Legal

Microsoft Tip Off Leads To Child Abuse Arrest In The US

Microsoft becomes the latest tech vendor to aid law officials in their fight against child abuse

10 years ago

ICO Puts Legal Profession In The Dock Over Data Breaches

The ICO sounds alarm over the handling of personal data by the legal profession

10 years ago

Apple And Samsung Declare Patent Truce Outside The US

Apple and Samsung declare a partial truce over their continued patent battles as they ready themselves for one final US…

10 years ago

HP To Sue Former Autonomy CFO And Accuses Mike Lynch Of ‘Fraud’

HP steps up war of words, promises to sue former Autonomy CFO and says Mike Lynch conducted “fraud”

10 years ago

Microsoft Demands Samsung Pay Android Patent Payments

Microsoft sues Samsung after Korean manufacturer allegedly stops paying Android royalties

10 years ago

Microsoft Ordered To Hand Over Irish Emails

An American judge sets a legal precedent by ordering Microsoft to surrender emails stored in an Irish data centre

10 years ago

Microsoft’s Bing Offers Users A Chance To Be Forgotten

The company says it will have to balance individual and public interest when taking down personal search results

10 years ago

Julian Assange Fails To Overturn Swedish Arrest Warrant

Wikileaks founder to remain inside embassy after failure of legal attempt to overturn Swedish arrest warrant

10 years ago

ICO Criticised Over Lack Of Transparency In Internal Breach

The watchdog says it can't release the details of the data breach because it is linked to " an ongoing…

10 years ago

DRIP Surveillance Bill Successfully Passes Commons Vote

As the controversial bill is fast-tracked through the parliament, privacy campaigners warn it extends UK surveillance powers worldwide

10 years ago

Mobile Operators Face Hefty Bill For 0800 Charges As Supreme Court Sides With BT

BT says it will seek to recover money it is owed for connecting users to non-geographic numbers as lengthy court…

10 years ago

Google, SAP And Friends Unite Against Patent Trolls

Some of the world’s largest patent holders say they have invented ‘arms control for the patent world’

10 years ago

Police Arrest Operators Of 25 Fake Government Websites

Want to pay for government services? Make sure you’re using GOV.UK, warns National Trading Standards Board

10 years ago

Russian Government Will Force Companies To Store Citizen Data Locally

From 2016, if you don’t have servers in Russia, you won’t be able to do business in Russia

10 years ago

ISPs From Around The World File Legal Complaint Against GCHQ

Seven communications providers say the British intelligence agency is damaging their business

10 years ago

HP Autonomy Shareholder Lawsuit Settlement ‘Imminent’

HP is to settle shareholder claims against it over the Autonomy acquisition, with shareholders' attorneys to help pursue ex-Autonomy staff

10 years ago

Supreme Court Ruling Will Help EU Software Providers Patent In The US

Intellectual property lawyer Karl Barnfather says tougher software patents will benefit businesses based in the UK

10 years ago

Philips, Samsung, Infineon ‘Face EC Antitrust Fines’

Philips, Samsung and Infineon may reportedly be fined by the European Commission within the next few weeks for alleged chip…

10 years ago

Elon Musk Gives Away All Of The Tesla Patents

CEO of Tesla Motors says the company will not sue anyone for using its proprietary technologies

10 years ago

European Court Exempts Browsing From Copyright Law

A European Court of Justice decision has affirmed that the temporary copies of content made by web browsers do not…

10 years ago

‘Guccifer’ Sentenced To Four Years In A Romanian Jail

The hacker who targeted hundreds of celebrities has been convicted

10 years ago

FCC Site Swamped Following Comedian’s Net Neutrality TV Speech

The FCC's commenting system experienced problems after a British comedian on HBO called upon Internet 'trolls' to enter the net…

10 years ago

International Police Forces Arrest 80 Members Of The BlackShades Malware Gang

UK officers make 17 arrests in the first operation of its kind

11 years ago

UK Charity Files Complaint Against GCHQ, Alleges Human Rights Violations

According to Privacy International, GCHQ’s intrusive malware operations violate articles 8 and 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights

11 years ago

Oracle Argues For Reinstatement Of $1.3bn SAP Fine

Oracle has argued its record-breaking damages award against SAP should be reinstated, or a retrial ordered

11 years ago

EU Court Tells Google To Abide By The ‘Right To Be Forgotten’

It looks like users from the EU will be able to edit results which come up when someone searches for…

11 years ago

Oracle Wins Round In $1bn Android Court Battle

A US federal court has ruled that Oracle's Java programming interfaces can be protected by copyright, in a blow to…

11 years ago

RightsCorp Wants To Bring Its Copyright Protection Methods To The UK

The US company is forcing ISPs to participate in the copyright crusade, but will this approach work in Europe?

11 years ago

Samsung Ordered To Pay Apple $119m In Patent Case

A US jury has awarded Apple less than 10 percent of what it had sought in the latest result of…

11 years ago

The UK Is Taking Its Courtrooms Online

Police, legal professionals and defendants will get access to new digital tools and services by 2016

11 years ago