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With one subtle stroke, the Judicial Conference of the United States retires an old rule -- and denies patent trolls a major weapon
If Supreme Court weighs in on the extent to which APIs can be protected by copyright, it could have a big impact on developers' ability to innovate in software
The Open Invention Network grows dramatically despite a Supreme Court decision that dealt patent trolls a mortal blow
The wheels of justice spin slowly, but they seem finally to be running software patents out of town
A lower court made mistakes in defining the value of the patented technology asserted by VirnetX, an appeals court says
Samsung had good reason to think the patent invalid, Judge Lucy Koh said
The court also denied most of Apple's other motions
Nvidia says seven of its GPU patents were infringed, opening a new front in the patent wars
Apple is looking for at least $6.46 per Samsung product that infringes on three patents
Apple will appeal an order that denied the ban