Volume VII

Issue : 7: April 9, 2009

• Court Orders Identification of Anonymous Web Posters
• Apple Takes Decision of IP Australia to Federal Court
• First Twitter Libel Suit Filed in Los Angeles
• Google Wins Domain Name Dispute
• Google Faces Trade Mark Trial Over Advertising Program
• TomTom to Pay Microsoft to End Patent Fight

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TomTom to Pay Microsoft to End Patent Fight

Microsoft recently settled a patent dispute with TomTom NV for an undisclosed amount regarding car navigation technology. The lawsuit, which was filed by Microsoft in the U.S. District Court in Washington and with the International Trade Commission in February, claimed that TomTom’s car navigation system infringed on patented technology that allows vehicle computer systems to run more than one application at a time, provide more natural driving directions, and access the Internet, among other functions. Under the terms of the 5 year settlement, TomTom will pay Microsoft for the use of 8 patents. In addition, TomTom must remove some functions from its products within 2 years, including the functionality related to naming, organizing and storing file data.

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