Yahoo’s Mayer Has Met with Hulu Execs in a Preliminary Look-See at Premium Video Unit

How much is the Silicon Valley Internet giant willing to spend on turbocharging its video prospects?
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EU Presses Motorola Mobility Over Patent Licensing

The EU has become a key market where tech giants are slugging it out over patents.

Tech Stocks Slump as Earnings Season Approaches

Down market alert!
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Google Shares Dip as Microsoft Strikes Licensing Deal With Hon Hai

Google gets dealt another blow in its ongoing struggles with Microsoft’s patent infringement claims.
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Hulu Isn’t for Sale — Yet. But Buyers Are Asking …

A corporate video re-run.
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Cisco Systems Wins Patent Suit; VirnetX Shares Plunge

A federal jury in Texas sided Thursday with Cisco Systems Inc. in a patent-infringement case brought by VirnetX Holding Corp., sending shares of the patent-holding company down 28 percent.

Cut the Rope Creator ZeptoLab Plans Four New Games in 2013, TV Show in 2014

“Merchandising, merchandising! Where the real money from the [hit mobile game] is made.”
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Via Licensing Adds Two More to LTE Patent Pool, but Big Names Still Missing

China Mobile and Deutsche Telekom are contributing their patents to the licensing effort, but big names such as Ericsson and Qualcomm still aren’t on the list.
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Cisco’s Patent Counterattack Fails

A federal judge in Chicago has dismissed legal claims filed by Cisco Systems Inc. against a licensing company, in a decision that dims the network-equipment maker’s hopes of turning the table on so-called patent trolls.

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Betable Hooks Up With Canada’s Frima Studio to Provide Real-Money Gaming Support

Gaming monetization platform Betable announced Monday that it will begin working with Frima Studio, one of Canada’s largest independent gaming studios, bringing real-money gaming to a number of the company’s titles. Instead of Frima getting its own series of gambling licenses — an arduous and somewhat time-consuming process — Frima is able to utilize Betable’s existing licenses, expediting the entire process and letting the studio push out real-money titles faster. Frima’s new games will come from 3OAK, its new division devoted to real-money titles.

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