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Andrew Crossley Suspended For Two Years

Copyright "troll" Andrew Crossley has been suspended from practicing law for two years and ordered to pay costs

13 years ago

Jobs Mini Me Doll Sales Stopped By Apple Lawyers

The mini Steve Jobs replica doll has been pulled from the market after Apple lawyers threaten legal action

13 years ago

Judge Rules British Student Can Be Extradited

Richard O' Dwyer, who ran TVShack.net, loses appeal against extradition

13 years ago

EMI Sues Irish Government Over Piracy

Music industry accuses Ireland of not doing enough to protect copyright

13 years ago

Kodak Files Patent Lawsuits Against Apple and HTC

Struggling Kodak accuses mobile companies of violating image patents

13 years ago

Anonymous Outs Neo-Nazi Site Members

Anonymous Germany has launched a website to out neo-nazi site members as part of operation blitzkrieg

13 years ago

Apple To Sue Over Incredible Likeness Of Steve

Apple claims ownership of the rights to Jobs' likeness and will sue to protect it

13 years ago

Quanta Sues AMD Over ‘Defective’ Chips

AMD denies its chips caused Quanta-built NEC laptops to malfunction

13 years ago

Mozilla Updates Its Public Licence

Mozilla releases an update on its licence after a two-year collaborative update

13 years ago

Saudi Hackers Steal Israeli Credit Card Details

Saudi hackers claim 400,000 Israeli credit cards compromised and promise to reveal more

13 years ago

Sony, Nintendo, EA Games Turn Their Backs On SOPA

The top three gaming companies have added their names to the growing list of critics opposing the US Government's SOPA…

13 years ago

Facebook Blamed In A Third Of UK Divorces

Facebook has apparently been cited in a 33 percent of divorce cases in the United Kingdom in the past year

13 years ago

Rambus and Broadcom Settle Patent Dispute

Broadcom negotiates five year licensing deal to use Rambus technology in its products

13 years ago

Hasbro Sues Asus Over Transformer Prime Trademark

Hasbro says Transformer Prime tablet infringes its trademark for the popular toys and movie franchise

13 years ago

O2 Error Blocks Church Website Over Adult Content Claim

Users unable to access church Website for four months due to O2's 18-plus rating

13 years ago

ITC Rules Motorola Infringed Microsoft Patent

Microsoft manages to convince ITC that Motorola infringed just one patent out of seven

13 years ago

HTC Phones Face Ban Unless Apple Patented Feature Is Removed

HTC has been found guilty in the US of infringing only one patent of ten asserted by Apple

13 years ago

Samsung Expands German Lawsuit To Include Emoticons

Samsung has added four new patent claims to its lawsuit against Apple in the German courts

13 years ago

Sky Blocks Newzbin2 After Court Order

Sky says it blocked file-sharing site Newzbin2 to protect copyright holders and consumers

13 years ago

British Student Admits Facebook Hack

A student from York has admitted hacking into Facebook, but denies it was with malicious intent

13 years ago

Motorola Wins German iPhone Ban Bid

A court rules that the iPad and iPhone should be banned in Germany, but Apple is set to appeal

13 years ago

Samsung Fails To Block Sale Of iPhone 4S In France

French court calls Samsung's injunction request against the iPhone 4S "out of proportion"

13 years ago

Samsung Wins Tablet Tiff In Oz, But US Fight Goes On

Australian High Court rejects Apple's appeal to extend Galaxy Tab ban, but US no-ban decision is appealed

13 years ago

US Authorities Censor Blog For A Year Without Cause

The US authorities return confiscated domain name to an "illegal" music blog without explanation

13 years ago

Russians Deny England World Cup Bid Email Hack

FBI interviews members of England's 2018 World Cup bid team as part of its investigation into FIFA corruption

13 years ago

ICO Clamps Down On Spam Texters

ICO raids spam text office while survey finds 0.01 percent of people found spam texts useful

13 years ago

Apple Loses iPad Trademark Case In China

The Chinese courts have rejected Apple's claim to the iPad branding because of a disputed prior claim

13 years ago

German Retailers Told To Stop Selling HTC Products

IPCom has written to German retailers, telling them to stop selling HTC 3G products or face legal action

13 years ago

RIM Forced To Rename BBX By US Court

A US Federal Court has granted an injunction preventing RIM from using the BBX trademark

13 years ago

Kaspersky Quits BSA Over US SOPA Support

Kaspersky says Stop Online Piracy Act is against the public interest and quits BSA to emphasise its point

13 years ago