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Viacom, YouTube Make Their Case: Read Their Secret Papers Here

in Media on March 18, 2010 at 10:15 am PT

And we’re off! Court filings in the YouTube-Viacom suit were just unsealed and we can finally read them for ourselves. Settle in–this will take a while.

Apple Taking OPTi to the Mat

in News on December 8, 2009 at 12:52 pm PT

If OPTi’s intellectual property lawsuit against Apple is truly the foundation of the company’s licensing strategy, then OPTi best prepare for its strategy to be shaken. Apple is appealing a recent court decision that found it guilty of infringing OPTi’s patents, and the $21.7 million in damages and prejudgment interest that accompanied it.
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Dish’s Tivo Bill: $328 Million and Counting

in Media on November 9, 2009 at 6:27 am PT

You think you’re paying too much for cable TV? Check out this nugget, buried in satellite TV provider Dish Networks’ quarterly filing: The company has spent $328 million in its legal battle against Tivo this year, and that bill could keep growing.