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Motorola: We're 'completely open' to Windows 8

...Motorola is signalling its openness to Windows despite being locked in a courtroom battle with Microsoft over patents. In October, Microsoft filed an International Trade... Read more

10 August, 2011 by Ben Woods

Legal Napster alternative to be unveiled

Putting music online legally without enforcing copyright is the novel plan behind Freenet's successor Read more

4 August, 2000 by Will Knight

Zeta-Jones virus says hello

While Catherine Zeta-Jones is embroiled in a high-profile courtroom battle, a virus bearing her name is making its way around the... Read more

13 February, 2003 by Will Sturgeon

Intel slaps Via with new patent lawsuit

The courtroom battle over chip patents heats up as Intel files a countersuit claiming... Read more

11 October, 2001 by Michael Kanellos
Nasa hacker's legal team sees 'glimmer of hope'

Nasa hacker's legal team sees 'glimmer of hope'

...self-confessed hacker, who has spent the past seven years fighting a courtroom battle against extradition to the US Read more

31 July, 2009 by Tom Espiner

SCO rules out further court cases

...SCO has sued several companies, but last month it largely lost a courtroom battle with DaimlerChrysler over the issue. This defeat led to suggestions that... Read more

4 August, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

Hyperlinks remain legal after Scientology defeat

The Church of Scientology has lost a courtroom battle to compel a Dutch writer and her Internet service provider to... Read more

9 September, 2003 by Matt Hines

The Week in Review: The joy of text

...of Catherine Zeta-Jones. While she's embroiled in a high-profile courtroom battle, a virus bearing her name is making its way around the... Read more

14 February, 2003 by ZDNet UK

Jane Wakefield: The Net takes on the establishment

...little guy takes on the big corporation and a David and Goliath courtroom battle ensues. In this case, the little guy is nuclear physicist Laurence... Read more

3 April, 2000 by Jane Wakefield
Behind the Mask: A True Story of Obsession and a Savage Genius by Stella Sands 3.0.1

Behind the Mask: A True Story of Obsession and a Savage Genius by Stella Sands 3.0.1

...most shocking crime cases and legal appeals in Florida history, an extraordinary courtroom battle began.What the jury did not know was that Coday, when... Read more

21 May, 2010
Nasa hacker's legal team sees 'glimmer of hope'

Nasa hacker's legal team sees 'glimmer of hope'

...self-confessed hacker, who has spent the past seven years fighting a courtroom battle against extradition to the US Read more

31 July, 2009

EMC loses battle to stop ex-VP working for the enemy

...spy who didn't love them... Storage giant EMC has lost its courtroom battle to stop its former VP of global sales alliances, Kenneth Todd... Read more

15 November, 2001 by Joey Gardiner

EMC embroiled in spy case with ex-employee

...his phone bugged... Storage giant EMC is involved in a full-blown courtroom battle with one of its former executives over allegations of spying and... Read more

13 November, 2001 by Pia Heikkila

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