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Featured Articles » Jurors Must Decide Fate of Lawsuit by Novell against Microsoft » IBM Concessions Compel European Regulators to Drop Antitrust Investigation » FCC Tweaks Tower Application Process to Minimize Impact on Migratory Birds » Antitrust Suit over AT&T/T-Mobile Merger on Hold While Carriers 'Evaluate all Options'   Sponsor:M2M Evolution Conference The M2M Evolution Conference will focus on the "value proposition" phase of M2M and how real life M2M technologies and applications are helping businesses fuel growth and productivity. This event will explore the role of the network platform and will define how the "cloud" plays a role in delivering M2M solutions. M2M Evolution will also explore the increasing variety of M2M enabled devices. This event is for all vertical industries but will have a particular emphasis on medical applications, including; remote monitoring and diagnostics, patient tracking, claims processing and more. Sessions include a series of analyst insight, real life case studies, and roundtable discussions designed to demonstrate how to exploit these new technologies.   Top Stories » inthinc Technology Announces Filing of Counterclaims against SpeedGauge over Patent Infringement » Mmrglobal Signs Patent License Agreement with Surgery Center Management » ManTech Supports DOJ Infrastructure with Multiple Task Orders   From The Expert Corner December 12, 2011 Google, Motorola Mobility and Apple in Europe - Win Some, Lose Some By Peter Bernstein, Senior Editor It has been an interesting few days in Europe for Google and it pending acquisition of Motorola (News - Alert) Mobility. This being the holiday season, the Google/Motorola crew got: A possible lump of coal in its Christmas stocking with notification by European Union regulators that they have suspended the antitrust review of plans by Google (News - Alert) to purchase Motorola Mobility Holdings and are requesting more information to review. A possible expensive gift when the Mannheim Regional Court in Germany ruled Apple’s iPhone (News - Alert) and iPad and other mobile products violate a key wireless patent owned by Motorola. To paraphrase a long-time hit song from the children’s TV show Sesame Street, it’s not easy being mean... Read More   From The Blogs LightSquare, GPS, ADTRAN and West December 12, 2011 By: Peter ADTRAN "announced today that it plans to acquire, through an asset sale and purchase agreement, the Nokia Siemens Networks fixed line Broadband Access business (BBA), and associated professional services and network management solutions. The planned acquisition would include the Broadband Access intellectual properties, technologies and the established customer base." This gets ADTRAN some revenue and a foot into International customers... Read More     Featured Channels   legal.tmcnet.com is Your Source for the Latest Legal Technology News and Information   Sign Up For FREE    |    Visit Legal Technology Site    |    Free Magazine Subscription   Advertise With Us   General advertising Info: Click here      Contact Us   Company Directory    |    All Editors' Info   Become a TMCnet columnist! Become a TMCnet columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TMCnet Web site and this newsletter. Contact TMCnet Group Editorial Director, Erik Linask, at elinask@tmcnet.com for details.

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