Pirated mobile Android and Apple apps getting hacked, cracked and smacked (Network World)
Arxan study claims 90% of top 100 paid Android and iOS apps ending up criminalized in hackers’ hands
Federal Courts Order Seizure of Three Website Domains Involved in Distributing Pirated Android Cell Phone Apps (DOJ Criminal Division)
First Time Website Domains Involving Cell Phone App Marketplaces Are Seized
Plagiarism, defamation and the power of hyperlinks (GIGAOM)
If Fareed Zakaria and Jonah Lehrer had spent more time linking to the original sources of content they used in their writing, they wouldn’t have faced accusations of plagiarism. Their cases and a recent defamation lawsuit against Gawker Media help reinforce the value of the hyperlink.
Germany: Google book deal violates copyright law (Reuters)
Google Inc’s plan to digitize millions of books would violate German copyright law and the country’s privacy protections for Internet users, the German government said in a U.S. court filing.
Google: We are so over patents, especially in their current form (The Washington Post)
After fighting the patent battle of the decade in court with Oracle, Googlers are getting publicly fed up with software patents as a whole. Conceptually, they just don’t jive with innovation, two prominent Googlers have said recently.
Apple, Samsung patent case headed to jury (The Washington Post)
The much-watched patent case between Apple and Samsung is headed to jury, after executives failed to agree on a resolution in a final phone conference.
Keith Kupferschmid is General Counsel and SVP, Intellectual Property Policy & Enforcement at SIIA.