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Cellular Antics: Nokia and Apple Lawyer Up

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They have been negotiating for a couple of years over licenses based on Nokia’s claim that Apple has appropriated Nokia technology for the iPhone. Now it looks as if negotiations are either breaking down or being taken to a higher level. First, Nokia sued Apple. Now Apple is suing Nokia. The Guardian reports: In October, […]

The Little Birdies Can Still Sing

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“Tweet, tweet-tweet, tweet-tweet,” without paying royalties. The Guardian reports that Twitter’s attempt to trademark the word, tweet, has failed, not because the idea is silly, but because someone beat them to it with . Twitter applied to the US patent and trademark office last month for ownership of the word but the request was provisionally […]