Ooops. Remember, boys and girls, when you make a purchase, make sure that your “i"’s are dotted and your “t”s are crossed! In 2009, Apple bought the global rights to the name iPad from Shenzhen Proview Technology. Unfortunately for Apple, Chinese authorities say that those rights in China were never transferred. Proview’s now in deep … Read more
Nokia was hit with a class action lawsuit led by Robert Chmielinski in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York “on behalf of purchasers of Nokia securities between October 26, 2011 and April 10, 2012.” The suit charges Nokia and certain executives—CEO Stephen Elop and CFO Timo Ihamuotila—with violating the Securities … Read more
A few weeks ago, Microsoft paid $1.05 billion (USD) for approximately 925 of AOLs patents (and patent applications), acquired a license to the 300 AOL did not sell, and got some stock of an unnamed AOL subsidiary out of it. AOL gets to keep a license to the sold patents, as well. Microsoft has now … Read more