Legal

UK Company Successfully Claims Ownership Of The ‘Pinterest’ Trademark

Premium Interest registered the name long before Pinterest launched in Europe

11 years ago

Yet Another Google Antitrust Proposal Rejected By EU

There's still time to avoid multi-billion fine, says Joaquin Almunia

11 years ago

HTC One Mini Back On Sale Despite Nokia Ban

The HTC One Mini can still be sold despite using chips which infringe a Nokia patent

11 years ago

Samsung Fails To Get Older iPhones Banned In South Korea

The judge rules that two of the patents asserted by Samsung are invalid, and the third was never infringed

11 years ago

Cisco Loses Legal Challenge To Microsoft Skype Deal

Cisco loses its legal challenge over Microsoft's purchase of VoIP giant Skype, but will not appeal

11 years ago

Social Media Users Warned Over Court Case Comments

British social networking users warned by Attorney General Dominic Grieve over commenting on court cases

11 years ago

Switzerland Launches Criminal Probe Into NSA Surveillance

It sounds like the Swiss authorities want to put the American spies in prison

11 years ago

Football Referee Charged With Hacking Former Colleague’s Email

FA-registered referee and two others are charged in hacking investigation

11 years ago

Ericsson Faces Investigation In India Over Patent Row

Ericsson is accused of abusing a dominant market position in India

11 years ago

US Government Pays $50 Million Settlement For Military’s Pirated Software

For years, the US Department of Defence had used unlicensed copies of logistics software

11 years ago

Samsung Ordered To Pay Apple £179m Damages

Jury decision means that Samsung must pay Apple a total of $930 million (£574m) in damages

11 years ago

Alleged Silk Road Mastermind Is ‘Honest And Kind’, Says $1m Bail Application

Man accused of running the illegal marketplace under the alias ‘Dread Pirate Roberts’ receives a vote of confidence

11 years ago

John McAfee To Testify About The Murder That Sent Him On The Run

McAfee is back in the public eye to clear his name

11 years ago

Co-Founder Of Liberty Reserve Will Spend Up To 75 Years In Prison

Vladimir Kats pleads guilty to money laundering and unlicensed money transmitting charges

11 years ago

Nokia Seeks HTC One UK Sales Ban After Winning Patent Dispute

Nokia wants compensation and an HTC One UK sales ban after High Court rules in its favour

11 years ago

21 More Pirate Websites To Be Blocked By UK ISPs

BeeMP3, FilesTube and TorrentHound join the likes of the Pirate Bay on the copyright holders’ blacklist

11 years ago

Torrent Tracker isoHunt To Close And Settle Lawsuit For $110m

Site founder Gary Fung says he’ll be back, but the case establishes that a Torrent index infringes copyright

11 years ago

Alleged Gozi Virus Creator Walks Away Free, For Now

Latvia will not extradite Deniss “Miami” Calovskis to the US, following a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights

11 years ago

New Police Unit Threatens Domain Registrars Over Piracy

Shut down websites we deem illegal or face the consequences, says PIPCU

11 years ago

Samsung Called Before Court For Alleged Leak Of Apple Secrets

Samsung allegedly used secret Apple licensing terms in negotiations with Nokia

11 years ago

Almunia: Final Google Antitrust Decision Coming Soon

The European Commission will decide within weeks whether to accept Google's latest antitrust settlement terms

11 years ago

Judge Shows Leniency In Apple Ebook Conspiracy Ruling

A judge granted the US government oversight of Apple's content-distribution deals, also placing restrictions on Apple's agreements with publishers

11 years ago

British Citizen Arrested In China, Accused Of Selling Personal Data

Risk consultant Peter Humphrey has admitted using “illegal means” to obtain information

11 years ago

Apple Wins US Import Ban On Older Samsung Products

ITC says Samsung devices infringe two Apple patents, but says they do not copy Apple's design

11 years ago

US Federal Judge Rules Bitcoins Are “A Form Of Money”, Can Be Regulated

Securities and Exchange Commission gets a green light to investigate Bitcoin companies

11 years ago

Latvian Government Votes To Extradite Suspected Creator Of Gozi Trojan

Deniss Calovskis claims he is innocent, will appeal the decision with European Court of Human Rights

11 years ago

Tor Websites Down As Alleged Freedom Hosting Admin Arrested For Child Porn Distribution

Evidence suggests hackers employed by the FBI managed to track some Tor users

11 years ago

1,700 Websites In Russia Go Dark In A SOPA-Style Protest

Popular websites stop their services for a day to highlight the possible effects of a new anti-piracy law

11 years ago