Carl Icahn, Motorola's largest shareholder, is urging the company to explore its extensive patent portfolio, as the mobile industry's increasing preoccupation with patents sparks renewed value in copyright holdings.

Icahn initiated talks with Motorola to explore alternatives regarding its patent holdings in an effort to enhance stockholder value, according to details from a regulatory filing. Icahn didn't say specifically if Motorola plans to sell any patents, saying instead there may...

A judge overseeing Oracle's patent infringement lawsuit hinted it may have to scale back its multi-billion dollar damage claim against Google's Android OS, an indication of the possible limitations of patent-related legal action in the tech industry.

Judge William Alsup in a court hearing yesterday chided both companies for taking unreasonable positions in their high-stakes legal battle, in which Oracle accused Google of violating Java patents in its Android OS last August. Oracle is...

NBA star Dwyane Wade filed a lawsuit against an unnamed group for hacking into a variety of his online accounts, illustrating the prevalence of hacking and the escalating means to combat it.

Wade named 50 generic "John Does" in the complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. While the defendants are not named, Wade filed the suit in the Texas court because a substantial portion of the hacking activity allegedly initiated in the state.

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NBA star Dwyane Wade filed a lawsuit against an unnamed group for hacking who broke into his online accounts, illustrating the prevalence of cyber-attacks and the escalating means to combat it.

Wade, which named 50 generic "John Does," filed the complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. While the defendants were not named, Wade filed the suit in the Texas court because a substantial portion of the hacking activity allegedly initiated in the...