Legal

Government Prodded Over Personal Data Protection

The Equality and Human Rights Commission says government needs to overhaul its data protection regime

13 years ago

Is Apple Trying To Beat Android… Or Destroy It?

Apple and Google may need each other, but Clint Boulton believes Steve Jobs wants to kill Android to settle scores…

13 years ago

Google Buys More Than 1,000 IBM Patents

Google has acquired hundreds of patents from IBM, giving it protection against possible litigation

13 years ago

Hollywood Wins BT Block On Newzbin2 Pirate Website

BT has been ordered to stop its customers from accessing file-sharing website Newzbin2

13 years ago

Sony Insurer Refuses Payout For Data Breach

Zurich Insurance, which suffered a data breach of its own last year, is refusing to accept liability for the Sony…

13 years ago

Apple’s HTC Patent Victory Is The Tip Of The IceBerg

Apple's patent victory over HTC will have other Android phone makers quaking in their boots, says Nicholas Kolakowski

13 years ago

Julian Assange Accused Of ‘Coercion’ By Prosecution

Julian Assange's court fight continues, with prosecutors accusing the Wikileaks founder of coercion

13 years ago

Apple Files Fresh HTC Lawsuit

Apple has filed another complaint against HTC, as its Samsung dispute escalates

13 years ago

US Calls For Extradition Of UK Web Pirates

A US agency official has said that .com or .net addresses fall under their jurisdiction in piracy battle

14 years ago

Apple Moves To Block Samsung Imports

Apple has filed a preliminary injunction in an attempt to block importation of Samsung products into the US

14 years ago

Microsoft Patents Wiretap Technology For Skype

Microsoft has filed a patent application for a technology that allows VoIP conversations to be legally monitored

14 years ago

Microsoft Corners Android Tablet Maker On Patents

Microsoft has entered into another Android-related patent agreement with tablet maker Velocity Micro

14 years ago

Apple Wins Touchscreen Patent For Smartphones

Apple has won a highly significant patent for capacitive touchscreens in smartphones

14 years ago

Facebook Twins Seek New Law Suit

The Winklevoss twins dropped one case, but are suing again for a bigger share of Facebook

14 years ago

Nokia Loses UK 3G Patent Battle

Nokia has lost out to Bavarian firm IPCom over a 'key' 3G patent in a ground-breaking High Court ruling

14 years ago

Oracle Won’t Give An Inch On Google Android

What is the cost to Google of offering Android free to 100 million-plus users? Oracle reckons billions of dollars, says…

14 years ago

HP Sues Oracle Over Itanium Support

Oracle maintains Intel has plans to kill Itanium, while HP says Oracle wants to force users onto Sun Sparc servers

14 years ago

Microsoft’s Defeat By i4i Will Alter Patent Cases

Microsoft's losing battle with i4i before the US Supreme Court could affect future patent-infringement lawsuits, says Nicholas Kolakowski

14 years ago

Facebook Juror Faces Prison For Contempt Of Court

Juror Joanne Fraill, who used Facebook to contact a defendant, is now facing up to two years in prison

14 years ago

Juror Faces Charges For Contacting Defendant Via Facebook

A juror in a major drugs trial is facing contempt charges after contacting one of the defendants on Facebook

14 years ago

Former Ofcom IT Chief Jailed For Fraud

Ofcom's ex-IT services chief has been jailed for defrauding the organisation out of more than £500,000

14 years ago

Attorney General Threatens Twitter Injunction Breakers

Twitter users could face prosecution for breaking privacy injunctions, Attorney General Dominic Grieve has warned

14 years ago

Lord Sugar Ordered To Remove Provocative Tweet

A tweet by Lord Sugar back in January was thought to be unfairly influencing jurors in an MP's expenses case

14 years ago

German Pirate Party Servers Seized By Police

The German branch of the Pirate Party, which campaigns for civil rights on the Internet, has been raided

14 years ago

Twitter Users Protest Footballer’s Disclosure Order

British injunction system under stress as footballer is named in a Scottish paper and thousands of tweets

14 years ago

Twitter User ‘Breaks’ Celebrity Injunctions

Lone tweeter challenges the role of online media in privacy law by revealing puported celebrity injunctions

14 years ago

ISPs Lose Judicial Review Of Digital Economy Act

BT and TalkTalk have failed in their bid to have the Digital Economy Act's copyright measures ruled illegal

14 years ago

Leaked Emails Heat Up Facebook Lawsuit

Developer Paul Ceglia says emails prove 50 percent of Facebook is his

14 years ago

Twins Lose Out In Facebook Case

The Winklevoss twins may be out of legal options after years of litigation against Facebook

14 years ago

Google Looks To Buy Nortel’s Patent Portfolio

Google, needing patents to fend off intellectual property litigation, has bid £560 million for Nortel's portfolio

14 years ago