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US Report: Racing to beat the Win98 clock
News Both Microsoft and the DOJ this week filed motions regarding whether or not Windows 98 should be covered by Judge Thomas Penfield's preliminary injunction regarding browser bundling, which he issued last December.
[May 8, 1998, 13:22]
Microsoft sues over IM spam, phishing
News One is to stop companies and individuals from continuing the attacks through injunction. Microsoft has filed a lawsuit accusing two companies of launching instant-messaging spam and phishing attacks that targeted users on its Live Messenger network.
[July 17, 2009, 16:41]
Apple settles with Tiger leaker
News According to those documents, Sambhara would be required to return to Apple any information he got as part of his membership in the company's Apple Developer Connection and an injunction was ordered preventing him from possessing or communicating...
[April 20, 2005, 9:55]
HP denies spying on former employee
News Last month the judge handling the case, District Court Judge Michael Schneider ordered Kamb to withdraw his countersuit and issued an injunction barring both sides from publicly discussing the case. In a court filing on Tuesday, Hewlett-Packard...
[March 1, 2007, 14:17]
Court reverses Microsoft patent-infringement ruling
News If it fails in its appeal bid, Microsoft faces damages of more than $200m (£125m) in that case as well as an injunction that would halt sales of Word with the infringing feature. A US federal court on Tuesday reversed an earlier ruling that...
[September 30, 2009, 8:22]
Supreme Court backs off DVD case
News The DVD Copy Control Association's (DVDCCA) suit alleged violations of California's trade secret laws, and a state judge granted an injunction against the defendants. The US Supreme Court has bowed out of a long-running dispute over a DVD...
[January 6, 2003, 8:06]
Apple TV draws patent lawsuit
News EZ4Media is seeking an injunction prohibiting Apple from further acts of infringement, as well as "damages adequate to compensate.for the infringement that has occurred, but in no event less than a reasonable royalty".
[December 19, 2008, 9:48]
Microsoft settles Google lawsuit over executive hire
News In its suit, Microsoft had sought monetary damages as well as an injunction upholding the noncompete clause and other provisions of Lee's contract, including terms barring him from sharing Microsoft trade secrets.
[December 23, 2005, 9:50]
Apple, Microsoft, Google sued over preview icons
News Cygnus is seeking damages and a permanent injunction to prevent further alleged infringement. A Michigan-based networking company on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against Google, Microsoft and Apple, alleging that all three technology giants violated a...
[December 29, 2008, 7:15]
Microsoft bans UK man from selling email lists
News Lewison ruled that Microsoft had suffered a loss as a result of the breach of the PECR, and was entitled to compensation and an injunction restraining McDonald from instigating the transmission of commercial emails to Hotmail accounts.
[December 18, 2006, 14:52]
US government considers action on patent trolls
News The ruling established that patent holders aren't "automatically" entitled to injunctions barring convicted infringers from using their inventions and instructed courts to consider factors such as whether the patent owner would experience...
[June 16, 2006, 14:50]
US Report: IBM hit with Y2K suit
News Yu is seeking compensatory and punitive damages and is asking a judge for an injunction requiring the company to notify all licensees of pending problems and issue a patch. IBM Corp.is the latest major company to find itself in the cross hairs of a...
[December 23, 1998, 9:06]
UK defies US on software patents
News Last week the US court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed Amazon's request for an injunction that would have stopped Barnes and Noble using a similar process on its own site. The British government has announced that it will oppose...
[March 12, 2001, 11:47]
RIM and Good end fight
News The holding company was awarded an injunction against RIM by a US district court, which found that the BlackBerry maker infringed on NTP's patents, but the order has been stayed pending an appeal by RIM.
[March 29, 2004, 10:40]
Nickers lose domain names to underwear company
News US district judge James Lawrence King repeated the NAF ruling, and issued an injunction against Victoria's Cyber Secret to prevent them from using the trademarks again. The lingerie chain Victoria's Secret has won the rights to four Internet domain...
[September 20, 2001, 16:49]
Amazon, Barnes&Noble settle patent suit
News Amazon won an injunction against use of the feature in December 1999. Amazon.com said on Wednesday that it has settled its long-running patent-infringement suit against Barnes&Noble.com over its 1-Click checkout system.
[March 7, 2002, 11:50]
Lindows looks for new name
News Meanwhile, the US District Court judge overseeing the case has denied Microsoft requests for an injunction, barring Lindows from using the name. Embattled Linux seller Lindows will adopt a separate name for operations outside the US, the company's...
[April 8, 2004, 13:00]
UK firm claims patents on Internet downloading
News I can't think of any time that BTG has brought an injunction to take a product that is on the market off the market," said the company spokesman. A UK company claims to own a number of patents that relate to the process of downloading software and...
[June 14, 2004, 17:40]
Sendo lawsuit targets Orange SPV smartphone
News We are seeking damages and an injunction to restrain sales of the product. Sendo said on Thursday that it has filed legal action against mobile phone operator Orange in the UK for alleged patent infringements in Orange's SPV (Sound, Pictures, Video...
[June 5, 2003, 15:14]
Qualcomm and Nokia in legal deadlock
News As well as legal action on both sides of the Atlantic, Qualcomm has taken its case to the International Trade Commission and is seeking an injunction banning Nokia from importing phones into the US. Qualcomm chief executive Paul Jacobs has revealed...
[February 14, 2007, 8:54]
