Hyperlinks remain legal after Scientology defeat
News An Xs4all representative cited the overruling of that decision as the larger of the two victories. The Church of Scientology has lost a courtroom battle to compel a Dutch writer and her Internet service provider to remove postings from a Web site...
[September 9, 2003, 9:05]
Judge rules file-sharing tools are legal
News In an almost complete reversal of previous victories for the record labels and movie studios, federal court Judge Stephen Wilson ruled that Streamcast -- parent of the Morpheus software -- and Grokster were not liable for copyright infringements...
[April 28, 2003, 7:56]
RIAA's next moves in Washington
News The RIAA, the primary trade association for the American recording industry with a $27.7m (£15m) annual budget, is enjoying a string of recent political and legal victories. If you (download music) illegally, there are risks - whether they are...
[May 26, 2006, 13:25]
Future of memory market hangs on Rambus trials
News In a twist from the usual court settlement, the existing royalty agreements are contingent on court victories. Other companies, including Wang and Dell, have been found in violation of antitrust law for not disclosing patent applications, according...
[February 12, 2001, 12:51]
Judge winds up PeopleSoft trial
News Those little victories are enough to count the smaller firms as contenders, he said. Few thought Oracle would prevail in the antitrust case because such victories are rare. No matter the outcome, the legal drama will probably continue.
[July 21, 2004, 8:55]
Judges split over Microsoft ruling
News Both Microsoft and the government appeared to have won victories for parts of their cases. The court can use two separate legal standards to determine whether tying Internet Explorer to Windows is a violation of antitrust law, said Lande.
[February 27, 2001, 7:13]
Microsoft inspires new Lindows name
News Despite our victories in the United States and overseas, a name change is still necessary to counter Microsoft's strategy to sue us in courts around the world. Lindows, bowing to legal pressure from Microsoft, has renamed its operating system.
[April 15, 2004, 13:00]
Movie studios sue DVD software firms
News Studios have won several victories in their legal attempts to push that information offline, winning a court order barring publisher Eric Corley from posting one of the software tools, called DeCSS, on his Web site or even linking to other sites...
[September 18, 2003, 9:55]
Investors join Oracle-PeopleSoft battle
News That would mark a striking reversal from months of Oracle's bravado and a comedown from a series of key victories for the company. Last month, European regulators ruled in favour of the takeover effort, and a month earlier, a US court sided with...
[November 17, 2004, 7:25]
RIM wins UK patent case
News NTP has won several court victories so far, but RIM has prevailed on the US Patent and Trademark Office to call NTP's patents into question. Research in Motion secured a legal victory on Thursday when the High Court ruled that a patent claim...
[February 2, 2006, 17:15]
Napster buyout blocked
News The record industry has had other victories since the closure of Napster's service in July 2001, including recent successes in persuading the Napster-like Audiogalaxy to block swapping of copyrighted material and forcing the closure of China-based...
[September 4, 2002, 7:36]
Linux aims for ease of use
News Past victories for the open-source operating system have included securing a place in product lines from every major server maker, coaxing business software companies such as Oracle and SAP to release Linux versions, winning the trust of major...
[August 5, 2003, 11:55]
