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AT&T Sues Verizon Over Map Ads
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Nook Ebook Caught In Copy Claim
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Skype And Joltid Settle
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BlueBeat Claims Beatles Copyright
Company owner says "psycho-acoustic simulation" means he can sell songs 671 reads
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Skype and Joltid settle
Litigation ends 6 November 2009 16:11 GMTeBay's Skype has reached a settlement with Joltid over a breach of license that will now see the sale of the VoIP firm go through without litigation hassles.
Joltid Ltd, a Swedish firm owned by Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, had claimed peer-to-peer... -
BlueBeat claims it owns copyright in Beatles tracks
Company owner says "psycho-acoustic simulation" means he can sell songs 5 November 2009 18:03 GMTHank Risen, the owner of BlueBeat.com, which was found last week to be selling MP3s of the Beatles' catalogue for as little as 15p per track, has defiantly stated that he owns the copyrights in the songs that he's selling.
EMI filed a lawsuit against the company,...
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AT&T sues Verizon over "there's a map for that" ads
Aggressive advertising said to be misleading 4 November 2009 11:48 GMTIt seems Verizon's "there's a map for that" AT&T bashing campaign has not gone down well with the latter's legal department.
AT&T is suing Verizon and has filed a motion to get the adverts pulled as it considers them "misleading".
As those who've... -
Spring Design sues Barnes & Noble over Nook ebook
Claims "features copied" 3 November 2009 4:37 GMTSpring Design, the maker of the Alex dual-screen ebook reader is suing Barnes & Noble over claims that the bookseller copied ideas and features in releasing its own ebook, the Nook.
"We showed the Alex e-book design to Barnes & Noble in good faith with the intention...
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Facebook awarded $711 million from spammer
Spamford Wallace ordered to pay out 30 October 2009 10:53 GMTIt's been revealed how much money Facebook has been awarded in damages over a recent anti-spam case against internet "marketer" Sanford - or as he's known Spamford - Wallace.
Facebook filed the anti-spamming case in February after Wallace accessed people's... -
Nokia sues Apple over alleged iPhone patent infringements
"Apple is attempting to get a free ride on the back of Nokia's innovation" 22 October 2009 15:43 GMTNokia has announced that it has filed a complaint against Apple with the Federal District Court in Delaware, alleging that Apple's iPhone infringes Nokia patents for GSM, UMTS and wireless LAN standards.
Nokia is naming ten patents in the suit that relate... -
Apple loses Mighty Mouse trademark battle
So what will the next Mac mouse be called? 8 October 2009 15:33 GMTWe brought you the news of the lawsuit, way back in spring 2008, and can now reveal the verdict. Apple has lost the right to call its own-brand Mac mouse the "Mighty Mouse".
Man & Machine, American medical hardware specialist suppliers, has now been granted... -
Amazon settles for $150,000 over Kindle deletion
Orwellian error paid off 5 October 2009 9:19 GMTAmazon's decision to remotely delete digital copies of George Orwell's 1984 from customer's Kindles has cost it $150,000.
The figure - a settlement amount reached between Amazon and a high school student - is in addition to the $30 compensation it offered each... -
Skype founders sue for billions in damages
Copyright infringement case launched against new owners as well as eBay 17 September 2009 12:41 GMTThe founders of Skype are suing the investment company that is buying the internet telephony service from current owner eBay, demanding billions in compensation for copyright infringement.
In a move that's highly likely to disrupt the $1.9 billion buy-out,... -
Apple sued over iPhone's missing MMS
American consumers still waiting for multimedia messaging to arrive 28 August 2009 15:11 GMTAn American consumer is suing Apple and iPhone operator AT&T for the failure as yet to deliver the promised MMS messaging on the iPhone 3GS.
Deborah Carr has filed a lawsuit in Ohio that charges Apple and AT&T for "violating laws against deceptive trade practices... -
Twitter loses battle to trademark the word "tweet"
Tweetmarks, Cotweet and Tweetphoto got there first 24 August 2009 16:07 GMTTwitter has lost a legal battle to try and trademark the word "tweet", despite it being the official word that describes the short messages issued via its micro-blogging service.
A direct result of the company's open API policy, something that has helped the... -
Texas judge bans Microsoft Word sales
Microsoft likely to appeal 12 August 2009 11:10 GMTA judge in the Eastern District of Texas has ruled that Microsoft must stop selling its Word product in the United States within 60 days, due to patent infringement.
