Nextdoor Lawsuit Alleging VCs Stole Local Social Network Idea Is Dismissed

A lawsuit against Benchmark Capital and its portfolio company Nextdoor — filed by a founder claiming they stole his name and idea for a start-up — was dropped on Tuesday.
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Oracle to Court: Let’s Try SAP Again

Unhappy with a judge’s ruling that slashed a judgement from $1.3 billion to $272 million, Oracle says it wants a new copyright infringement trial against rival SAP.
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Filing: Without Itanium Chip, HP Is “Strategically Screwed”

But in HP’s view, Oracle sought to blow up its rival’s Business Critical Server business and lure customers to its Sun servers.
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U.S. Patent Office Leaves Some Coal in Oracle’s Stocking

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has reexamined and rejected a patent at issue in Oracle’s fight with Google over the use of Java in the Android mobile operating system.
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Ruling in HTC-Apple Patent Case Delayed Again

HTC said today that the U.S. International Trade Commission had again delayed its ruling on a smartphone patent case brought against the company by Apple. The ruling was initially set to come down on Dec. 6, then rescheduled for today. Now it’s due on Monday.

Hewlett-Packard General Counsel Holston Is Out

What, right in the middle of a lawsuit with Oracle?
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Oracle Accuses HP of “Campaign of Secrecy and Deception” Over Itanium

The legal fight between Oracle and HP over the Itanium chip just got a little nastier.
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Samsung Gets a Win in Apple War

Samsung Electronics Co. won a significant victory Wednesday in its global tablet war with Apple Inc., as a panel of judges lifted a temporary ban on sales of its devices in Australia.

Cisco to HP: Please Stop Suing Those Employees We Poach

Cisco’s general counsel asks Hewlett-Packard to quit suing its own ex-employees who want to work for Cisco. But aggressive lawyers are suing ex-employees all the time.
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HP’s Itanium Business Is Like “Remake of ‘Weekend At Bernie’s’”

In a new filing in the Itanium lawsuit, Oracle accuses Hewlett-Packard and Intel of a secret plan “to keep a dead microprocessor alive.”
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