officials said.BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
AT&T Said to Approach Rivals to Sell Assets, Save T-Mobile Bid
AT&T Inc. is approaching smaller rivals including MetroPCS Communications Inc. and Leap Wireless International Inc. to sell spectrum and subscribers as part of an attempt to save its $39 billion takeover of T-Mobile USA Inc., said two people with direct knowledge of the situation. .BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Wall Street May Be Blocked Off Again as Police Monitor Protests
New York City police may limit access to Wall Street for a third day, requiring workers and residents to show identification, after a weekend of protests targeting financial firms.BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Ralcorp Said Unwilling to Start Talks With ConAgra About Bid
Sept. 19 (Bloomberg) –- Food maker Ralcorp Holdings Inc. hasn’t contacted ConAgra Foods Inc. about its $5.18 billion takeover bid and likely won’t before the offer expires today, said two people familiar with the matter. .BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
China Faces Slowdown With Limits on Stimulus, Wu Xiaoling Says
China’s economy is highly likely to slow next year and efforts to spur growth will be constrained by inflation and government debt burdens, said Wu Xiaoling, a former deputy central bank governor.BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
LNG Surges as Japan Vies With China, Exxon’s Shipments Grow
Liquefied natural gas prices are surging to a three-year high as demand from Japan, China and India outpaces supply increases, boosting sales for producers from BG Group Plc to Exxon Mobil Corp.BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Japan Warehouses Draw Investors on Returns Post Quake
When Prologis Inc. built Japan’s first logistics center in 2002 for inventory management, storage and distribution, potential clients and lenders told the company to invest in malls or apartments instead. .BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Euro, Asian Stocks Decline as Gold Climbs; Commodities Retreat
The euro weakened against the dollar for a second day, while Asian stocks and commodities dropped after European policymakers failed to introduce a plan to stem the region’s debt crisis.BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Obama to Propose $1.5 Trillion in Taxes to Narrow Deficit
President Barack Obama will call tomorrow for $1.5 trillion in tax increases over the next decade targeting the wealthy and corporate preferences as part of a plan to cut the deficit by $3 trillion over the same period, administration officials said.BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
China’s Stocks Fall to 14-Month Low on Tightening Concern, IPOs
China’s stocks fell to a 14-month low after Premier Wen Jiabao said the government will take measures to control inflation and investors speculated pending initial public offerings will sap demand for existing equities.BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
China Home Prices Rise in All Cities, Defying State Curbs
China’s August new-home prices rose in all 70 cities monitored for the first time this year, undercutting government efforts to cool the market through higher down-payments and mortgage rates.BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
UBS Bonuses at Risk
Bonuses at UBS AG's investment bank may be at risk after the company suffered a $2.3 billion loss from what it described as unauthorized tradingBusinessWeek.com -- Top News
U.S. Stock Futures Decline Following Five-Day S&P 500 Advance
U.S. stock futures fell, indicating the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index will drop after posting the third-biggest weekly gain since 2009, as investors await a decision on whether Greece will receive a payment that would help prevent a default. .BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Republicans Vow Revolution, Blame Obama for ‘Uncertainty’: View
How exactly, according to Republicans, is President Barack Obama supposed to have caused the current economic malaise and high unemployment?BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Muni Tax-Exemption Tweak Is Idea Whose Time Hasn’t Come: View
We’ve argued that the notoriously convoluted U.S. tax code requires a comprehensive overhaul that would phase out distortions. But discrete tweaks to the system can and often do create more problems than they solve. .BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Buy American and Fairer Trade Can Solve Job Woes: Alan Tonelson
President Barack Obama’s new jobs plan, if passed by Congress, might spark some activity and even some employment in the moribund U.S. economy. But it’s unlikely to foster the growth and job creation we urgently need, without adding new debt, because the plan ignores a key obstacle to genuine prosperity: the nation’s immense trade deficit. .BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Meet the Only Folks Serious About Ending Ripoffs: Susan Antilla
In a dusty, Wichita, Kansas, re- creation of a frontier town last week, while state securities regulators slapped at mosquitoes and swapped stories about cagey financial crooks over cocktails, a spurs-and-boots-clad sheriff drew his weapon and staged a faux gunfight in the town square.BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Australian Stock Futures Rise as U.S. Consumer Confidence Gains
Australian stock futures advanced after a measure of U.S. consumer confidence climbed, easing concern a global economic recovery may be stalling. .BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Strauss-Kahn Says There Was No Violence in Maid Encounter
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, in his first interview since his May arrest in a sexual-assault case in Manhattan, said what happened in room 2806 in New York’s Sofitel Hotel “involved no violence, no coercion, no aggression.”BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Infineon Sits on Cash as Main Competitors ‘Aren’t Exciting’
Infineon Technologies AG, flush with as much as $3 billion in cash for acquisitions, is struggling to find an attractive target that would boost its most profitable business, power semiconductors.BusinessWeek.com -- Technology
Google’s Schmidt Urges Support for Jobs Bill, Stimulus
Google Inc. Chairman Eric Schmidt said lawmakers should approve more government stimulus to prompt companies to hire, and called the political focus on cutting spending “ludicrous.” .BusinessWeek.com -- Technology
Bernanke Joins King Tolerating Inflation to Revive Economies
Some Federal Reserve policy makers favor keeping their benchmark rate close to zero until price increases reach a level that could be as high as 3 percentBusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Fund Withdrawals Top Lehman as $75 Billion Pulled From Stocks
Investors have pulled more money from U.S. equity funds since the end of April than in the five months after the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., adding to the $2.1 trillion rout in American stocks. .BusinessWeek.com -- Top News