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ITC calls for import ban against Samsung, rejects Google's flip-flop arguments

The US International Trade Commission's Office of Unfair Import Investigations (OUII) has recommended an import ban against Samsung's Android devices infringing upon four Apple patents, rejecting contradictory, flawed arguments by Google.

Netflix does not infringe Rovi patents: judge's preliminary decision

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Internet video streaming service Netflix Inc does not infringe Rovi Corp patents for interactive television program guides, an International Trade Commission judge said on Monday in a preliminary decision.

Why Samsung's Latest Victory In Its Patent War With Apple Is Mostly Meaningless

Samsung has won another victory in its long-running patent war with Apple. A new judgement bars Apple from importing certain last-generation iPads and iPhones to the United States.

People Begin To Wake Up To Massive Dangers Of Investor-State Dispute Resolution

Techdirt has been writing about investor-state dispute resolution (ISDR) mechanisms in international trade treaties like TPP and TAFTA/TTIP for two main reasons.

Samsung Scores A Big Win Against Apple With U.S. Trade Agency Ban On iPhone 4 Imports

Apple and Samsung go together like Muhammed Ali and Joe Frazier the two have been going at it over their various patents for smartphones and tablets for what feels like forever. Yesterday Samsung scored a strong hit against Apple when the U.S.

ITC sales ban on old iPhones, iPads predicted to have minimum financial impact on Apple

Though Apple lost an International Trade Commission ruling this week to Samsung and sales of the iPad 2 and iPhone 4 must be suspended in the U.S., those legacy products are already on the way out, suggesting to market watchers that the financial impact will be minimal.

Obama takes aim at 'patent trolls'

White House outlines measures against 'non-practising entities' but defenders say they will be hard to eradicate

One company sent letters to hundreds of small businesses, claiming that their use of document scanners on computer networks infringed its patents, and demanding between $900 and

iPhone 4 sales could be blocked in US after Samsung's surprise patent victory

US tech giant claims ruling it infringed patent essential for 3G standard will have 'no impact' on availability of its products

Samsung has won a surprise victory in a patent battle with Apple that could see the iPhone 4 and 3G-capable iPad 2 banned from sale in the US.

EU's Chief Negotiator Has Learned Nothing From ACTA, Will Negotiate TAFTA In Secret

The EU trade Commissioner, Karel De Gucht, was a driving force behind ACTA, and apparently he's learned nothing about why ACTA failed so spectacularly in Europe.

Apple Faces Ban On Some Older iPhones, iPads After ITC Sides With Samsung in Patent Dispute

In what patent watchers are calling a surprise move, the U.S. International Trade Commission, or ITC, has sided with Samsung in a patent dispute with Apple and placed a U.S. import  ban on some older models of the iPhone and iPad.