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• Apple v Samsung case set for 8 March

  An official early final hearing date has been set in the Federal Court for the case brought against Apple by Samsung, in which the latter is seeking to ban the sale of the iPhone 4S in Australia.

• FST files patent case against MS, CDW

  Australian financial software firm FST has filed patent violation charges in a US court against Microsoft and IT reseller CDW Corporation

• What the America Invents Act means for the small inventor

  On Sept. 16 <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/091611-obama-signs-patent-overhaul-250976.html">President Obama signed</a> the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (the "America Invents Act") into law, ushering in the most significant changes to the U.S. patent system in decades.

• MS-Samsung patent deal: Great news for Windows Phones

  The success of Samsung's Galaxy S Android phones just became a cash cow for Microsoft, thanks to a patent cross-licensing agreement in which Microsoft gets paid for every Android phone or tablet Samsung sells.

• Imdex appeal in patent case rejected

  An appeals court has declined a request from drilling services company Imdex (ASX:IMD) to revisit a patent violation claim against two rivals

• ipernica 1H loss shrinks 19%

  Technology company ipernica (ASX:IPR), operator of the nearmap.com aerial mapping service, has reported a 19% smaller net loss of $3.5m for 1H11

• MGM Wireless beats own profit forecast

  School SMS services provider MGM Wireless (ASX:MWR) exceeded its own estimates with a 1H profit of $45k, from revenue of $1.2m

• MGM Wireless wins global patent

  School SMS services provider MGM Wireless (ASX:MWR) has secured a patent from the World Intellectual Property Office for the technology behind its School News Channel platform

• FST-Oracle lawsuit settled: ipernica

  Technology and IP commercialisation company (ASX:IPR) has announced the settlement of a patent violation lawsuit it had been helping to fight for Melbourne's FST against Oracle

• IBM snares 5,896 patents, Apple debuts among top 50 patent winners

  IBM earned more U.S. patents in 2010 than any other company, topping the list of patent winners for the 18th year in a row.

• Software patents hurt everyone, but especially SMBs

  Software patents have figured prominently in the news in recent weeks, thanks not just to Oracle's attack on Google but also--more recently--to Paul Allen's breathtaking multi-victim onslaught.

• Microsoft won't stop .Net on Android

  Oracle's patent and copyright lawsuit against Google for its use of Java in Android won't be repeated by Microsoft if .Net is used on the Linux-based mobile operating system instead.

• Creation of common EU patent system faces legal setback

  The European Court of Justice looks set to derail plans for a common patent system across the European Union. The court's Advocate General believes that a centralized patent is "incompatible with the treaties" that created the E.U., according to a leaked document.

• Ghost of Sun's Schwartz chides Oracle's Google lawsuit

  Oracle's recent patent infringement lawsuit against Google around the way its Android operating system uses Java is contradictory to the apparent joy of former Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz in a blog post three years ago still hosted by Oracle.

• US trade agency to investigate Apple's patent complaint

  The U.S. International Trade Commission will investigate complaints by Apple that Eastman Kodak violated its patents related to digital imaging devices and software, the latest dispute in a long-standing patent skirmish between the two companies.