Facebook is being sued over claims its 'like' button infringes technology patented by a Dutch computer programmer 15 years ago. Rembrandt Social Media says...

(a copy of something I posted OTR)

My interest in this started with an online news story - link - about details of O2 customers being meekly handed over to an outfit called Goldeneye (International) Limited. Those customers were alleged to have infringed various copyrights to pornographic...

Kodak files for bankruptcy | Business | guardian.co.uk

very sad.

British Telecom is suing Google for billions of dollars after the web search giant’s Android operating system allegedly infringed six of its key patents.

The lawsuit, filed in Delaware in the US, is the latest in a string of actions against Google for alleged breaches of intellectual...

Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC has been dealt a big blow in its legal battle with Apple involving patent infringement claims. The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has ruled that Apple did not violate patents as claimed by HTC in a complaint lodged last year. HTC had asked the court to ban imports...

Apple has been granted a temporary injunction preventing Samsung Electronics from selling iPad tablet computer rival Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the European Union, except the Netherlands.

An Apple spokeswoman confirmed the ruling had been made by a court...