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Erik Sherman is a freelance writer, editor, and photographer. His work has appeared in such publications as the New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, Fortune, Inc, Newsweek Japan, the Financial Times, Chief Executive, Advertising Age, and CIO Insight. Before going into journalism, he was head of product marketing at a publicly-held...- more about Erik Sherman »
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- Tech Legal Week: Rambus Loses Micron Suit, Class Action Suit against Apple, More
- Judge tosses Rambus suit against Micron; Apple faces yet another potential customer class action suit; Google wins Chinese trademark case; fashion model sues Google to find out who anonymously called her a "skank" in a blog; someone sues Oprah Winfrey's company for patent infringement; at least one patent suit in...
- Blog posts 2009-01-11
- Tech Legal Week: EU Tells MS No IE, Dell Settles, Nortel Files, More
- EU tells Microsoft to decouple Internet Explorer from Windows; Dell settles with 34 states; Nortel files for bankruptcy, but some analysts think that it ultimately won't help; RealNetworks gets Friskit patents tossed; Global Crossing gives up and licenses Katz Technology patents; USPTO to reexamine TiVo patent; and Xpoint sues Microsoft,...
- Blog posts 2009-01-18
- Tech Law: Microsoft Loses, Laptop Vendors Sue NVidia, Google Trademark Suit, More
- Uniloc gets $388 patent infringement judgment against Microsoft; laptop vendors suing NVidia; Texas trademark owners suit targets Google, AOL, MySpace, others; L'Oréal loses French trademark suit against Google; RealNetworks countersues Hollywood; and Shazam customers including Apple, Amazon, and Verizon face patent infringement suit by Tune Hunter. by Erik Sherman
- Blog posts 2009-05-18
- TiVO Sues Verizon, AT&T for Patent Infringement, Q2 Loss
- After scoring a court victory, now being appealed, over DISH Network and EchoStar for patent infringement, TiVO is suing suing both Verizon and AT&T for infringing those same patents. by Erik Sherman
- Blog posts 2009-08-26
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- Tech Companies Indulge in Patent Troll PR
- Verizon, Google, Cisco, Telefon AB, Ericsson, and HP are among a group of high tech companies planning to buy important IP before patent trolls snap them up, as the Wall Street Journal reports. But is this a real concern, or corporate spin? The mass of patent litigation is hardly all...
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- Apple, Amazon, Google, Others on Patent Pain Front
- Stories of small companies suing larger companies right and left -- sometimes with a firm belief that they've been wronged, other times with a firm belief that being just annoying enough but not too so gets you a settlement -- are nothing new. But when you have one that has...
- Blog posts 2009-10-06
- Method Patents Face Legal Infringement Loophole
- Muniauction v. Thomson Corp. and i-Deal is a case, decided last month by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit CAFC, that could open the door for companies to use a patented method, including but not limited to business methods, without technically infringing the patent. by Erik Sherman
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- Tech Legal Week: Apple, Psystar; Verizon; RIM, Motorola; Psion and Netbooks; More
- A messy high tech court week at the end of the year includes Apple and Psystar having at each other; Platte River Associates president Jay Leonard pleading guilty to hacking charges; a Department of Justice restraining order against Microsemi; Verizon winning $33.15 in a cybersquatting case; ADAPTIX suing Sprint and...
- Blog posts 2008-12-29
- Tech Law: Mac Clones (Still); Psion Counters, Red Hat and JBoss, More
- Apple and Psystar get closer to discovery; TMI countersues Audiovox for alleged patent infringement; Psion countersues Intel over netbook trademark; Software Tree latest to sue Red Hat over JBoss; RIM recording employee phone calls to protect IP by Erik Sherman
- Blog posts 2009-03-09
- Tech Law: EU Needles Intel but Clears Google, Eminem and Apple Suit, More
- EU releases emails regarding charges of Intel anticompetitive activities, but says Google can sell trademarks as search terms; Facebook kills Beacon as part of suit settlement; SpeedTrack suing e-tailers right and left for alleged patent infringement; and Eminem's publisher and Apple head to court over iTunes royalties. by Erik Sherman
- Blog posts 2009-09-28
- Intel to Pay AMD $1.25 Billion; the Antitrust Cost Keeps Rising
- Intel INTC will pay AMD $1.25 billion to settle all the antitrust and patent infringement suits that have been flying about. But this isn't going to come close to letting Intel put antitrust issues behind, and some of the biggest prices the company will pay are yet to come. by...
