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Apple Suffers ‘Pinch-to-Zoom’ Patent Setback

Apple has suffered a noteworthy setback after the US Patent Office invalidated its "pinch-to-zoom" patent

Oracle could withdraw three patents "with prejudice" to bring forward trial date

Google has confirmed it has purchased seven pending search patents from defunct challenger Cuil

Mac

Google continues its attempts to shore up Android with the purchase of 1,023 patents from IBM

Google has lost out to a consortium including Microsoft, Apple and RIM for important Nortel patents

Legal

Eight people have been chosen as the jury for the legal tussle between Oracle and SAP, in which the latter stands accused of IP piracy

Legal

A German decision has gone against EU policy and advice from open source experts, making software patentable

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Documentary being made freely available online while New Zealand mulls software patent ban