Judge Finalizes Andersen Lawyer Fees – RIAA Must Pay $107,834

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is now obligated to pay Tanya Andersen’s legal fees in her successful defense of the file-swapping case. This is the final hurdle in Andersen’s protracted battle with the RIAA. (See Judge Recommends RIAA To Pay $107,834 Reimbursement For Andersen’s Legal Fees –Ed.) The final court order by Senior US District Court judge James A. Redden dismissed the RIAA’s...

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Patent Terrorists Strike Apple, Dell, Others For Touch-Screen Infringement

Typhoon Touch Technologies has targeted Apple, Palm, Fujitsu, Dell, HTC, Lenovo, LG, Nokia, Panasonic, Samsung, and Toshiba in their patent terror campaign for very broad 1995/1997 patents which refers to “any touchscreen device capable of collecting information.” Apple, who was named just recently, is in Typhoon’s crosshairs because the unctuous concern claims the iPhone violated two touch-based computing patents....

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