Top U.S. Court Clears Way for More Patent Challenges (Update1)
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| The U.S. Supreme Court made it easier to challenge patents for
| failing to introduce genuine innovations, siding with Intel Corp.
| and Cisco Systems Inc. and dealing a setback to the drug and
| biotechnology industries.
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| The gas-pedal case concerned claims that a patent was invalid because it
| simply combined prior inventions.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aHigP6BkC8pE&refer=home
Yahoo! Defeats Sony BMG Infringement Suit
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| A federal jury in New York decided late today that Yahoo!'s Launchcast
| is not liable to Sony BMG Music Entertainment for copyright infringement.
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http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i1043e7ff720693e99fffbf2b11a8c44d
New law could save internet radio
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| "You can't put an economic chokehold on this emerging force of
| democracy," Inslee said, according to CNet News. "There has to
| be a business model that allows creative webcasters to thrive
| and the existing rule removes all the oxygen from this space."
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/30/internet_radio_law/
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