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Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online The famous courtroom drama that unfolded this summer between Apple and Samsung isn’t completely over. It’s likely it won’t be over for a while. The newest page to be turned over in this case is a matter of jury misconduct, an issue Samsung is most unpleased with. Last month, Samsung asked for the entire verdict be thrown out because the jury foreman didn’t disclose he had once filed for bankruptcy and been sued by Seagate, a...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Necessary evil though it may be, TV watchers have been finding ways to miss or skip commercials for years. The invention of TiVo and the DVR helped drive this behavior along with giving viewers a way to skip commercials during recorded shows. Earlier this year, Dish Network created their own clever way of easing the burden of TV viewers by removing the commercials for them. Not long after this feature was announced, Dish was...

SIMSBURY, Conn., Nov. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Web Marketing Association's 11th annual Internet Advertising Competition (IAC) Award program is currently accepting entries and is looking for qualified judges to help adjudicate this year's award program. The IAC Awards are the first and only industry-based advertising award competition dedicated exclusively to online advertising. The Competition Web site is located at http://www.iacaward.org and the deadline for entry is January 31,...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A judge has determined that a former computer specialists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory was not let go because he advocated his belief in intelligent design while at work. David Coppedge worked on NASA's Cassini mission to explore Saturn for 15 years, until he was fired by the space agency in 2011. Coppedge claimed he was demoted in 2009, then fired for engaging his co-workers in conversations about intelligent design and for...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Apple’s not a company who likes to admit defeat or fault, and only does so in the most extreme of circumstances: For instance, when their new maps service turned into the Internet Joke du jour or when their hometown threatened to stop buying their computers. So, when a British court upheld a ruling which forced Apple into publicly admitting defeat in a case of patent infringement between themselves and Samsung, they did so...

Sends Case Back To Arbitration LOS ANGELES, Oct. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- San Diego Superior Court Judge Kevin A. Enright has denied a motion for a temporary restraining order against Dinesh D'Souza, director of the blockbuster film 2016: Obama's America. The motion had been filed by one of the film's producers Douglas Sain. Noting that the application before the court was "vague, lacks specificity, and do not seek to enjoin a particular act," the judge agreed with...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Earlier this summer, a British judge handed down a very memorable ruling in the Apple v Samsung Global Tour of Legal Showmanship. It’s likely Judge Birss didn’t realize (or maybe he did) what would happen when he explained the obvious difference between Apple and Samsung tablets, referring to the latter as “not as cool,” but he certainly gave the Cupertino Kids all the ammunition they’d need for future battles. Last...

The Web’s largest source for information on Pradaxa legal news, research and side effects is available at the Pradaxa Resource Center. Visit http://www.Pradaxa-lawsuits.org Dallas, TX (PRWEB) October 20, 2012 The Journal for The American Medical Association last month warned that the FDA may have rushed approval of the drug Pradaxa, overlooking key Pradaxa side effects like early trials showing there was no reversal agent for Pradaxa internal bleeding. The news comes after an FDA...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online There’s been some movement in the long courtroom saga between Apple and Samsung lately. Though the big payout was issued in late August, legal representatives for both companies have been hard at work ever since, preparing for injunction hearings and threatening to continue the lawsuits well into the future. Samsung was at the top of the heap yesterday as Judge Lucy Koh dissolved the injunction against the Samsung Galaxy Tab...

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A U.S. federal judge in San Francisco is inexplicably delaying the release of documents that would shed light on Chevron's extensive misconduct in judicial proceedings in Ecuador where it recently was hit with a $19 billion judgment for dumping toxic waste into the Amazon rainforest. More than a year has passed since Federal Magistrate Judge Nathanael Cousins was asked by rainforest villagers in Ecuador's rainforest to force...