Here is my list of the most interesting software IP cases of 2009,
in chronological order:
- CA and Rocket Software reach settlement
- Facebook founder paid $100 million to settle theft claims
- More than half of booted workers steal data on way out, survey finds
- Swedish man indicted in 2004 Cisco code theft
- Cisco makes peace with Free Software Foundation
- Facebook loses lawsuit against German clone StudiVZ
- China backs down on installing blocking software
- iPhone game accused of plagiarizing flOw
- Programmer accused of stealing Goldman Sachs source code
- UBS files code theft lawsuit
- 10th Circuit strips Novell of Unix copyright
- Skype’s founders sue EBay over copyright infringement
- StoneLoops! of Jurassica pulled from App Store due to copyright complaint?
- Microsoft lifts GPL code, uses in Microsoft Store tool
- Judge rules for Apple in Psystar case
- Copyright infringement lawsuit filed against Palm
- Symantec wins $545 million decision in federal tax case
- Best Buy, JVC, Samsung, more hit with lawsuit
- Microsoft joint venture in China plagiarizes competitor
- Seagate misappropriated Convolve technology, says ex-employee