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EMG Sues Google Over Touch Screen Navigation Patent Updated: by

Yesterday, Santa Monica company EMG Technology, LLC filed a lawsuit against Google Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, alleging a patent violation. According to the complaint, Google's Chrome Mobile browser infringes on United States Patent No. 7,441,196, entitled "Apparatus and Method of Manipulating a…

Appeals Court Stays One of Two Preliminary Injunctions Against Samsung in Patent Case By Apple Updated: by

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has issued a temporary immediate stay on the preliminary injunction a federal judge issued on Tuesday against Samsung for the Galaxy Nexus. In a separate order, the court denied a motion for an immediate stay on the preliminary injunction for the…

Court Threatens to Sanction Ceglia, Again, in New Facebook Case Decision Updated: by

Today U.S. Magistrate Judge Leslie Foschio warned that the court is "more than suspicio[us] that" plaintiff Paul Ceglia" filed no less than five (5) motions against Facebook and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, in his lawsuit claiming a fifty-percent (50%) ownership of the company, "solely to unreasonably and vexatiously multiply the proceedings."…

Obamacare and a Year of Legal Commentary Updated: by

Tomorrow brings one of the most highly anticipated decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court in recent years: the ruling on the constitutionality of the health-care law that is arguably the crowning achievement of President Obama's first term in office. Incidentally, tomorrow also marks the one-year anniversary of the launch of…

Republicans Target President Obama’s Immigration Policy Updated: by

Last week, Representative Benjamin Quayle (R-AZ) introduced the Prohibiting Back-door Amnesty Act. The Act seeks to nullify President Obama’s recent immigration policy change by rescinding various memoranda and directives that call for the exercise of prosecutorial discretion in not pursuing undocumented children. A separate bill introduced by Representative Michael C.…

More Google Cookie Placement Suits Consolidated After Ruling by Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation Updated: by

Several privacy lawsuits against Google, Inc. have been consolidated in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware following a ruling by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML). In In Re: Google Inc. Cookie Placement Consumer Privacy Litigation, the JPML found that "eight actions involve common questions of…

Apple Seeks to Withdraw Kodak Patent Dispute From Bankruptcy Court Updated: by

Lane V. Erickson/Shutterstock.comIn Eastman Kodak Company v. Apple Inc. et al, filed in the Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York, Apple has asked the court to withdraw the adversarial proceeding that Kodak initiated in bankruptcy court. Apple argues in its brief that Kodak’s bankruptcy proceeding would…

InNova Patent Licensing, LLC Sues Facebook Over Email Patent Updated: by

InNova Patent Licensing, LLC has filed a lawsuit against Facebook in the Eastern District of Texas for patent infringement. According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the patent (6,018,761) is a “system for adding to electronic mail messages information obtained from sources external to the electronic mail transport process.”…

President Obama Declines to Deport Undocumented Children Updated: by

Last week, President Obama announced a change in his administration's immigration policy regarding undocumented children. With an appeal to fairness and financial considerations, President Obama directed the Department of Homeland Security to focus its efforts to deport those who pose a threat to public safety or national security instead of…