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#1. Obama Grants Reprieve to Apple…and why it matters.
An ongoing story, the editors at Bloomberg report on the
effects of President Obama’s granting a reprieve to Apple. ON August 1, Susan
Decker and Peter Burrows reported
that Apple was seeking a reprieve from President Obama to allow the company to
continue selling versions of its iPhone4 and iPad2 in the United States. The
reprieve was granted and Bloomberg
reports that Samsumg’s market value dropped by over $1 billion.
#2. Google wins Patent Battle over Predetermined
“UnLocking” Patterns
Don
Reisinger for CNET describes, in a recent
report, how Google’s “Alternative Unlocking Patterns” are different from
other technologies. “Currently, software allows for different unlocking
patterns, but all they do is open up the handset's software. Google's
technology would unlock the device and bring people to a certain place within
the software.”
#3. Raymond T. Chen Affirmed as Newest Justice on US
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Gene
Quinn at IPWatchdog reports
on the newest Justice. Justice Chen was formerly the Deputy General Counsel for
Intellectual Property Law and Solicitor at the United States Patent and
Trademark Office.
#4. Cadbury and Nestle have a Row over KitKat Design
The crunchy confection beloved by chocolate enthusiasts
around the world has a dicey future after the IPO ruled the bars distinctive
shape could not be trademarked in the UK. James
Tozer, reporting for the UK’s Daily Mail Online,
explains that a real
tricky legal situation arises becauset the distinctive KitKat design is
already trademarked at the EU level.
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