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US court rules computer code cannot be stolen

...to prosecute corporate espionage was dealt a setback on Wednesday when a federal appeals court ruled that downloaded code did not qualify as stolen under... Read more

12 April, 2012 by Steven Musil

US court orders rethink on airport body scanners

...installed full-body scanners in US airports without following proper procedures, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday. The US Transportation Security Agency violated federal... Read more

18 July, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

Facebook opponents told to accept settlement

...Winklevoss and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg appears to be over, as a federal appeals court judge has told the twin brothers to accept their settlement... Read more

12 April, 2011 by Marguerite Reardon

US Supreme Court allows download suit to go ahead

...according to reports by Bloomberg and Reuters. Instead, the decision by a federal appeals court that the plaintiffs had supplied enough evidence to sue the... Read more

11 January, 2011 by Greg Sandoval

Microsoft dealt legal blow

A US federal appeals court on Thursday issued setbacks to both Microsoft and the government... Read more

3 August, 2001 by Joe Wilcox and Sandeep Junnarkar
Court favours Microsoft in Alcatel-Lucent case

Court favours Microsoft in Alcatel-Lucent case

...A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that Microsoft need not... Read more

26 September, 2008 by Ina Fried

Business Objects patent case gets go-ahead

Software company Business Objects said on Friday that an American federal appeals court has ordered a trial in a patent infringement lawsuit that... Read more

10 January, 2005 by Martin LaMonica

PalmOne scores patent victory

Handheld maker PalmOne said on Thursday that a federal appeals court upheld a ruling that its products do not infringe on... Read more

7 January, 2005 by Ina Fried

Six judges return to Microsoft suit

A federal appeals court on Tuesday returned once again to the long-running Microsoft... Read more

5 November, 2003 by Declan McCullagh

Court rejects Microsoft bid for delay

A federal appeals court on Friday delivered Microsoft a blow in its antitrust battle... Read more

17 August, 2001 by Joe Wilcox

Ruling boosts Microsoft shares

Microsoft investors cheered Thursday after a long-awaited federal appeals court ruling that reversed a judge's decision to split the... Read more

29 June, 2001 by Dawn Kawamoto

Microsoft wins antitrust appeal

Handing Microsoft a major victory in its antitrust case, a federal appeals court has vacated a lower court's ruling calling for the... Read more

28 June, 2001 by Joe Wilcox

Judges put end to Napster appeal

A federal appeals court has determined that Napster must continue to block the swapping... Read more

26 June, 2001 by John Borland

News Burst: DOJ, Microsoft in appeals court tomorrow

...Microsoft and the Justice Department confront each other tomorrow in the federal appeals court but both sides are already looking to the possibility of... Read more

20 April, 1998 by ZDNet

Is there a future for US child protection bill?

With some legal experts betting a federal appeals court will uphold a January court ruling against the Child Online... Read more

6 April, 1999 by Maria Seminerio

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