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Australian bush WiMax network gets go-ahead
News Despite the conclusion of the deal, Telstra plans to press ahead with its case and is still considering further legal action. Despite an ongoing legal battle that threatens to derail the network, the Australian government and OPEL have sealed a...
[September 10, 2007, 11:57]
RIAA hits back at 'Nycfashiongirl'
News She "will be able to raise whatever arguments she wants in the copyright infringement action that is sure to follow. The Recording Industry Association of America levelled a full legal barrage at the sole Kazaa user fighting its attempts to...
[August 28, 2003, 11:30]
Ballmer: We'll meet antitrust guidelines
News Many legal experts expect the ruling to be the final major legal action in the case. But none is expected to change the ruling, nor do many legal experts anticipate the states would try. Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said on Tuesday that...
[November 13, 2002, 7:53]
Microsoft's open source mind shift
News But its pledge not to assert the patents alleviates lingering concerns among developers who feared potential legal action if they incorporate Web services into their code, said analysts and software company executives.
[September 15, 2006, 14:20]
AltaVista in search patent threat
News Critics are concerned that software patenting stifles innovation and leaves companies facing legal action. AltaVista's legal threats will increase ongoing debate over the extent to which companies can patent fundamental technologies.
[January 25, 2001, 12:50]
Microsoft paid $12m to avert Opera lawsuit
News We forwarded a few facts to a big international corporation and settled before we took legal action," Opera chief technology officer Hakon Lie said on Tuesday. Reached by phone, Opera executives refused to name the company involved in the...
[May 24, 2004, 14:05]
Microsoft steps on Samba's toes
News It is unclear whether Microsoft would take legal action against programmers who reviewed the document and used the information in GPL-governed code, though the implied threat is enough to cause concern.
[May 10, 2002, 12:04]
Games firm sues Microsoft over title
News Executives at Mythic were quick to point out that taking legal action against Microsoft was the company's last resort. The company said it is seeking a permanent injunction against Microsoft to prevent it using the name and is asking for related...
[December 23, 2003, 10:30]
UK standards body taken to court over OOXML
News OOXML is also theoretically open, but central to the UKUUG's legal action is ISO's fast-tracking of the format into standardisation without properly addressing its many unresolved technical flaws — an issue exacerbated by OOXML's extraordinary...
[May 1, 2008, 16:34]
Via gets distribution for Pentium chipset
News The idea behind using unbranded motherboards is to protect the motherboard makers from Intel legal action, but it is not known whether such a strategy will prove effective. Most top-tier motherboard manufacturers have stayed away from the P4X266...
[November 19, 2001, 17:33]
The MobiTV Debacle: A Mobile Security Issue?
Blog With hindsight being 20/20, MobiTV probably should have simply secured the content rather than taking legal action. As technology becomes more sophisticated, so must the approach of business and legal minds alike.
[March 10, 2008, 13:15]
Lexmark invokes DMCA in toner suit
News The legal action escalates what has been a technological cold war pitting the aftermarket ink and toner industry against printer manufacturers, who try to prevent customers from buying products from third parties.
[January 9, 2003, 8:51]
Music industry to snoop on Napster fans
News The last resort is legal action. The IFPI is already taking action against people who make large amounts of digital music files available on the Net. The time for warnings is over, now we're going into action," Heymans told Belgian newspaper...
[February 19, 2001, 14:21]
Microsoft: Fake software rife among UK businesses
News Microsoft does not take legal enforcement action against customers found to be using illegal software, beyond making the customer pay to replace the counterfeit products. Instead, the enforcement action is targeted on the channel and the resellers...
[April 27, 2007, 8:25]
SGI draws SCO's wrath
News The case has gone on to challenge the foundations of the Linux movement, with SCO promising to bill Linux users and threatening legal action against companies and individuals who don't shell out licensing fees.
[October 2, 2003, 9:25]
UK spam campaigner to help Europe fight back
News He also revealed that Spamhaus had received threats of legal action from some of these spammers. A UK based anti-spam organisation is to advise legal officials at the European Commission on new legislation to block junk email.
[October 25, 2004, 17:15]
Red Hat: Walking the Linux tightrope
News Not forgetting the fear, uncertainty, and doubt wrought by SCO's legal action and the threat of Microsoft potentially stockpiling a patent arsenal against Linux. ZDNet UK sat down with Red Hat's European marketing director Paul Salazar to discuss...
[August 19, 2004, 17:42]
Linux community snubs SDMI hacker challenge
News People who sign the letter will agree that they will never make a bootleg copy of a recording, but will only play one copy at a time in different devices, an action that's legal under the concept of fair use, but may be hard to follow in these...
[September 15, 2000, 7:50]
SCO fights back against 'don't pay' advice
News One of its moves was to start selling licences to commercial users of Linux; SCO claimed these would legitimise their use of the open-source software and minimise any exposure to future legal action over alleged breaches of SCO's intellectual...
[May 28, 2004, 9:55]
Back in business - but without mod chips
News A Microsoft representative from the company's Asian headquarters confirmed earlier that the company had taken legal action against Lik-Sang but did not provide details. A Hong Kong video game retailer that ran into legal hot water with Microsoft is...
[October 16, 2002, 9:10]
