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The HP-Autonomy lawsuit: Timeline of an M&A disaster

CIO Business Intelligence

Rather than selling software to customers, HP said, Autonomy had been selling them hardware at a loss, then booking the sales as software licensing revenue. At issue were Autonomy’s sales of hardware and its sales of software licenses to value-added resellers rather than to end customers.

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Fast-growing battery materials startup Group14 embroiled in trade secret dispute

GeekWire

.” In its initial court filing in September, Group14 alleged that fellow battery materials manufacturer Nexeon violated a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) and used its secret, proprietary information in patent applications and to help raise hundreds of millions of dollars in capital. “It was a big decision for us to file a lawsuit.

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Mick's IT Blogs: Trimble Sketchup Installation Script

Mick's IT Blog

SMS 2003 WQL Compatibility in SCCM. SMS 2003 WQL Compatibility in SCCM. This script will install Trimble Sketchup 8, formerly Google Sketchup, with a network license on either an x86 or x64 machine that does not have Sketchup 8 installed. The first thing you want to do is to create a network license file. 27 July 2012.

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Announcing the 2008 Top 100 Australian Web 2.0 Applications list – Launch is on 19 June - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

Applications list – Launch is on 19 June Ross Dawson, May 11, 2008 3:38 PM US PT [UPDATE:] The final Top 100 list is now up. Applications. Share this: Digg this | Reddit | StumbleUpon | Del.icio.us | Share on Facebook Tags : australia , brw , online applications , web 2.0 Following the great success of last year’s Top 60 Web 2.0

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Go inside Group14, the $3B startup with a secret tech for better batteries

GeekWire

(Group14 Photo) Group14 officially launched in 2015 as a spinoff from the energy storage materials company EnerG2 , which was itself a University of Washington spinoff created in 2003. The two were unable to agree to acquisition or licensing terms. A few years ago the startup explored the possibility of partnering with U.K.-based

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Mobile social networking, meaning virtual networks bringing people physically together, will inevitably be a pervasive application - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

I wrote about proximity dating in my 2002 book Living Networks and on this blog in early 2003 , at the time referring to Imahima, an early player in this space in Japan. Perhaps the application Arrington refers to will break through after only mildly successful attempts so far. Facebook dating status for a bar. None of this is new.

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Warner Bros. roils game industry with patent on Nemesis gameplay mechanic by Kirkland’s Monolith

GeekWire

For example, the Japanese company Namco Bandai has a patent on record for its series Katamari Damacy , which was filed in 2003 and granted in 2008. In practice, it’s not unheard-of for game companies to file a patent on behalf of their products’ unique features.

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