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  What's at stake in Oracle v. Google?

  The stakes in Oracle's lawsuit against Google over Android are high for developers, with the recent finding by a jury that Google infringed Oracle's Java copyrights by, among other things, implementing Java's application programming interfaces (APIs] for Android.

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  Gates testifies in Novell's billion-dollar lawsuit

  Microsoft's Windows 95 rollout presented the most challenges in the company's history, leading to several last-minute changes to technical features that would no longer support a rival software maker's word processor, Bill Gates has testified in a $US1 billion ($A1.01 billion) antitrust lawsuit filed by the creator of WordPerfect.

• 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.

• Google nears book-scanning settlement

  Google and publishers have told a US judge they are close to settling a lawsuit over the internet giant's controversial book-scanning project.

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  Samsung files patent complaint

  South Korea's Samsung Electronics says it has filed a complaint in France against its US rival Apple for infringement of three technology patents.

• Oakton forecasts $90m revenue in 2H11

  IT services company, Oakton (ASX:OKN), has projected revenue for 2H11 to be in line with the $90 million in revenue the company made in the first half.

• IBM hit with $1.1 million harassment suit

  IBM Australia has been hit with a $1.1 million lawsuit, with a former employee alleging the company failed to act on complaints of sexual harassment during her employment.

• Motorola retaliates with lawsuit against Microsoft

  Motorola's mobile phone subsidiary has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft alleging the world's largest software maker has infringed 16 of its patents in PC, mobile and server software, as well as Xbox products.

• Oracle sues Google over Java use in Android

  Oracle has filed a lawsuit against Google, charging that its Android phone software infringes Oracle patents and copyrights related to Java, Oracle said on Thursday.

• Update: Judge rules in favor of YouTube over Viacom

  Viacom's $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit against Google's video-sharing site YouTube has been dismissed by the court, ending for now an acrimonious legal battle between the companies that has been going on for more than three years.

• US lawmakers target The Pirate Bay, other sites

  The Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus, a group of U.S. lawmakers concerned with copyright infringement, has listed The Pirate Bay and five other Web sites as "notorious" file-sharing sites.

• 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.

• HTC hits back with ITC complaint against Apple

  HTC said it filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission charging Apple with infringing on five patents.

• Nokia, Apple ratchet up the patent madness

  Nokia vs. Apple is not your garden variety patent infringement lawsuit.

• Google sues for decision on links to copyrighted songs

  Google is suing a blues music label to seek a declaration that it has not facilitated the illegal distribution of copyrighted songs by providing links in search results.