A US jury has awarded Apple less than 10 percent of what it had sought in the latest result of the two companies' wide-ranging legal battle
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The UK Is Taking Its Courtrooms Online
Police, legal professionals and defendants will get access to new digital tools and services by 2016
Microsoft Shareholder Sues Company Over EU ‘Browser Choice’ Mistake
A lawsuit tries to establish who’s to blame for a “technical error” which led to a £484 million fine
BlackBerry Sues Top Exec To Stay At His Post
How bad are things at BlackBerry? Michelle Maisto says the case of Sebastien Marineau-Mes is not a good sign
Man Who ‘Sold’ Free Microsoft Products Is Given Suspended Jail Sentence
Luton resident Mohammed Khalid Jamil ran a Microsoft support scam out of a call centre in India
Marvell Ordered To Pay Carnegie Mellon $1.54 Billion For Storage Patent Infringement
The judge increases the fine by $366 million to penalize “egregious behaviour”
UK To Allow Copying Digital Media For Personal Use
The government appears to be fighting against restrictive DRM measures by relaxing copyright rules
Microsoft Promises To Take Legal Advice Before Reading Hotmail Accounts
New rules come after the company allegedly read the email account of an ex-employee suspected of leaking Microsoft secrets
Ex-Microsoft Employee Arrested, Charged With Stealing Windows Secrets
Alex Kibkalo allegedly passed on secrets concerning various Microsoft projects to an unnamed blogger
Russian Hacker Accused Of Raiding Swiss Banks Arrested In Bangkok
Farid ‘Diabl0’ Essebar, one of the creators of the Zotob worm, evaded the authorities for the last three years, and is accused of causing $4 billion worth of damage
Toshiba And SanDisk Sue Hynix For Industrial Espionage
The engineer who leaked proprietary information is in custody
Federal Judge Freezes US Assets Of Mt Gox CEO Mark Karpeles
The head of the defunct bitcoin exchange will not be able to access his money. Oh, the irony.
Indian Watchdog Could Hit Google With A $5 Billion Fine
Google could be fined as much as $5 billion if an investigation by the Competition Commission of India finds it guilty of anti-competitive practices. No haggling is possible
Judge Denies Apple Attempt To Ban US Samsung Phone Sales
Samsung also loses appeal against fines, will have to pay Apple $930m as ruling is upheld
HP Begins Autonomy Lawsuit Settlement Talks – Report
Talks are reportedly underway to settle the lawsuit from HP shareholders over its troubled acquisition of Autonomy
Google Lays Out Ground Rules For Glass Users
Google Glass users urged not to be ‘glassholes’ by being rude or acting oddly in public
Typo Products Says BlackBerry Can’t Patent Physical Keyboards
The US start-up wants to continue selling familiar-looking accessories for iPhones
Autonomy Hits Back At Fraud Claims, Says HP Is Dodging Taxes
HP says Autonomy lied, Autonomy says HP cheated
Twitter Makes Peace With IBM In Patent Deal
Twitter will buy 900 patents and sign a cross-licensing agreement with IBM following settlement of dispute
Google Glass Facing Driving Ban In The US
Seven states are now looking at making it illegal to use Google's wearable device whilst driving
EasyGroup Attacks Crowdsourced Delivery Startup Easybring
London-based parent of EasyJet claims the crowdsourced delivery service infringes on its trademarks
Google Close To Settling EU Antitrust Charges – Reports
Google is looking to end a three year EU investigation into its practices
Dutch Court Overturns ‘Ineffective’ Pirate Bay Ban
The 'ineffective' ban on the Pirate Bay website has been overturned by a Dutch Court
Bitcoin Entrepreneur Charlie Shrem Charged With Money Laundering
The co-founder of BitInstant allegedly conspired to supply Silk Road with Bitcoins
Technical Glitch Cripples US Federal Courts
The FBI says Friday’s downtime was caused by a technical issue, while the European Cyber Army takes credit for DDoS
Homeland Security Grills Google Glass-Wearing Cinema Goer
Google Glass gets anti-terror grilling over suspicions of copyright theft
HP Needs Six Weeks To Ponder Next Legal Move In Autonomy Saga
Legal row continues as HP is given more time to decide what to do about Autonomy accounting claims
Google Glass Driver Cleared By US Court
Ceclila Abadie was wearing Google Glass but there was no proof it was switched on
High Court Rules Google Safari Privacy Case Must Be Heard In UK
Google fails to get its case moved to California
Verizon Judgement Is Just A Setback For The FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules
Verizon has beaten the FCC's Net Neutrality legislation, but Wayne Rash says the regulator can easily fix this