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Philippine government proposes new IPR laws
News Facing mounting piracy, country unveils set of proposed rules to facilitate faster and more efficient resolution of court cases involving intellectual property rights.
Tags: Copyright, Lawsuits, Piracy, Chief Justice, Conference, Business Software Alliance, Philippines, IP, Intellectual Property Right, Government
Park right expertise to stay e-legal
News Firms need to pull expert resources into dedicated team to comply with digital forensics requests, says consultant, who outlines common pitfalls they should avoid.
Tags: Data Management, Legal, IT project management, IT Governance, E-discovery, Asia, Backup, IT Manager, Singapore, QA
As crunch bites, don't neglect the logs
Insight Managing log files may seem like a mundane issue but doing it well tightens data security and boosts compliance efforts, says Quocirca analyst.
Tags: Business security, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Data security, Security, Organization, Electronics, PCI, Fran Howarth, compliance
Singapore blazes into e-discovery of evidence
Blogs The Singapore courts operate the dispute resolution mechanism by the application of the Rules of Court, as well as vario...
Skype legal settlement clears path for expansion
News Skype's change of ownership will allow company to return its focus to implementing new features and finding new ways to make money.
Tags: Lawsuits, VoIP/IP telephony, VoIP, Founder, Marc Andreessen, Joost, Lawsuits, Joltid, Andreessen Horowitz, Acquisition
Skype aims to avoid shutdown with new tech
News eBay-owned VoIP firm is trying to develop new P2P technology to replace that which might be taken away in a legal dispute with Skype's founders.
Tags: Corporate communications, Business applications, Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., IP Telephony, P2P, founder, litigation, SEC, Internet
Apple gets multitouch patent
News The company has been awarded a patent for multitouch touchscreen technology, versions of which are used in systems from competitors such as Palm and Microsoft.
Tags: Patents, Handhelds, Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Patent, patent litigation, Microsoft Windows 7, profit margin, Multitouch Functionality, intellectual property
US court sides with Microsoft in Alcatel-Lucent case
News A federal appeals court says Microsoft does not have to pay damages in a long-running patent case over the MP3 music format.
Tags: Legal, Patents, Microsoft Corp., Patent, Alcatel, general counsel, MP3 music, litigation, Lucent Technologies Inc., blog
Open-source leaders see Microsoft-TomTom suit as a threat
News Community pushing open and free software prepares to defend itself in light of Microsoft's "antagonistic" litigation involving Linux.
Tags: Patents, Lawsuits, Open source, Microsoft Corp., Patent, Open-source Software, TomTom, open-source leader, software, Linux Community
Microsoft, TomTom settle patent dispute
News The pair reach deal, where TomTom will pay Microsoft for patent protection related to patents that Microsoft claimed were infringed by TomTom's use of the Linux kernel.
Tags: Open source, Microsoft Corp., Patent, GPL, TomTom, intellectual property, litigation, Linux, agreement, Open source
Samsung and InterDigital reach 3G, 2G settlement
News Under the settlement agreement, Samsung will receive an InterDigital license to use its technology in all of Samsung's 3G related products through 2012.
Tags: 3G (Third Generation), Settlement, 2G, wireless technology provider, technology provider, payment, 3G, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., W-CDMA, litigation
Intel files US$50M suit against insurance firm
News Lawsuit follows American Guarantee and Liability Insurance's failure to pay for Intel's legal defense related to antitrust lawsuits.
Tags: Antitrust, Lawsuits, Mobile processors, Processors, Insurance Company, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Chip, Chip Company, Lawsuit
Oracle ordered to name settlement price in SAP lawsuit
News U.S. federal judge orders Oracle to give a specific dollar amount in lawsuit over handling of third-party data for ex-Oracle customers who switched over to its archrival.
Tags: Business applications, Legal, Lawsuits, SAP AG, Conference, Lawsuit, Judge, News.com, Oracle Corp., litigation
Streetdirectory.com gets new owner
News JobsDB acquires the Singapore mapping portal, develops new maps and adds recruitment-friendly features.
Tags: Acquisitions, Web sites, Web 2.0, Advertisement, chairman, job applicant, satellite image, financial, job, network
Four reasons to validate your backup processes
Techguide Proper data backup design and periodic testing provide the most valuable information about backup process issues.
Tags: Security, Enterprise risk management, Data backup, disaster recovery, Disaster recovery, Disaster Recovery, Backup, Database, Storage, Tape, Backup Solution
