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Supreme Court Appears Unlikely to Radically Change Software Patent Law
U.S. Supreme Court justices stepped gingerly into a raging debate over computer software on Monday, voicing concerns about vaguely defined patents but signaling they would avoid any radical change to ...
Supreme Court Preview: Is Software Eligible for Patent Protection?
The U.S. Supreme Court will on Monday delve into the hotly contested question of when software is eligible for patent protection. The nine justices will hear a one-hour oral argument in a case of ...
Arizona Bill Amendment Addresses Ridesharing Insurance
Arizona has joined a number of states debating how to regulate so-called ridesharing programs that have popped up around the country and riled traditional taxi and limousine establishments. An ...
Analysts Sees GM Creating $3B Fund for Ignition-Switch Claims
General Motors Co. will probably create a fund of as much as $3 billion to pay claims associated with an ignition-switch flaw the automaker said is linked to the deaths of 12 people, a Barclays ...
Judge Refuses to Dismiss $1.2B ‘Pink Slime’ Defamation Suit
A South Dakota judge on Thursday refused to throw out a defamation lawsuit against ABC related to its coverage of a meat product called lean, finely textured beef, which critics have dubbed "pink ...
MF Global Alleges ‘Erroneous Accounting Advice’ in $1B Suit Against PwC
MF Global Holdings Ltd., which filed for bankruptcy after a failed $6.3 billion bet on bonds of some of Europe's most indebted nations, sued PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for $1 billion, alleging ...
Malaysian Crew Family Member Seeks Illinois Court’s Help to Prep Lawsuit
The husband of a crew member of missing Malaysian Air Flight 370 asked a state court in Illinois to order Boeing Co. and the airline to turn over data and documents to assist in preparation for a ...
Seacrest’s Typo Probably Infringing on BlackBerry Patent, Judge Says
BlackBerry Ltd. won a court order barring Ryan Seacrest's Typo Products LLC from selling a $99 iPhone case after convincing a judge that Typo is probably infringing its patents. U.S. District Judge ...