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• Wednesday Grok: Apple and Samsung, Google SEO tweaks and the BlackBerry London

  Check out the Google spider bait in today's headline — Grok is catching on fast. If you see a lawyer smiling this week, blame Apple and Samsung.

• Runge free of “black cloud”: MD

  A “black cloud” has been lifted from Runge Limited (ASX:RUL) now that the company no longer has a potentially major compensation claim dangling over its head, according to managing director David Meldrum.

• ipernica settles Ericsson lawsuit

  Technology and IP commercialisation company, ipernica (ASX:IPR), expects a $2.9 million windfall from settling a patent lawsuit against Ericsson in the US.

• FST-Oracle lawsuit settled: ipernica

  Technology and IP commercialisation company ipernica (ASX:IPR) has revealed the negotiation of a settlement in the lawsuit it was helping a Melbourne company fight against Oracle.

• IBM slapped with 3rd mainframe antitrust complaint in Europe

  The third antitrust complaint against IBM's mainframe business was filed with the European Commission Tuesday, compounding the firm's regulatory problems in Europe.

• Dell sues five LCD makers for alleged price-fixing

  Dell has filed a lawsuit against five LCD makers that charges them with colluding to fix prices for products, a Dell spokesman said Monday.

• Apple's lawsuit against HTC is working

  Apple is already reaping the benefits of its patent infringement lawsuit against HTC, according to one analyst.

• HTC says it uses own technology, not Apple's

  Smartphone maker High Tech Computer (HTC) on Wednesday defended itself against accusations of patent infringement by Apple, saying it develops its own technology.

• Sony, LG, Samsung, Hitachi, Toshiba accused of price fixing

  A home electronics retail store has filed a class-action lawsuit against Sony Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Toshiba Corp., LG Electronics Inc., Hitachi Ltd. and several subsidiaries, accusing the electronics manufacturers of colluding to fix prices in the U.S. optical disc drive (ODD) market.

• Xerox sues Google, YouTube and Yahoo over search patents

  Xerox has filed a lawsuit against Yahoo, Google and YouTube alleging infringement of Xerox patents on search and integration technology.

• Setback for SAP in Oracle suit

  Oracle has won a battle regarding the way damages can be calculated in its intellectual property lawsuit against SAP, according to a ruling filed Jan. 28 in US District Court for the Northern District of California.

• Bank files lawsuit against victim of $800,000 cybertheft

  A Texas bank is suing a customer hit by an $800,000 cybertheft incident in a case that could test the extent to which customers should be held responsible for protecting their online accounts from compromises.

• Judge nixes class-actions in Microsoft WGA lawsuit

  A federal judge has killed class-action allegations in a lawsuit that accused Microsoft of misleading consumers when it fed them anti-piracy software under the auspices of a critical security update, according to court documents.

• Nokia fires new patent lawsuit at Apple in growing battle

  Mobile phone maker Nokia has filed a new U.S. lawsuit accusing Apple of patent infringement, according to court documents, escalating the legal battle between the companies.

• Lawsuit claims HP PCs suffer constant lockups, crashes

  A Colorado man has sued Hewlett-Packard, saying that its Pavilion Elite desktop computers are "inherently defective," and constantly lock up within 10-20 minutes of use.