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• Sony and 3M settle intellectual property dispute

  Published: July 30, 2007, 6:03 pm

  Tags: Battery, Intellectual Property, Intellectualproperty, Lawsuit, Li Ion, Patent, Patent Dispute, Patentdispute, Sony, Sue, Suit

  Filed under: LaptopsThe bickering that boiled over into a patent dispute earlier this year between 3M and Sony has finally ceased, but it seems like Lenovo and friends may actually still be fighting their own battles with the innovative giant. Nevertheless, Sony Corporation and Sony Electronics are now "licensed sources of batteries containing

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• Rhodes v. Pederson, Adjudication of Marital Property After Death of Party

  Published: July 30, 2007, 10:31 am

  Tags: Case Law Kentucky, Marital Property

  her portion of the marital property and past due temporary maintenance payments to go to her estate. CA affirmed. In April 2004, TC awarded Wife $6000 per month in temporary maintenance and ordered the sale of Husband's business and the parties' vacation home, noting that both constituted marital property. About one month later, Wife died.

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• Accountants Offer Advice About Joint Accounts in Divorce

  Published: July 18, 2007, 3:14 pm

  Tags: Property Division, Divorce, Marital Agreements

  Accountants offer some useful advice on how to protect yourself from financial ruin in a divorce. Regardless of how financial accounts are titled, they may be marital assets or liabilities, subject to equitable distribution in the divorce. But in the short term during the divorce case and before final judgment, accounts that are titled jointly

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• Murder By Prenup

  Published: July 17, 2007, 2:48 pm

  Tags: Miscellaneous, Property Division, Divorce, Marital Agreements

  Husband dies of a gunshot wound inflicted on the side of the road. Wife is charged. Murder trial. First witness for prosecution: Divorce lawyer. His testimony: Their prenup limits Wife’s take in event of a divorce to $250,000 plus half of jointly held assets, for an estimated total of approximately $1.5 million. In event of

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• Paul Madsen leaks internal photo

  Published: July 5, 2007, 11:55 pm

  Tags: Windows Cardspace, Information Cards, Identity Metasystem, Intellectual Property, Liberty

  Despite my repeated requests not to go there, Paul Madsen of ConnectID has published a leaked, top secret, internal Microsoft Identity and Access photo. His post reads as follows: An un-named source in Redmond sent me this never before seen picture of the first ever infocards assembly line. In the front you can see a worker inserting

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• Cut the panflu patent Gordian Knot [Effect Measure]

  Published: August 1, 2007, 8:20 am

  Tags: Intellectual Property

  intellectual property issues surrounding H5N1 and pandemic influenza in general continue to deepen and ramify into uncharted territory. Currently the usual suspects are meeting in Singapore to try to resolve issues that have arisen when some developing countries, led by Indonesia, have upset the international flu applecart by refusing to

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• Rhodes v. Pederson, Adjudication of Marital Property After Death of Party

  Published: July 25, 2007, 11:07 am

  Tags: Case Law Kentucky, Marital Property

  her portion of the marital property and past due temporary maintenance payments to go to her estate. CA affirmed. In April 2004, TC awarded Wife $6000 per month in temporary maintenance and ordered the sale of Husband???s business and the parties??? vacation home, noting that both constituted marital property. About one month later, Wife

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• Not-so-intellectual Property: Can Someone Please Explain Why Protecting Fashion Designers From Knockoffs Is A Worthy Cause For This Congress?

  Published: August 10, 2007, 12:30 pm

  Tags: Chuch Schumer, Fashion, Not So Intellectual Property, Wonkette

  A bunch of senators have rallied together to sponsor a new bill that would legally protect fashion designers from having their shit copied by H&M and Forever 21. Can someone explain to us why a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• U2 buy Bolton

  Published: August 10, 2007, 2:51 am

  Tags: Property, Larry Mullen, Bolton, Colin Farrell

  Striking out on a solo side-project, Larry Mullen (through the Galvin Investments company) is buying a block of flats in Bolton.Oddly his co-investor in the project is Colin Farrell. Don't you just hate it when actors decide they're going to get involved with rock music? Even when it's buying houses with rock musicians.The builder of the Anvil,

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• Classic Gawker Stalker: Sarah Jessica Parker's Nanny Will Kill Us All

  Published: August 20, 2007, 3:10 pm

  Tags: Classic Gawker Stalker, Sarah Jessica Parker, The West Village Private Property

  From the mailbag: "Just saw Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick and little James Wilkie outside near Charles Street & West 4th. Sarah looked great but her nanny was a bitch. They all pulled up in...

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• Bay Area's home slump more modest

  Published: August 15, 2007, 5:30 pm

  Tags: Property Elsewhere

  In the Bay in July, DataQuick says median prices rose 2.1% while sales fell 12.4%. It was the slowest July since 1995 but the sales drop looks good vs. SoCal's 27.4% July plunge (READ MORE HERE.) Says DataQuick of the Bay Area: "The trend we're seeing statewide is that more expensive neighborhoods are doing better than less expensive

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• SoCal homes sell at slowest pace since '95

  Published: August 14, 2007, 6:00 pm

  Tags: Property Elsewhere

  In SoCal in July, DataQuick reports that median sales prices rose in a year 3.7%, while buying activity fell 27.4%. It was the slowest July for purchases since '95. Says DataQuick: "These are interesting times because the slowdown in home sales isn't part of a broader economic slowdown, it's a post-frenzy re-balancing act. The last time we had

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• Remembering Tax Impact in Divorce Settlements

  Published: August 29, 2007, 9:03 pm

  Tags: Child Support, Alimony, Property Division, Divorce, Marital Agreements

  Granted, taxes are not foremost in the minds of most couples going through a divorce. But for couples with sufficient assets, income and civility, tax impact is an important consideration which may be factored into any divorce settlement. Couples should pay particular attention to alimony, the sale of the house, income tax filing status and

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• Conveyancers review update

  Published: August 28, 2007, 11:35 am

  Tags: Property

  I promised to update on my use of a cut price conveyancing solicitor, and today I read a review of a similar experience to my own. A Buy to Let Landlord has been using one of the firms through conveyancingbrokers.co.uk and they have related how the first transactions went well, but later the company service suffered through short staffing. It is

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• PEOPLE WHO WASTE WATER...

  Published: October 23, 2006, 8:06 am

  Tags: People, Sydney, Use, Usage, Restrictions, Property, Waste, Water

  Can you believe that households in the North suburbs of sydney are the most fined for breaking the water restriction laws and even though they continue to get fined they still go against the water restrictions put inplace by our government. While farmers in the outback are struggling in a draught, people are worried about how their lawn will look.

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