Tech Law: EU Condition on Panasonic-Sanyo Deal, Apple Settles with Eminem, More

(MoneyWatch)  A look at highlights of the past week in the high tech legal world: courts, regulation, and lawsuits.

EU on Sanyo takeover by Panasonic -- EU regulators have given a green light to Panasonic taking over Sanyo so long as the final entity sells off a battery factory in Europe. [Source: AP]

Voters try to stop Diebold sale -- A voter activist group is trying to get the Department of Justice to block Diebold's sale of its voting machine business to Elections Systems & Software as a move that would create a monopoly. [Source: AP]

Apple and Eminem publisher settle -- Apple and the publisher of Eminem have settled the latter's lawsuit over royalties on iTunes sales of the rapper's work. [Source: Fortune Brainstorm Tech]

Psystar counsel quits -- Now that lawyers for Eminem's publisher are free, perhaps Psystar should give them a call, as its defense counsel withdrew himself from the copyright suit by Apple. [Source: AppleInsider]

Venezuela looking to prohibit violent video games -- The country of Venezuela is in the process of trying to pass legislation that would prohibit violent video games and toys. [Source: AP]

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