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  • Memo to HP: Emails can be leaked

    Oh dear. HP has had to bring its results forward because a memo from CEO Leo Apotheker was leaked. The memo, preparing senior management for the results announcement tomorrow morning (18 May), warned them it was going to be a tough quarter and called...  Opinion

  • Linguists in war of words over Apple App store trademark claim

    Do you ever get the feeling some companies just have too much money for their own good? And that maybe they could be using it to better purpose than lining lawyers' pockets? Microsoft and Apple are currently embroiled in a fairly ridiculous court cas...  Opinion

  • What's the cost of illegal downloads? Record companies say $75 trillion

    I spotted a link on Slashdot to an interesting article on law.com which showed just how ridiculous the music industry can be when it comes to copyright infringement over the net. In this instance, 13 record companies that won a summary judgement in M...  Opinion

  • Replace gardening leave with volunteering to help society

    Following on from BusinessMan's blog about gardening leave today (16 May) and the issue of whether companies can enforce it even if it isn't in an employee's contract, it occurred to me that in the current circumstances, maybe we should be looking to...  Opinion

  • Apple to Microsoft: if you can trademark Windows, we can trademark App Store

    The latest development in the Microsoft v Apple court case over Apple's attempt to trademark the phrase "App Store" is a case of the biter bit. Personally, I don't agree that Apple should be allowed to trademark such a generic term although...  Opinion

  • Apple's strange trademark application

    I have to say I agree with Microsoft's bid to prevent Apple registering 'app store' as a trademark. I'm not sure what Steve Jobs and co are up as it seems to be fairly self-evident that the term is becoming generic. Admittedly, Apple has helped it to...  Opinion

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