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Judge Orders Up Java For Windows
News A federal judge in Baltimore on Tuesday moved ahead with his order that Microsoft distribute Sun Microsystems' Java programming language with its Windows operating system. US District Judge J. Sun, by contrast, lauded the judge's action.
[January 21, 2003, 15:43]
Microsoft On Trial: Judge Quizzes MS Witness Over Testimony
News With no more than a marker and a pad of paper, Schmalensee sketched for Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson a series of elementary economic relationships familiar to most freshman economic students. The assertion drew a question from the judge.
[January 22, 1999, 10:25]
Judge Agrees To Limit SCO Claims Against IBM
News A Utah judge has thrown out hundreds of claims made by SCO Group in its Linux lawsuit against IBM, finding that SCO failed to specify many of Big Blue's alleged misdeeds. In a ruling filed last week in district court, Judge Brooke Wells agreed with...
[July 3, 2006, 9:40]
A Year Ago: Judge Jackson Drops Hammer On Microsoft
News Judge uses "harsh language" in ruling Microsoft a monopoly in PC operating systems. Microsoft wielded monopoly power to stifle competition and innovation, the judge in the company's antitrust case ruled Friday.
[November 7, 2000, 6:05]
Judge Rules File-sharing Tools Are Legal
News A federal judge in Los Angeles has handed a stunning court victory to file-swapping services Streamcast Networks and Grokster, dismissing much of the record industry and movie studios' lawsuit against the two companies.
[April 28, 2003, 7:56]
Judge
Talkback The judge has since given judgment in the Aerotel/Macrossan case (see http://www.patent.gov.uk/2006ewcaciv1371.pdf) where at paragraph 20 he said - Fourthly despite the fact that such patents have been granted for some time in the US, it is far...
[February 15, 2007, 10:11]
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]
Judge Jackson Drops Hammer On Microsoft
News Microsoft wielded monopoly power to stifle competition and innovation, the judge in the company's antitrust case ruled Friday. The finding of fact by the judge, Thomas Penfield Jackson, was greeted by the Justice Department, which called the ruling...
[November 6, 1999, 0:11]
Judge Considers Java For Windows XP
News Sun Microsystems told a federal judge on Tuesday that its Java programming language had been so harmed by Microsoft that it must be included with every copy of Windows XP. During the first day of an antitrust hearing that is likely to last all week...
[December 4, 2002, 10:47]
Judge Grants Microsoft More Time On Java
News US District Judge Ronald Whyte granted Microsoft Corp.extra time to make some of its products compliant with Sun's Java. Microsoft is also required to prove that it did not increase production of certain non-compliant products after the Judge's...
[January 27, 1999, 16:12]
Judge Rules DVD-copying Program Is Illegal
Talkback Intersting argument by the judge. When are they going to apply it to guns. If it makes sense with software, then it makes sense with weaponary.
[February 27, 2004, 14:23]
Judge To Weigh Microsoft's Wish For Delay
News A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Microsoft and nine states to appear at a hearing next week to discuss a delay to the next phase of the landmark antitrust trial. On 21 December, Microsoft asked US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly to extend...
[January 3, 2002, 8:57]
Judge Orders Identification Of File Swapper
News A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Verizon Communications to disclose the identity of an alleged peer-to-peer pirate in a legal decision that could make it easier for the music industry to crack down on file swapping.
[January 22, 2003, 8:00]
Microsoft On Trial: Judge To Rule On Bundling Issue
News The judge overseeing the landmark Microsoft Corp.antitrust trial is expected to rule on a government motion that could settle, once and for all, one of the most bitterly fought disputes of the entire trial -- whether or not Microsoft's browser is...
[January 28, 1999, 9:26]
US Report: Judge Opens Gates' Deposition To Public
News In a surprising move, Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson on Tuesday ruled that the public and the media can attend all future depositions being conducted in the U.S. Judge Jackson this afternoon issued a stay on all future depositions --- including the...
[August 12, 1998, 10:16]
US Report: Judge Denies Microsoft Request For Private Depositions
News The judge overseeing the antitrust suit between government antitrust officials and Microsoft on Wednesday denied further attempts by the software giant to ban spectators and the press from pre-trial testimony, but also invited the company to...
[August 13, 1998, 10:03]
Judge Upholds Patent Ruling Against Microsoft
News A Chicago federal judge on Wednesday upheld a $512m (£278m) patent verdict against Microsoft that could ultimately force major changes in many of the most common Internet software products. Judge James Zagel said he saw no reason to overturn an...
[January 15, 2004, 7:25]
US Report: Judge May Delay Start Of Microsoft Trial
News District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson to push back the date to Sept.to give them more time to take testimony from Microsoft Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Bill Gates and some 16 other Microsoft executives.
[August 17, 1998, 7:31]
Judge Gives Green Light To 'Vista Capable' Lawsuit
News A US district judge in Seattle has ruled that consumers can move ahead with a class-action suit against Microsoft over how it advertised computers with Windows XP as capable of running Vista, according to an article by the Associated Press.
[February 25, 2008, 8:59]
Judge Throws Out MS School Deal
News A federal judge in Baltimore on Friday rejected a controversial settlement that would have ended more than 100 private class-action lawsuits against Microsoft. In his 21-page ruling, US District Judge J.
[January 14, 2002, 8:40]
