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This American Life: Intellectual Ventures got 90% of ongoing profits even after selling patent
Authored by: JamesK on Monday, June 03 2013 @ 12:03 PM EDT
Perhaps their name should be "Intellectual Vultures".

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Apple owes France $6.5 million in unpaid taxes
Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, June 03 2013 @ 12:40 PM EDT
CNet Link

SACEM, a French society that controls royalties paid to authors, composers, and publishers, said on Friday that Apple owes 5 million euros ($6.5 million) in royalty taxes from iPads sold in France in 2011. The tax, known in France as a copie privee, is levied against all vendors of digital devices that use copyrighted content, according to French blog site The Rude Baguette.

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SCOTUS Police can take DNA samples.
Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, June 03 2013 @ 01:25 PM EDT
This just in. SCOTUS says police can take DNA samples when they book people. Suprisingly Breyer voted they can and Scalia voted they can't. MouseTheLuckyDog

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Using the Antitrust Laws to Police Patent Privateering
Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, June 03 2013 @ 02:06 PM EDT
From PJ's comments:

"Doesn't Microsoft know how to compete without antitrust issues coming to
stage front, center?"

No.

"They should put some of this wonderful energy into making better phones
and tablets, methinks, instead."

Even if they did that, their reputation is so bad that the new products wouldn't
be financially successful. You reap what you sow.

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This American Life on Intellectual Ventures
Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, June 03 2013 @ 04:25 PM EDT
I couldn't listen to the piece for an hour last night -- fell asleep.

Is there any smoking gun showing that Microsoft, Balmer, or Gates (or Buffet)
funded Intellectual Ventures.

I suspect that Intellectual Ventures is yet another way to attack FOSS by using

a beard. I.e. it would be too easy for Nathan Myrvold to strike a deal with his

former employer to fund his patent trolling venture, as long as some of the
patent trolling was assured to strike Microsoft's competitors.

I ask, has Intellectual Ventures ever sued or settled with Microsoft, or is
there
a blanket protection in place. "Inquiring minds want to know."

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NY: A Cup Is at the Heart of a Trademark Dispute
Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, June 03 2013 @ 04:36 PM EDT
Link

Then, last month, came the letter from agents for the state’s Department of Economic Development. It said, “Everyman Espresso’s unauthorized and confusingly similar use of the I ♥ NY® logo” violated federal trademark law and implied “a misleading designation of source, origin, endorsement, sponsorship or approval by the New York State Department of Economic Development of your merchandise.”

Madness.

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Prenda Law: It seems John Steele himself uploaded the porn movies
Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, June 03 2013 @ 04:56 PM EDT
Link

The work builds on some earlier research that Syfert has put out exploring how many of the Prenda-related films seemed to have been initially offered on The Pirate Bay via the same user: sharkmp4. For all the mocking that people have made concerning Prenda's "forensic" investigations into those they accuse of infringement (i.e., finding an IP address and not much else), Neville shows you how an actual investigation is done. You should read the whole thing for the layers upon layers of evidence that all seem to point the finger at John Steele.

The wheel is grinding

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