Chinese court tells Microsoft to stop some Windows sales in China in licensing dispute

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Lawmakers want to restrict use of ‘peer-to-peer’ after disclosure of ethics committee report

House lawmakers push ban on peer-to-peer software

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Patent case before Supreme Court could have major implications for software

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Britain to cut Web access of Internet pirates, squeeze bandwith of illegal file sharers

Britain to cut Web access of Internet pirates

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Technology, telecommunications industries prepare for stepped up antitrust oversight

Tech industry braces for more antitrust scrutiny

WASHINGTON — After eight years of light antitrust scrutiny under a Republican White House, the technology and telecommunications industries are bracing for stepped up oversight by the Obama administration's Justice Department.

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Justice Department probing allegations of abuse by IBM in mainframe computer market

Justice Dept probing IBM's computer market conduct

SAN FRANCISCO — The Justice Department is looking into allegations that IBM Corp. has abused its dominant position in the market for mainframe computers, the data-crunching heavy lifters of the computing world that IBM introduced in the 1960s and which are now used to process some of the most sensitive data in banking, government and health care.

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UW-Madison’s patenting arm agrees to settle lawsuit against Intel over processor technology

UW-Madison's patenting arm settles suit with Intel

MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Madison's patenting arm has settled its infringement lawsuit against computer chip maker Intel Corp. involving technology used in a popular computer processor.

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Company owned by Skype founders files copyright lawsuit that could throw wrench in Skype sale

Skype founders file lawsuit against eBay

SAN FRANCISCO — A company owned by the founders of Skype has filed a copyright infringement suit against the Internet phone service and parent eBay Inc. — an action that could crimp eBay's plans to sell Skype for about $2 billion to a group of private investors.

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Mixed reviews for Google’s book settlement in final flurry of briefs from critics, supporters

Legal arguments pan, praise Google's book deal

SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft Corp., Yahoo Inc. and a prominent antitrust lawyer urged a federal judge Tuesday to block a class-action settlement that would give Google Inc. the digital rights to a vast library of books.

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UK government says internet users who download illegally may have accounts cut off

UK says illegal downloaders may lose Web access

LONDON — People who repeatedly download copyright-protected films and music could have their Internet connection cut off under proposed laws the British government unveiled Tuesday to tackle illegal file-sharing.

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