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Some prominent scientists, including the inventor of JavaScript, are backing Google in its court battle with Oracle
Google caused confusion with talk of patents, but it turns out company's VP8 video codec is safe for open source use
High-profile panel suggests major escalation in war on intellectual property thieves. Guess who's behind this lunacy
'What the hell are these guys thinking?' asks one critic, after panel suggests that enterprises cripple PCs with extortion-style lock-outs
Rackspace, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and more support Sen. John Cornyn's proposed Patent Abuse Reduction Act
Apple wants to add the Galaxy S4 to a U.S. lawsuit that was filed in February 2012
Google/MPEG-LA deal showed promise, but Google's requirement for user licenses may bring a backlash
But an EFF lawyer says the federal circuit's patent ruling doesn't provide much new guidance
Backed by new allies, content cartel revives specter of digital rights management in a battle over emerging HTML5 standards
CERN first made available the Web's source code 20 years ago. We can still learn from that spirit of openness today