Legal

France’s Own ‘PRISM’ Spies On Email And Phone Calls, Says Le Monde

French spies are storing hoards of citizens' communications data and they might be breaking the law

11 years ago

Google Accused Of Monetising “Dangerous” Videos

US politicians demand more information on YouTube advertising placed around videos that promote "dangerous or illegal activities"

11 years ago

Microsoft To Appeal SkyDrive Brand Ruling

Microsoft has said it will appeal a UK court decision that could force it to rebrand its SkyDrive cloud storage…

11 years ago

Government Promises Digital Courtrooms By 2016

Courtrooms will become 'fully digital' by 2016 as the government seeks to end 'outdated' reliance on paper

11 years ago

Electronic Frontier Foundation Sues The FBI

The non-profit organisation demands information about FBI’s Next Generation Identification biometrics database

11 years ago

Samsung Attempts To Settle EU Patent Case

Sources say Samsung would rather settle and play fair than risk paying several billion in fines

11 years ago

Google Forced To Give Up Wikileaks Volunteer Data To US Court

“Because I talked to Julian Assange, all information held by Google relating to my user account with them can be…

11 years ago

Pirate Bay Co-Founder ‘Anakata’ Wanted By Danish Police

Gottfrid Svartholm Warg is accused of yet another cybercrime, this time in Denmark

11 years ago

Eminem Suing Facebook For Copyright Infringement

Facebook’s latest advert features music that sounds suspiciously similar to Eminem’s ‘Under the Influence’

11 years ago

Google Could Be Hit By A New Antitrust Investigation

Reports say Google has been accused of foul play in the US advertising market

11 years ago

CoinLab Sues Mt.Gox Bitcoin Exchange For $75 Million

Mt Gox was due to transfer ownership of US and Canada assets in March. Well, it didn’t.

12 years ago

Google Loses RAND Royalty Fight Against Microsoft

The software giant will have to pay around $1.8 million in licensing fees, instead of over $4 billion

12 years ago

Pirate Bay Co-Founder “Anakata” Faces New Charges

Swedish authorities intend to keep Gottfrid Svartholm Warg in prison

12 years ago

Streetmap Sues Google For Stealing Its Customers

UK-based company claims Google used underhanded tactics to dominate the online map market

12 years ago

Why Rackspace Stood Up To Software Patent Trolls

Alan Schoenbaum, leader of the legal team at Rackspace, explains what makes software patent trolls ‘tick’

12 years ago

Google Joins Consortium To Combat Patent Litigation

Unified Patents, backed by Google and NetApp, aims to help organisations pool their resources to dissuade attacks by patent litigators

12 years ago

Rackspace: This Time, The Patent Troll Should Pay Us

Rakspace wants trolls at IP Nav to get a taste of their own medicine

12 years ago

Aaron Swartz Prosecution Team Threatened And Harassed

US court filing reveals impact Swartz’s suicide had on prosecution

12 years ago

EC Takes Interest in Apple Antitrust Claims

Operators raise concerns about strict iPhone contracts, but no formal investigation launched

12 years ago

SFO Fears It Could Be ‘Conflicted’ In HP Autonomy Investigation

Investigation thrown into confusion over SFO's £4.6m contract with Autonomy

12 years ago

French Authorities Say Skype Must Register As Telco

Skype to be investigated after failing to respond to regulator's requests

12 years ago

UK Serious Fraud Office Investigating HP Autonomy Acquisition

SFO confirms that it is investating alleged accounting mispractices

12 years ago

Kim Dotcom Plans To Sue New Zealand’s Government Spies

Government Communications Security Bureau might find itself in court after wiretapping Dotcom’s communications

12 years ago

Shareholder David Einhorn Withdraws Apple Lawsuit

Lawsuit abandonded after Einhorn and Greenlight Capital win injunction against shareholder vote

12 years ago

Judge Cuts $1.05 Billion Award In Apple-Samsung Dispute

Judge Lucy Koh has reduced the damages award against Samsung by $450 million, saying legal errors were made in formulating…

12 years ago

Court Orders Three More Torrent Websites Blocked In The UK

High Court orders ISPs to block access to Kickass-Torrents, Fenopy and H33T

12 years ago

London Lawyers Join Kim Dotcom’s Defence Team

Amsterdam & Partners will work for free, at least until Dotcom gets his money back from the US authorities

12 years ago