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["Tamiru Degefe" <TDegefe@xxxxxxxx>]

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Microsoft, Tilaknagar, Macy's, Apple: Intellectual Property.
By Victoria Slind-Flor, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, January 4, 2012.

http://tinyurl.com/73a8pw3

"Microsoft Corp. and Datel Design and Development Inc. settled
patent-infringement and antitrust litigation, according to Dec. 30 court
filings."
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Illumina, Apple, Universal: Intellectual Property.
By Victoria Slind-Flor. Bloomberg, December 30, 2011.

http://tinyurl.com/7keyfhe

"Illumina Inc., whose genetic analysis tools are used in disease
research and drug development, sued Life Technologies Corp. claiming
infringement of one of its patents."
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IBM, LVMH, Bahamas Copyright Fund: Intellectual Property.
By Victoria Slind-Flor, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, December 29, 2011.

http://tinyurl.com/brs3jt3

"International Business Machines Corp., the world's largest
computer-services company, received a patent on a method of paying
people to eat more healthily."
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News Corp.'s HarperCollins, Reliance Communications: Intellectual
Property.
By Victoria Slind-Flor, Bloomberg, December 28, 2011.

http://tinyurl.com/cjlgc5j

"HarperCollins Publishers unit sued a digital publisher for copyright
infringement."
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Apple, GoDaddy, Adidas, Joe Cool: Intellectual Property.
By Victoria Slind-Flor, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, December 27, 2011.

http://tinyurl.com/bs3gyqj

"Apple Inc., maker of the iPod and iPhone, is considering powering some
portable devices with a hydrogen fuel cell, according an application
published in the database of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on
Dec. 22."

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Tamiru Degefe
Center for Intellectual Property