Fri, May 11, 2012 - For the second time in two weeks a court in Mannheim, Germany, has agreed to wait while Samsung challenges Apple's intellectual property

Thu, May 10, 2012 - Software giant is seeking huge back-fees from companies for claimed indirect access violations, analyst says

Wed, May 09, 2012 - Oracle was dealt a minor setback in its lawsuit against Google on Wednesday when a judge denied its motion to toss out one of Google's key defenses against copyright infringement.

Tue, May 08, 2012 - The partial verdict jurors reached was just the end of round one in a three-round bout between Google and Oracle.

Thu, May 03, 2012 - A group representing authors in a copyright case slammed Google in court on Thursday, saying the company's book-scanning project has hurt millions of authors whose works have been digitized.

Thu, April 26, 2012 - Apple chief executive Tim Cook would rather settle lawsuits than fight them in court, but he isn't about to let the world take a free ride on his company's smarts.

Tue, April 24, 2012 - Black hat hackers that penetrate your organization and steal sensitive information like customers' credit card data are a serious threat. But nation-state-sponsored hackers after the intellectual property that makes your business competitive could be an even larger threat.

Tue, April 17, 2012 - Oracle considered buying Palm and BlackBerry maker Research In Motion as part of an aborted effort to build its own smartphone, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said in court Tuesday.

Tue, April 17, 2012 - Google built Android using parts of Java that didn't require a license and it had the full support of Sun Microsystems in doing so, a lawyer for Google said in court Tuesday.

Mon, April 16, 2012 - Oracle and Google kicked off a high-stakes jury trial in San Francisco on Monday, with Oracle arguing that Google ran roughshod over its intellectual property rights because the search giant was scared of getting left behind in the mobile advertising business.

Mon, April 09, 2012 - AOL will continue to hold a significant patent portfolio of over 300 patents

Thu, April 05, 2012 - Some of the largest names in the tech industry are funding patent "trolls," for protection from lawsuits and for access to the patent pool.

Thu, April 05, 2012 - It's not just coincidence that so many companies lately are filing patent lawsuits in Germany

Thu, March 15, 2012 - Apple, Microsoft and a handful of other tech companies are now free to license $4.5 billion in patents they bought at auction last year from bankrupt Nortel, which could open up a can of worms for companies using technology covered by the patents.