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Appeals court to Napster: Rock on!
News In its one-page ruling, the appeals court said Napster's attorneys had raised significant, and potentially precedent-setting, questions about the form and merits of Patel's decision. The appeals court will issue a permanent decision sometime after...
[July 31, 2000, 8:36]
Appeals court reaffirms Microsoft settlement
News A US Appeals Court on Wednesday upheld Microsoft's landmark antitrust settlement with the Department of Justice and several state attorneys general, rejecting Massachusetts' appeal for stiffer penalties.
[July 1, 2004, 9:30]
Appeals court overturns Microsoft injunction
News Appeals Court has overturned a preliminary injunction against Microsoft Corp.saying that a lower court made substantial errors when it prohibited Microsoft from requiring computer manufacturers that license Windows 95 to license the Internet...
[June 24, 1998, 9:13]
Court of Appeals to hear Microsoft case
News Shortly after the software maker asked for a stay of a sweeping judicial breakup order, the US Court of Appeals agreed to hear Microsoft's appeal. This certainly shows that the Court of Appeals believes this is an important case and will move...
[June 14, 2000, 8:52]
Microsoft infringed patent, says appeals court
News A federal appeals court on Friday affirmed a lower court ruling that Microsoft infringed on a patent owned by Alcatel-Lucent, but said the jury award of $358m in damages was excessive. The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington...
[September 14, 2009, 8:42]
FAQ: What the appeals court's ruling means
News ZDNet UK addresses key questions about the appeals court's decision not to break up software giant Microsoft. In an unprecedented move, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard the case before a full panel of eligible judges.
[June 29, 2001, 9:29]
News Burst: DOJ, Microsoft in appeals court tomorrow
News Microsoft and the Justice Department confront each other tomorrow in the federal appeals court but both sides are already looking to the possibility of new, broader charges that may be on the horizon.
[April 20, 1998, 11:06]
US Report: Microsoft asks appeals court for help on Windows 98
News Court of Appeals on Tuesday would have no effect on possible new legal actions under consideration by the US Justice Department and state attorneys general. Microsoft appealed against that injunction on Dec.asking the higher court to overturn it.
[May 7, 1998, 11:34]
US Report: Temporary MS victory favours Win98 shipment
News Last week, Microsoft filed a motion asking the appeals court to exclude Windows 98 from the ruling. Court of Appeals wrote in the decision. District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson - required Microsoft to unbundle its Internet Explorer browser...
[May 13, 1998, 8:15]
US Report: Microsoft seeks dismissal of government's suit
News He also said Microsoft could be on shaky legal ground by repeatedly citing the Appeals Court decision because that ruling only dealt with whether the company broke a 1995 consent decree, not whether it widely violated antitrust laws.
[August 11, 1998, 9:57]
Thumbnails ruled ok
News Search engines' display of miniature images is fair use under copyright law, a federal appeals court ruled on Monday, but the legality of presenting full-size renditions of visual works is yet to be determined.
[July 8, 2003, 10:52]
MS to court: Keep us together
News Calling earlier proceedings "infected with error", Microsoft pleaded with an appeals court to keep the company intact in a 150-page brief filed Monday. Claiming US district judge Thomas Penfield Jackson was biased against Microsoft, the company...
[November 28, 2000, 8:51]
W3C applauds Microsoft 'reprieve'
News A federal appeals court partially reversed a lower-court decision that had exposed Microsoft to $565m (£294m) in damages. The appeals court upheld the lower court's determination that those copies are indeed subject to the patent.
[March 3, 2005, 7:15]
Napster: Throw out the case!
News Defence lawyers for Napster late Friday urged a federal appeals court to dismiss a lower court ruling that could effectively shut down the popular online music-swapping service. In its brief submitted to the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Napster...
[August 21, 2000, 8:43]
Court affirms software download patent
News A federal appeals court has for the second time breathed life into a patent that could force software vendors to pay licensing fees to sell their products directly over the Internet. A full panel of judges on the Federal Circuit US Court of Appeals...
[July 17, 2001, 9:20]
Prosecutors reverse stance on cybercrime conviction
News Federal prosecutors asked a San Francisco appeals court this week to reverse a computer-crime conviction that punished a California man for notifying a company's customers of a flaw in the company's email service.
[October 17, 2003, 11:30]
Microsoft asks court to halt Word injunction
News Microsoft on Tuesday asked an appeals court to halt an injunction that would force the company to stop selling Microsoft Word in its current form. In its 'emergency motion', made on Tuesday, Microsoft asked an appeals court to halt that injunction...
[August 19, 2009, 8:40]
Allchin: Microsoft sticking to its guns
News If Microsoft's enthusiasm for bundling new technologies into Windows XP was dampened last week by the US Court of Appeals, the company isn't showing any signs of it. That may not please critics, how ever, many of whom are keeping a close eye on the...
[August 7, 2001, 9:05]
Microsoft dealt legal blow
News A US federal appeals court on Thursday issued setbacks to both Microsoft and the government in their long-running antitrust battle. The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected Microsoft's request that it reconsider its...
[August 3, 2001, 8:47]
Free speech victory for DVD crackers
News The appeals court released a decision on Thursday overturning an earlier order that barred hundreds of people from publishing the code for a software program called "DeCSS" online. The California appeals court's ruling on Thursday goes the furthest...
[November 2, 2001, 10:12]