Judge Leonard Davis has issued an injunction that "prohibits Microsoft from selling or importing... -
Twitter sued for patent infringement
Texas-based TechRadium files lawsuit 7 August 2009 11:06 GMTTwitter is facing a patent infringement lawsuit in the States as a Texas-based company, TechRadium, is claiming the micro-blogging site has pinched tech from its patents.
TechRadium offers "mass notification and emergency alerting systems" to government, commercial... -
Peter Sunde resigns from Pirate Bay
Brokep calls it quits as site spokesperson 3 August 2009 18:09 GMTPeter Sunde, Pirate Bay founder and site spokesperson has quit his post in advance of the site's sale to Swedish company "Global Gaming Factory X".
He posted on his personal blog, Copy me happy, "I have decided to not be the spokes person for The Pirate Bay... -
McKinnon extradition appeal denied
Aspergers sufferer to be trialled in the States 31 July 2009 11:33 GMTUFOlogist and hacker Gary McKinnon has failed in his attempts to avoid being extradited to the USA to face charges of hacking into Pentagon computers, which carries a potential sentence of 60 years.
McKinnon's appeal asked Keir Starmer, the director of public... -
Student sues Amazon over Kindle deletion
Class action suit for those affected by Orwell fiasco 31 July 2009 10:00 GMTA 17-year-old high school student in the States is suing Amazon over its recent ill-advised remote deletion of two George Orwell titles from consumer's Kindles.
Amazon sold consumers the books - 1984 and Animal Farm - but later pulled them when it realised there... -
Tweet leads to $50,000 lawsuit
Cautionary Twitter tale sees damages claim 29 July 2009 15:36 GMTOne tweet could potentially cost an American woman $50,000 as it has led to a damages lawsuit in the States.
Acting as a warning to watch what you tweet, the 16-word message on the micro-blogging site has landed the woman, Amanda Bobben, in legal hot water.... -
Pirate Bay sale heading for choppy waters?
Rosso walks out 29 July 2009 9:55 GMTThe closing of the multi-million-dollar Pirate Bay buyout is due within a week, but there are signs that the deal may be on the rocks following the walkout of Wayne Rosso - the man responsible for making it happen.
Rosso joined Global Gaming Factory X in mid-July,... -
Sites could face legal action over Twitter leak
Publishing stolen documents could land web in trouble 15 July 2009 20:28 GMTTwitter has moved to quell reports that its micro-blogging service was hacked again, issuing a statement about a hacker offering internal documents to various industry publications.
"It's important to note that the stolen documents which where downloaded and... -
Wikipedia in trouble with National Portrait Gallery
Unauthorised image uploads 14 July 2009 15:35 GMTThe latest mini-scandal to hit Wikipedia is that the National Portrait Gallery is beginning legal proceedings against the online encyclopaedia.
The gallery says 3000 images from its website have been uploaded unofficially to Wikipedia by a member of the public... -
Psystar back from bankruptcy with new Mac clone
"When life gives you apples, make apple sauce" 3 July 2009 15:51 GMTMac clone maker Psystar, currently involved in a legal battle with Apple, has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy to offer new Mac-esque hardware.
The company, that makes unauthorised PCs running Apple's operating system, is offering a new high-end Open(7) based... -
Pirate Bay acquired by Swedish Software Company for £4.7m
Decentralises torrents and tracker system 30 June 2009 9:46 GMTIn shock news, Swedish software company Global Gaming X has agreed to buy infamous Bittorrent tracker The Pirate Bay in a deal worth 60 million Swedish Kronor - about £4.7 million at current exchange rates.
Global Gaming Factory X has also agreed to buy the... -
Pirate Bay vows to take fight to European Court Of Human Rights
Trial judge ruled unbiased by appeals court 29 June 2009 12:28 GMT"The Pirate Bay will now file charges against Sweden for violation for Human Rights", defiantly stated Pirate Bay defendant Peter Sunde on Twitter over the weekend.
He made the comment following the news that the appeals court has cleared the judge in the original... -
Bing Travel under fire for Kayak copy
Sincerest form of flattery could lead to lawsuit 26 June 2009 11:00 GMTThe travel off-shoot of Microsoft's new search engine Bing, is coming under fire for being a little too similar to established airfare and travel site Kayak.
The similarities of certain areas of Bing to Kayak's look, feel and functionality is so much so that... -
Sharp LCDs face US ban
While Samsung televisions may see the same 25 June 2009 10:14 GMTSome Sharp Aquos televisions and LCD monitors may be banned in the US as they infringe a Samsung patent, a recent ruling states.
Samsung has won a US International Trade Commission ruling over a patent dispute between the two companies, although with only one...


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