- Blog posts 2009-11-12
- How to Manage an IP Portfolio
- Intellectual property ranges from patents and copyrights to branding, know-how, and trade secrets. Assembling a portfolio to value, track, and protect your IP can improve your valuation, among other benefits. Take Inventory Goal: Make IP work for...
- Articles 2009-08-05
- Legal Tech Week: Spansion, Samsung, LG, Kodak, Google, Microsoft, More
- I thought that adding an occasional round-up of high tech legal machinations might be interesting to readers. If you think it's worthwhile, or not, email or comment and let me know. Spansion sues Samsung -- Memory chip maker Spansion, a Fujitsu and AMD joint venture, has decided...
- Blog posts 2008-11-22
- Tech Legal Week: Qualcomm, Broadcom, Apple, Yahoo, AA, Cisco, AMD, Intel, More
- Court upholds ruling that Qualcomm withheld patent info from standards body, but says comapny can still enforce its patents; Yahoo countersues American Airlines over charge that allowing others to buy search placement based on the comapny's name is trademark infringement; Hawaiian Telecom files for bankruptcy; ITC rules against Tessera in...
- Blog posts 2008-12-08
- Tech Law: Intel May Pull AMD License, Discovery Sues Amazon, More
- Intel threatens to pull AMD patent cross-licensing agreement; Nintendo beats patent challenge over analog joysticks; Discovery sues Amazon.com for alleged patent infringement by Kindle; Apple sends cease and desist letter to small company over trademark application; Psystar thumbs nose and releases another Mac clone model; and the SEC dropped its...
- Blog posts 2009-03-24
- Microsoft Injunction Appeal Heats Up
- As the date for Microsoft's appeal of the i4i patent infringement win and the court-ordered permanent injunction against selling infringing copies of Word, the briefs are flying and things are becoming clearer. One of those is that, should Microsoft lose, a lot of companies, indeed, might also be vulnerable to...
- Blog posts 2009-08-31
- Tech Law: Universal Loses Copyright Suit, Microsoft Sues Spammers, Dell Settles, More
- Veoh bests Universal's copyright infringement suit; an unknown company sues Apple, other online retailers for patent infringement; FCC supports net neutrality; Microsoft sues malvertisers; and Dell to pay $4 million to settle fraud and deceptive business charges in New York. by Erik Sherman
- Blog posts 2009-09-24
- Legal Tech Week: Rambus, SCO, Novell, Apple, Facebook, More
- Rambus gets a stock boost from patent case, but FTC asks Supreme Court to involve itself in an anti-competitive action against the company; EMG Technology is suing Apple for alleged patent infringement by its iPhone browser; the UK pulls Apple iPhone ad off the air; and Facebook spammer faces $873...
- Blog posts 2008-11-29
- Tech Law: Facebook Sued, RIM Settles, Mosaid Sues IBM, More
- RootZoo sues Facebook for click fraud; Mosaid sues IBM for patent infringement; TiVO wants nearly $1 billion from Echostar and Dish; Nvidia causes trouble for Rambus; two Taiwan LCD companies get EU paperwork in price fixing investigation; and RIM pays to settle patent suit with Visto. by Erik Sherman
- Blog posts 2009-07-20
- Microsoft Faces Permanent Injunction against Selling Word
- When my colleague Michael Hickins called, getting me to break away from some writing, and told me that the district court in the eastern Texas district granted a permanent injunction barring Microsoft from selling Word, I was sure he was kidding. Apparently not. In the patent infringement lawsuit that i4i...
- Blog posts 2009-08-12
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