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• Apple faces trial in decade-old iTunes DRM lawsuit

  Plaintiffs complain that Apple married iTunes music with iPod players, and they want $350 million in damages

• DOJ reaches settlement with eBay to end no-poach hiring deals

  The proposed settlement would bar eBay from entering into no-hire agreements with other tech firms

• Apple asks appeals court to grant sales injunction against Samsung

  A lower court misinterpreted the rules for allowing an injunction, Apple's lawyer argues

• Apple and Samsung patent war returns Friday

  An appeals court will hear arguments on an import ban of Samsung products, while the USITC considers a separate ban

• Church, advocacy groups sue NSA over surveillance

  The agency's phone records collection violates the First, Fourth and Fifth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, the groups say

• Samsung requests retrial in $1B patent ruling for Apple

  Apple's narrowing of a patent claim constitutes new evidence, Samsung says