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Microsoft beats Google in closely watched patent royalty fight
2015-07-31 02:11:43| Wireless - Topix.net
Microsoft won an appeals court ruling that may lower the rates many electronics makers pay to license technology considered standard in smartphones and computers. An appeals court in San Francisco Thursday upheld a $14.5 million jury verdict against Google as punishment for unfairly demanding what Microsoft said amounted to billions of dollars for use of patents covering Wi-Fi and video downloads.
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Alberta oil companies plan to work closely with Rachel Notley, CAPP says
2015-05-15 09:51:08| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Alberta's energy sector will form a new committee to work closely with Rachel Notley and her NDP government, says the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers. "Albertans voted for change and we are prepared to work with the new government to explore and embrace the best change possible," CAPP president Tim McMillan said in a news release.
Political Situation Closely Watched by US Hog Farmers
2015-05-06 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - The pork industry will be closely observing three political situations during the rest of 2015, which are all critical to the industry’s future and could have market impacts, writes Steve Meyer in the National Hog Farmer.
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Closely Watched Weist SOX Whistleblower Case Dismissed
2015-04-30 03:32:13| Electronics - Topix.net
The Eastern District of Pennsylvania recently ruled that an employee's SOX whistleblower retaliation claim failed as a matter of law because no causal connection existed between his complaints and termination and the employer would have taken the same adverse action in the absence of protected activity. Weist v.
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Swedish Match gears up for closely watched FDA panel meeting
2015-04-02 20:17:25| Appliances - Topix.net
In a decision that could reshape U.S. tobacco regulation, a health advisory panel will vote next week on whether Swedish Match AB, a Stockholm-based maker of smokeless tobacco products known as snus, can claim they are less harmful than cigarettes. The closely watched vote could pave the way for the first Food and Drug Administration approval of a modified risk tobacco product and set a precedent for companies seeking to make similar claims.
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