A number of recent acquisitions have vastly expanded the resources of open source projects. This, coupled with the decision, may inspire open source copyright holders to aggressively pursue litigation with the possibility of injunctive relief as a remedy for infringement.
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Investors both private and public are getting batted around by the economy, but someone forgot to tell Hewlett-Packard. HP’s strict cost diet and the company’s acquisition of Electronic Data Systems lead to a rosy fourth quarter outlook that surprised Wall Street and sent its shares up.
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VIENNA, Austria - A United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) tribunal on Sept. 2 ordered suspension of payment by a Russian-invested mining company of a windfall profit tax to the Government of Mongolia and required the company to provide “gradually increasing security” to the government pending a final award (Sergei Paushok, et al. and Government of Mongolia, UNCITRAL).
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NEWARK, N.J. - Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. and the plaintiffs accusing it and others of bid rigging and contingent commission agreements presented arguments to the insurance brokerage antitrust multidistrict litigation judge on Nov. 10 regarding the $69 million settlement offer from the Marsh defendants (In Re Insurance Brokerage Antitrust Litigation, No. 04-5184; In Re Employee-Benefit Insurance Brokerage Antitrust Litigation, No. 05-1079, D. N.J.; See August 2008, Page 4).
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. - The evidence was sufficient to support the convictions of an Indiana man and his mother on charges of mail fraud and conspiracy to commit mail fraud related to insurance losses on three different vehicles purchased by the son in the mother’s name, then sold to her daughter-in-law for inflated prices, a Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel held Oct. 14, affirming their convictions and finding no error requiring a new trial (United States v. Essie Jackson and Joe Jackson, Nos. 07-1449 & 07-1577, 7th Cir.; 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 21503).
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SAN FRANCISCO - California’s unfair competition law (UCL) can apply to nonresidents who allegedly were not paid overtime for work done in the state but does not apply to nonresidents for alleged violation of federal law outside the state, a federal appeals court held Nov. 6 (Donald Sullivan; Deanna Evich, Richard Burkow v. Oracle Corp., Oracle University, No. 06-56649, 9th Cir.).
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - A New Jersey state court jury on Oct. 19 awarded $12,895,500 to three plaintiffs who claim that their inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) was caused by Hoffman-La Roche Inc.’s acne drug Accutane (Kelly Mace v. Hoffman-La Roche Inc., et al., No. ATL-L-199-05 MT, Jordan Speisman v. Hoffman-La Roche Inc., et al., No. ATL-L-196–05 MT, Lance Sager v. Hoffman-La Roche Inc., et al., No. ATL-L-197-05 MT, N.J. Super., Atlantic Co.).
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