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Commil USA Wins $3.7 Million Patent Verdict Against Cisco Systems
MARSHALL, Texas, May 18 — The Dallas law firm of Sayles Werbner is announcing a $3.7 million patent…

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Microsoft to pay VirnetX 200 million dollars in patent case
Microsoft will pay VirnetX Holding Corp. 200 million dollars to settle patent infringement cases brought against the US software giant, the companies announced on Monday.

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TEOCO Announces Issuing Of XTrak Patent
TEOCO, the leading provider of network cost optimization solutions to communications service providers worldwide, is proud to announce that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued TEOCO a patent for their XTrak technology. read more

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Rep. Lofgren sponsors bill to raise patent fees
Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-San Jose, hopes to break a lengthy impasse over patent reform by co-sponsoring a bill that would provide more money for the agency that reviews inventions before tackling more controversial proposals to change the rules that govern… Patent – Law – Intellectual property – Zoe Lofgren – Services

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Lorus Therapeutics Announces Patent Allowance for Lead Small Molecule Drugs
Lorus Therapeutics Inc. (TSX: LOR)(OTCBB: LRUSF) (“Lorus”), a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the discovery, research and development of pharmaceutical products and technologies for the management of cancer, today announced the allowance of its first patent in China for novel drug candidates from Lorus’ small molecule program. read more

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From Russia With Love – Cover Art Competition
Back in January, MI6 asked fans and graphic artists of the James Bond forums, Keeping the British End Up , to design a jacket for Ian Fleming ’s James Bond novel ” From Russia With Love “. The requirements were that it included the title and author, the images used were original or copyright free, and the cover did not incorporate elements from the EON Productions’ films.

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Kindle for Android due this summer
It’s more surprising that it took this long than that Amazon’s reader app is coming to Google’s mobile OS.

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The autobiography of Alice B Toklas
In 1907 Alice B Toklas moves in with Gertrude Stein at Rue de Fleurus. Due to copyright restrictions this reading is not available as a podcast

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Calls for new broadband minister
Amidst calls to speed up the process, the coalition government tells BBC News it could appoint a broadband minister “later this week”.

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As expected, The Pirate Bay returns
Whoever’s operating the BitTorrent search engine now pokes fun at attempts by the entertainment industry to take down the site–and keep it down.

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