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      <title><![CDATA[Salesforce.com inks license deal for access to nearly 40,000 patents ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Intellectual Vendors, which invests in and works with investors and technology businesses to drive innovation and invention, owns the rights to a portfolio of nearly 40,000 patents.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 23:19:05 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Nokia steps up patent suit against HTC, targets HTC One]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Nokia adds another prong to its attack on Taiwanese handset maker HTC. ]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 16:14:05 +0000]]></pubDate>
      <media:credit role="author"><![CDATA[Liam Tung]]></media:credit>
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      <category domain="http://www.zdnet.com/topic-nokia/">Nokia</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[ITC clears Microsoft of Google's Xbox patent violation claims ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. International Trade commission said Microsoft is free to continue to import Xboxes, after clearing the company of Google's patent violation claims.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 05:56:04 +0000]]></pubDate>
      <media:credit role="author"><![CDATA[Mary Jo Foley]]></media:credit>
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      <category domain="http://www.zdnet.com/topic-google/">Google</category>
      <category domain="http://www.zdnet.com/topic-legal/">Legal</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Twitter lets patent inventors veto offensive litigation]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Twitter has applied its new innovator's agreement for the first time to a patent on a 'pull down to refresh trigger'.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 19:14:05 +0000]]></pubDate>
      <media:credit role="author"><![CDATA[Liam Tung]]></media:credit>
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      <title><![CDATA[Apple plans to add Samsung Galaxy S4 to second patent lawsuit]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Cupertino, Calif.-based technology giant plans to substitute one patent claim for Samsung's latest flagship device to its list of patent-infringing products. ]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 20:21:09 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[No patents is a no brainer for New Zealand]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Why spend all those years in the garage developing your wonderful software if some cheat is to come along and rip-off your creation?]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 May 2013 08:35:05 +0000]]></pubDate>
      <media:credit role="author"><![CDATA[Darren Greenwood]]></media:credit>
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      <title><![CDATA[Revenge hacks, vampires and patents]]></title>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 May 2013 06:19:04 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[A supplementary order paper from the NZ Commerce Ministry confirms that software will not be patentable in New Zealand if the invention is solely software.]]></description>
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      <media:credit role="author"><![CDATA[Chris Duckett]]></media:credit>
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      <title><![CDATA[EU sends Motorola antitrust charges over Apple patent litigation]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The smartphone making division of Google is sent a formal list of complaints by the EU for allegedly abusing its position in the market over recent patent litigation with Apple.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 May 2013 18:03:05 +0000]]></pubDate>
      <media:credit role="author"><![CDATA[Zack Whittaker]]></media:credit>
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      <description><![CDATA[Versata Software walks away with $345 million after SAP fails to overturn a jury verdict that was first ruled on in 2007, and again in 2009.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 02 May 2013 15:28:05 +0000]]></pubDate>
      <media:credit role="author"><![CDATA[Zack Whittaker]]></media:credit>
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      <title><![CDATA[Microsoft, Motorola ruling: Google patents not worth billions]]></title>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:19:04 +0000]]></pubDate>
      <media:credit role="author"><![CDATA[Zack Whittaker]]></media:credit>
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      <title><![CDATA[After Hon Hai, Microsoft adds ZTE to its hitlist of Android patent licensees]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Microsoft now has agreements with all but two of the major Android device makers. ]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:57:05 +0000]]></pubDate>
      <media:credit role="author"><![CDATA[Liam Tung]]></media:credit>
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      <category domain="http://www.zdnet.com/topic-android/">Android</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[ITC sides with Apple over Motorola case]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The US International Trade Commission has tossed out a Motorola Mobility patent claim that threatened to block the import of some Apple iPhone models.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:27:05 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[VirnetX pulls Microsoft back to court over Skype patent claims]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[After managing to successfully settle with Microsoft in the past over a number of patent infringement claims, VirnetX is heading to court over claims that its patents are still being infringed in Skype.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:30:05 +0000]]></pubDate>
      <media:credit role="author"><![CDATA[Michael Lee]]></media:credit>
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      <category domain="http://www.zdnet.com/topic-legal/">Legal</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[China-approved patents jump 26.1 percent in 2012]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The number of invention patents granted by China's State Intellectual Property Office hit 217,000 last year, and is a sign the country's intellectual property rights efforts are paying off.]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:49:05 +0000]]></pubDate>
      <media:credit role="author"><![CDATA[Kevin Kwang]]></media:credit>
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      <category domain="http://www.zdnet.com/topic-legal/">Legal</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Google's patent attack on Microsoft push mail trips up in Germany]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Motorola Mobility patent that also blocked push mail sync in Apple's iCloud in Germany is now finding itself on shaky ground.    ]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:36:05 +0000]]></pubDate>
      <media:credit role="author"><![CDATA[Liam Tung]]></media:credit>
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      <category domain="http://www.zdnet.com/topic-apple/">Apple</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[UN-style patent body a 'pipe dream']]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Intellectual property laws are subject to sovereign states to enact and enforce, so to standardize such legislations and enforce them via an international patent body will be highly difficult to achieve. ]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:28:04 +0000]]></pubDate>
      <media:credit role="author"><![CDATA[Ellyne Phneah]]></media:credit>
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      <title><![CDATA[South Korea to invest $22.3M in memory chip research]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, along with six private companies will jointly invest in memory chip research and development projects by universities or independent institutes over the next five years. ]]></description>
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      <media:credit role="author"><![CDATA[Ellyne Phneah]]></media:credit>
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      <title><![CDATA[Microsoft adds Foxconn parent to list of Android patent deal scalps]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The world's largest contract manufacturer has joined Microsoft's Android licensing party. ]]></description>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:12:05 +0000]]></pubDate>
      <media:credit role="author"><![CDATA[Liam Tung]]></media:credit>
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      <category domain="http://www.zdnet.com/topic-google/">Google</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[China enables more grassroot courts to settle IP disputes ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Supreme People's Court is now able to designate the jurisdiction of intellectual property lawsuits to grassroot courts as China looks to cope with an increase in such legal disputes. 
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:04:05 +0000]]></pubDate>
      <media:credit role="author"><![CDATA[Ellyne Phneah]]></media:credit>
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