Legal

High Court Ruling Permits Court Summons Via Facebook

UK judge sets precedent by allowing high court legal claims to be served through social networking site

13 years ago

ITC Dismisses HTC Patent Claim Against Apple

Taiwanese phone maker HTC has lost the latest leg of its increasingly bitter legal dispute against HTC

13 years ago

Google Promises Fair Access To Motorola Patents

Google has promised FRAND access to Motorola patents, but analysts say its stance hasn't changed significantly

13 years ago

Oracle Seeks New Trial In On-Going Legal Dispute With SAP

Oracle rejects a settlement offer and wants a new trial to "vindicate" the original jury and the company's intellectual property…

13 years ago

Apple Fails In German Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1N Ban Bid

A Munich court casts doubt on the validity of an Apple scrolling patent

13 years ago

EU Launches Investigation Into Samsung Patent Claims

The European Union is to investigate claims that Samsung is abusing its position as owner of patents for essential 3G…

13 years ago

Apple Loses Dutch Samsung Galaxy Tab Ban Appeal

A Dutch Court rules that the design of the Samsung Galaxy Tab is sufficiently different from Apple's iPad

13 years ago

HP Settles Exploding Batteries Claim With £272,000 Penalty

HP settles over claims it knowingly sold batteries which could overheat and put users at risk

13 years ago

Megaupload Reveals The Need For User-Based Internet Legislation

Every cloud has a sinister lining or so the closure of MegaUpload and TV-Shack appears to indicate, writes Eric Doyle

13 years ago

Kodak Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Kodak has filed for chapeter 11 bankrupcy protection but vows to come out fighting in the end

13 years ago

Wikipedia 24-Hour Blackout Protests Anti-Piracy Laws

Wikipedia and others have shut down their Websites in protest against US anti-piracy legislation

13 years ago

Is Google Risking Anti-Trust Deliberately?

Clint Boulton examines an intriguing theory - that Google is deliberately provoking anti-trust investigation, in order to trap Facebook

13 years ago

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