Yahoo doesn't like Facebook anymore. The search engine has defriended the social networking giant and threatened to sue over patents that Facebook has been using without paying the necessary licensing fees. Yahoo set a precedent for internet company patent claims after successfully suing Google in 2004.
Internet giant Yahoo could throw a wrench into Facebook’s planned $5 billion IPO by demanding that the social-networking company enter into patent licensing agreements.
Yahoo has demanded licensing fees from Facebook for use of its technology, the companies said on Monday, potentially engulfing social media in the patent battles and lawsuits raging across much of the tech sector.
Yahoo has threatened Facebook with legal action if the two Silicon Valley giants can't agree on licensing of technologies covered by patents on which Yahoo says Facebook is infringing.
Shares of Apple rose more than $6 Friday to $522.41 despite a lawsuit by a Chinese company alleging it had used “false statements” to obtain rights to the name iPad.
Apple’s directors dodged the question of what to do with nearly $98 billion in cash and investments that’s waiting to be used. Here's what they could buy.
Microsoft Corp has asked EU antitrust regulators to intervene in a patent dispute with Google Inc and Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc as it stepped up its battle against Google.
After much speculation, reports have confirmed that Jeremy Lin will be receiving his own signature shoe after signing a contract extension with Nike.
The New York Knicks' new star point guard Jeremy Lin recently applied to trademark Linsanity several days after two California men each filed separate ones, attempting to cash in on the fervor surrounding Lin and his vernacularly adaptable name.
After clamoring for the number one spot when it came to endorsing Facebook’s initial public offering in the beginning of the month, Goldman Sachs lost to Morgan Stanley, and placed fourth among U.S. financial rivals. Although it wasn’t chosen as the social-networking giant’s main supporter, Goldman Sachs and Facebook may have more in common than some think. In the past week, both companies claimed victories in intellectual property lawsuits, according to BusinessWeek.
Apple Inc's trademark battle moves to one of China's richest cities on Wednesday when a Shanghai court will deliberate a request by troubled technology company Proview to halt the sale of iPads across the city.
Glenn Mangham, a 26-year-old software development student from Cornlands Road, York in Great Britain, was sentenced to eight months in jail after he admitted hacking into Facebook from his bedroom in his parents' house between April and May 2011.
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping said on Friday the Chinese economy would experience stable growth and avoid a hard landing this year, dispelling a scenario economists fear may upset the global economy.
The hacker group Anonymous took down a number of U.S. government websites early Friday in a fresh protest against the looming Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.
Xi Jinping, Vice President of the People's Republic of China, will be courtside as the Lakers play the Suns at the Los Angeles Staples Center on Friday. But this self-proclaimed fan of American basketball has little to say about international phenomenon Jeremy Lin.
iPad 3, Apple's next generation tablet, is expected to be unveiled in March and the excitement among Apple fans has touched a fever pitch. However, the trademark dispute between the tech giant and Proview Technology, over the name iPad could pour cold water on the excitement as it could force Apple to delay the release of iPad 3 till the matter is solved, a reliable source informed Tech & Trend.
President Barack Obama traveled to California on Wednesday for the first time since anti-piracy legislation pitting Hollywood against the tech sector got derailed, ramping up his election-year fundraising with events courting both dueling industries.
Rising costs, an uncertain regulatory environment and intellectual property rights violations are among the top challenges for U.S. companies in China, a survey showed.
The Obama administration on Monday proposed hiring more prosecutors to pursue intellectual property crimes in the new budget as the entertainment industry pressures the Justice Department to crack down on copyright infringement and counterfeiting.
Google Inc won unconditional EU regulatory approval on Monday for its planned $12.5 billion purchase of mobile handset maker Motorola Mobility.
Google Inc. won unconditional EU regulatory approval on Monday for its planned $12.5 billion purchase of mobile handset maker Motorola Mobility.
Tens of thousands of protesters took part in rallies across Europe on Saturday against an international Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement they fear will curb their freedom to download movies and music for free and encourage Internet surveillance by governments.
