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Facebook Earned $2.8 Million in a Lawsuit Against Typosquatters

By Jan Paul Ronaldo Manching, on May 2nd, 2013%

Facebook recently faced a trial against typosquatters and earned victory. For those not familiar with the word “typosquatters”, they are people who are using names close to a popular name that possibly cause a confusion. In the lawsuit with Facebook, they are people who are registering domain names that are very close to a very popular site causing confusion to users and make money from it.

The Northern California District court ruled giving the win to the popular social networking site. Through this decision, Facebook earned a significant amount costing up to $2.8 million and takes . . . → Read More: Facebook Earned $2.8 Million in a Lawsuit Against Typosquatters

Chief Patent Lawyer of Apple Exits

By Maria Joyce Cabilao, on July 13th, 2011%

According to a reliable source, the top copyright lawyer of Apple will shortly exit the Cupertinian mothership. The question arises, as is normal with such high-profile departures: did he jump, or was he pushed?

The forthcoming departure of Richard “Chip” Lutton was reported on Tuesday by Reuters, quoting the ever-loquacious “sources familiar with the situation.”

If Reuters is right and Lutton is, certainly, about to disappear, a fight can be made that he might have been an injured party of current copyright-violation settlement of Apple with Nokia, the ending of a copyright battle that . . . → Read More: Chief Patent Lawyer of Apple Exits

Apple Patent Claim Gets Discarded by HTC

By Jharma Mulchandani, on July 12th, 2011%

Primary smartphone manufacturer of Taiwan HTC released new copyright violation claims by US huge Apple as the official fight among the competitors rose.

Apple filed a protest versus HTC with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) which is by now reviewed three other arguments among the two or five cases connected to technology used in the iPad and iPhone.

It has as well wedged a suit in a US District Court in Delaware.

Grace Lei, HTC general counsel said, “HTC is disappointed at Apple’s constant attempts at litigations instead of competing fairly . . . → Read More: Apple Patent Claim Gets Discarded by HTC