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Copyright owners profit from infringing YouTube clips
News Instead of just pulling down copyright-infringing clips, copyright owners are choosing to use YouTube's filters to generate advertising revenue, Google said on Wednesday. Commenting on the moral dilemma that copyright owners face when profiting...
[August 28, 2008, 11:59]
must be careful now, I could be infringing a patent
Talkback Do you think they employ people to continually check if a patent exists for some of the most common items in use these days? What possible motivation is there to go seeking patents like this other than being able to sue over patent infringement.
[August 29, 2008, 8:03]
Cisco sues Apple over rights to iPhone name
News Cisco Systems has filed a lawsuit against Apple accusing the company of infringing its iPhone trademark, the networking company said on Wednesday. Cisco accused Apple in a suit filed in United States District Court for the Northern District of...
[January 11, 2007, 7:38]
Vonage faces more patent claims
News Vonage is once again in the legal hot seat, having been sued by yet another company for allegedly infringing on patents. Klausner claims that Vonage, which sells an Internet voice-calling service, is infringing on patents being used as part of its...
[July 11, 2006, 9:55]
Vonage hit by $58m payout to Verizon
News Internet phone provider Vonage has been ordered to pay $58m to Verizon Communications for infringing on three of the company's patents. When Verizon first filed its lawsuit, it said that Vonage was infringing on seven of its patents.
[March 9, 2007, 7:44]
Filtering Kazaa 'impossible' - Sharman
News Sharman Networks has rejected claims from the music industry that it can identify the difference between copyright-infringing and legitimate file-sharing on its network, which is a crucial step towards the company gaining the capacity to block...
[February 9, 2004, 7:35]
MP3 site 'just a search engine'
News The Internet company targeted by the music industry over alleged copyright breaches, ComCen, has denied it hosted any copyright-infringing MP3 files on its servers, and claims the Web site cited in the civil action brought against it acted only as...
[October 23, 2003, 13:10]
F5 Networks files cookie patent suit
News F5 Networks, a maker of networking gear for big Web sites, has patented a way to improve communications between Internet browsers and Web sites and sued three competitors for infringing that patent. F5 said on Wednesday it is suing three...
[March 24, 2003, 10:30]
Nokia explains Qualcomm 'disappointment'
News Telecommunications equipment vendor Qualcomm has accused the mobile phone maker of infringing 11 patents that it owns, either directly or through Nokia's subsidiary SnapTrack. Nokia added it is disappointed Qualcomm is taking legal action even...
[November 11, 2005, 9:25]
Site taken offline after Microsoft complaint
News In an uncommonly harsh application of a widely used Internet enforcement tool, a Windows news site was taken offline for nearly 24 hours last week after Microsoft accused the site of infringing its copyrights.
[March 10, 2003, 10:28]
Microsoft files appeal in Word injunction case
News In May, a jury ordered Microsoft to pay $200m (£120m) for infringing on a patent held by Canada's i4i. For its part, i4i has praised the ruling and said that it is not seeking to torpedo Word, but does want the infringing custom XML code removed.
[August 27, 2009, 8:29]
Microsoft accuses UK companies of software piracy
News Microsoft has commenced legal proceedings against the directors of two Basingstoke-based companies -- Pacific Computers and Taran Microsystems -- for allegedly infringing its copyright and the Microsoft trademark.
[August 22, 2001, 15:44]
Amazon countersues IBM over patents
News In Thursday filings with the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, the Seattle-based internet retailer denied infringing on five IBM patents and claimed that just the opposite situation was occurring.
[December 18, 2006, 8:39]
Aussie ISP in court over song-swapping
News In my experience investigating Internet piracy and other piracy, this Web site is one of the largest sites of its kind, providing thousands of infringing recordings and continuously providing very recent releases based on top local and...
[October 21, 2003, 15:25]
Sharman witness: Tech can protect copyright
News My belief is that as long as there is a substantial non-infringing use of a technology, it's not the technology that can be shut down but individuals who pursue additional technologies," Tygar said. When asked by Justice Murray Wilcox on what he...
[December 13, 2004, 11:30]
Inside the Linux arcana
Talkback In the case of Linux this would mean that SCO would have to identify those part of the code that it considers infringing. It appears highly unlikely that the court would accept a so broad definition of derivative work, that Linux 'as a whole' were...
[March 20, 2004, 20:10]
Patent ruling forces Office upgrades
News Microsoft was ordered to pay $8.9 million (£5 million) in damages for infringing Amado's 1994 patent. As a result, Microsoft must make available a revised version of these products with the allegedly infringing code replaced.
[January 31, 2006, 8:25]
Apple pays $100m to end Creative battle
News After months of hinting that it would be coming after rival music player companies, Creative sued Apple in May, claiming the iPod maker was infringing on its patents. A week later, Apple countersued, claiming Creative was infringing on Apple...
[August 24, 2006, 9:00]
Nokia and Qualcomm's fractious past
News November 2005: Qualcomm files a suit against Nokia accusing the handset maker of infringing 11 patents relating to the GSM and Edge mobile standards April 2007: Qualcomm launches suits against Nokia in Wisconsin and Texas, accusing the phone maker...
[October 2, 2007, 9:44]
ISPs stand firm after P2P ruling
News Last week a Belgian court ruled that the ISP Scarlet — formerly Tiscali — had the technology available to it to block or filter copyright-infringing material being sent over its network via peer-to-peer (P2P) traffic, and had six months to start...
[July 11, 2007, 12:13]
