While it won’t likely go down as the “trial of the century,” the legal showdown between Oracle and Google that began in San Francisco federal court on Monday could still be quite significant. The case has already been characterized as “the World Series of IP cases” by U.S. District Judge William Alsup, who is presiding over the trial.

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Odds are Apple will beat the antitrust lawsuit filed Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Justice against the iPad maker and a half dozen publishers. Three of the publishers named in the lawsuit settled with the DoJ immediately. However, the other defendants, including Apple, have vowed to grapple with the feds in court. The DoJ alleges that Apple and the publishers conspired to raise retail e-book prices.

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Odds are Apple will beat the antitrust lawsuit filed Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Justice against the iPad maker and a half dozen publishers. Three of the publishers named in the lawsuit settled with the DoJ immediately. However, the other defendants, including Apple, have vowed to grapple with the feds in court. The DoJ alleges that Apple and the publishers conspired to raise retail e-book prices.

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The United States Department of Justice filed suit on Wednesday against Apple and several book publishers over what it claims is a conspiracy to raise retail e-book prices and limit competition in e-book sales. The defendants changed the business model governing the relationship between publishers from the wholesale model to an agency model, the DoJ alleged.

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The United States Department of Justice filed suit on Wednesday against Apple and several book publishers over what it claims is a conspiracy to raise retail e-book prices and limit competition in e-book sales. The defendants changed the business model governing the relationship between publishers from the wholesale model to an agency model, the DoJ alleged.

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