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Google Seeks Early Win In Microsoft Battle
News Google has asked a federal judge in California to rule that Kai-Fu Lee's contract with Microsoft is unenforceable and that the researcher should be allowed to join Google unfettered by the terms of his employment deal.
[August 30, 2005, 9:20]
Microsoft Blow In Private Antitrust Case
News In what could be a legal blow to Microsoft, a federal judge has signaled that antitrust plaintiffs who filed recent private lawsuits against the software giant might be able to use findings from the government's earlier case, according to...
[October 28, 2002, 9:08]
Google Porn Probe Compromise Imminent
News A federal judge hearing arguments in the Department of Justice's records fight with Google said on Tuesday he would grant federal prosecutors at least part of their request for excerpts from the search giant's massive database.
[March 15, 2006, 12:40]
Microsoft To Pick Up Half Of State's Legal Tab
News A federal judge has ordered Microsoft to pay nearly $1m in legal fees to the state of Massachusetts, although the award was less than half of what the state has been seeking. In an order posted online on Monday, US District Court Judge Colleen...
[September 23, 2003, 10:35]
Judge OKs FBI Hack Of Russian Computers
News Upholding the rights of law enforcement to cross national borders in pursuit of cyberspace criminals, a federal judge has ruled that FBI agents did not act improperly when they tricked a pair of suspected hackers out of passwords and account...
[May 31, 2001, 15:33]
Red Hat Demands Action On SCO Case
News Red Hat has asked a federal judge to reverse her decision to put its copyright-related lawsuit against the SCO Group on hold. Arguing that the stay was "inappropriate," Red Hat requested on Tuesday that Sue Robinson, chief judge for the US District...
[April 21, 2004, 9:15]
Lindows: Jury To Decide
News A federal judge in Seattle on Wednesday refused a request by software maker Lindows to toss out Microsoft's trademark case against it, paving the way for an April trial. We are pleased that the judge denied Lindows' motion to have our Windows...
[January 27, 2003, 8:58]
Microsoft Foes Urge Antitrust Punishment
News Two more Microsoft foes have joined an effort to overturn the landmark antitrust settlement that a federal judge approved in November. Under the Tunney Act, a federal judge must determine that such an antitrust settlement is "in the public interest.
[January 3, 2003, 8:49]
Anti-spyware Software Targets Gator
News Just days after a federal judge ruled that software makers are within their rights to deliver ads over Web sites, a technology company is arming consumers with a way to stop them. But Judge Gerald Bruce Lee dismissed the argument, saying that...
[September 10, 2003, 10:10]
Court Orders Sony To Pay Rootkit Victims
News A federal judge on Monday gave final approval to a settlement in a class action suit against Sony BMG Music Entertainment over copy protection software on music CDs that hacked customers' operating systems.
[May 23, 2006, 9:55]
Microsoft's Request To Shift Trial Denied
News A federal judge on Thursday denied Microsoft's motion for a change of venue in its pending case against RealNetworks, which charged the software giant with anticompetitive business tactics. US District Court Judge James Ware rejected Microsoft's...
[March 12, 2004, 9:30]
Judge Slams Door On Napster
News A federal judge on Wednesday issued a surprise injunction requiring Napster to block all copyrighted music on its site. Recording industry attorney Russell Frackman told the judge that 20 million songs were downloaded daily, of which roughly 90...
[July 27, 2000, 8:56]
File Swappers' Identities To Be Revealed
News A federal judge has handed a preliminary victory to the recording industry by granting its request to unmask anonymous file swappers accused of copyright infringement. The DMCA contains provisions for unmasking file swappers without a judge's...
[July 28, 2004, 8:55]
Russians To Be Tried Under DMCA
News A US federal judge on Wednesday denied a motion to dismiss criminal charges against a Russian software company accused of selling a product designed to break anti-copying technology. US District Judge Ronald Whyte found that the Digital Millennium...
[May 9, 2002, 14:02]
Mediator Appointed In MS Antitrust Case
News Giving it one last shot, the federal judge overseeing the Microsoft antitrust trial has appointed a federal mediator in bid to prod the two sides to reach an out-of-court settlement. Rarely is a sitting federal judge ever asked to be one.
[November 22, 1999, 8:35]
Google Scores Copyright Victory
News In a legal win for Google, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by a writer who claimed the search giant infringed on his copyright by archiving a Usenet posting of his and providing excerpts from his Web site in search results.
[March 17, 2006, 9:30]
SCO Dodges Knockout Blow
News The federal judge overseeing the SCO Group's suit against IBM regarding Unix and Linux has thwarted an IBM attempt to defang SCO's claims, but he voiced loud scepticism about SCO's case. There's very little that can be more disastrous to your case...
[February 10, 2005, 8:05]
Microsoft Case Misses Settlement Deadline
News The government and Microsoft have failed to settle their landmark antitrust case before the first deadline imposed by a federal judge, sources said on Friday. But the joke may have been on the states, which saw a federal appeals court in June throw...
[October 15, 2001, 9:09]
PS2 Mod Chips Legal In Australia
News Australia's competition watchdog has welcomed a federal judge's finding that Sydney-based Eddy Stevens had not contravened section a116A of the Copyright Act by selling "mod chips", which enable gamers to circumvent copy protection technology...
[July 29, 2002, 8:34]
Electronic Evidence Raises Questions In Porn Case
News A New York federal judge on Thursday sentenced a former Xerox engineer accused of trafficking in child pornography to nearly four years in prison. This judge just didn't get it. Last month, US District Judge David Larimer rejected Benedict's request.
[August 30, 2002, 14:24]
