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...The US Department of Justice has weighed in on the patent battle between Apple and Samsung Electronics, recommending the Supreme Court send the case back to lower courts to reassess the appropriate amount...
...The case could play an important role in determining whether Apple can protect its edge in design over the rest of the tech industry, according to some experts....
...Shares in the big four western publishers — Activision Blizzard, Electronic Arts, Ubisoft and Take-Two — have all increased by between 18 and 70 per cent since the start of 2015....
...The Lees’ direct holding in group flagship Samsung Electronics is just 4.7 per cent....
...Here are three trends that I think will help define the consumer electronics industry in 2014. 1....
...The line up is: Portugal v Sweden, France v Ukraine, Greece v Romania and Iceland v Croatia PlayStation 4 launches Sony launches its PlayStation 4 in the US....
...“James v UMG Recordings” is a dispute about how much money musicians should receive from digital downloads of their work....
...Some products are in development for five years before release and Samsung tries to anticipate trends in consumer desires and fashions, beyond just the tech industry, its designers said....
...“The smartphone industry has created a bubble. People are filing more and more patents for less and less useful things,” says John Tothill, partner at Dehns Patent & Trademark Attorneys....
...A sign at the entrance directing visitors to the “Apple v Samsung” case should also say “Samsung v Apple”, one lawyer suggested....
...Electronic Arts spent heavily promoting Battlefield 3, and games such as Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Activision’s World of Warcraft with advertisements featuring actors including Chuck Norris....
...A final ruling from the ITC on the Apple v HTC case is still at least six months away, and Morgan Stanley’s Ms Lu says that “rising litigation uncertainty could remain as a share price overhang” for HTC....
...Mr Paracuelles said he expected Japan to stage a V-shaped recovery in the second half of the year which would buoy Singapore’s economy....
...Toyota is launching its Entune infotainment system with the new Prius V hybrid car this year....
...“The next stage will be start-ups going after the core business model of Electronic Arts”, one of the world’s largest console games publishers....
...“The industry seems to have turned the corner but it is hard to expect a V-shaped recovery.”...
...ICICI’s managing director, K V Kamath, called the rumours “baseless and malicious”....
...Along the way it lost its distinctive V-tail and picked up a conventional tail. But it is still fast....
...Kindler, Chairman and CEO, Pfizer Inc., USA Klaus Kleinfeld, President and CEO, Siemens AG, Germany Mustafa V....
...The prince was also part of a consortium that bought the UK Savoy hotel group, adding to hotel interests such as the George V in Paris. Meanwhile, Sanyo?...
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