Apple Awarded $1B in Infringement Lawsuit – Music Row
A federal jury in San Jose, California has sided with Apple in its patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung Electronics, and awarded the tech company over $1 billion in damages. Following the three week trial, the verdict was delivered Friday (Aug. 24) and found Samsung guilty of infringing on Apple’s utility and design for some (but not all) products, including willful infringement on five or six patents. The jury also ruled against Samsung’s counterclaim that Apple had infringed on its patents. However, Samsung was cleared of charges of violating antitrust law and the damages...
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Twitter Founders Launch Medium.com – Music Row
Medium.com, a new publishing platform from Obvious Corp and Twitter co-founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone, is in soft launch mode. It is designed to group users’ posts, including text and images, into themed collections, and place the most favored posts at the top of the page. The idea is that quality content will rise to the top and reach people because it is based on rankings instead of how many friends or followers a user has. Read...
Read MoreBMLG / Valory Music’s Mavericks Release EP – Music Row
The Mavericks will release a new Valory Music Co. project, a five-song EP titled Suited Up and Ready, on May 29. The release is expected to be followed by a full-length project this fall. The band began streaming the project’s first single “Born To Be Blue” earlier this month before its official May 29 country radio add date. Read More>
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