Lycos in legal wrangle over its UK Net address
News The new site will have to start out under the slightly awkward url 'lycosuk.co.uk'. This is because the preferred 'lycos.co.uk' URL had already been reserved, though Lycos lawyers are disputing he legitimacy of the current ownership.
[September 19, 1997, 11:08]
File-swapping legal fight gathers steam
News A hotly contested wrangle in the US Congress over how to outlaw file-swapping networks just took a new twist. A 19 August decision from a federal appeals court that said the Grokster and Morpheus file-swapping networks were legal to operate has...
[September 3, 2004, 9:35]
Sun, HP say SCO's claim is not relevant
News The chairman didn't name SCO by name, but said Red Hat had always expected someone to try to wrangle damages through legal machinations and that it would defend itself vigorously. Sun, HP and Red Hat's reactions to SCO's actions differ in part...
[May 20, 2003, 13:16]
SCO sets steep charge for Linux licence
News Software maker SCO Group fired back at Linux leader Red Hat on Tuesday and revealed steep licensing prices for Linux users who want to steer clear of the company's legal wrangle with the open-source operating system.
[August 6, 2003, 9:10]
Chip upstart takes on Intel... with God
News Despite the battle it faces, VIA is clearly not afraid of Intel, which it will wrangle with both in the market and in court. The legal battle between Intel and VIA, which has been brewing since late last year, may soon come to a head in court.
[March 10, 2000, 15:14]
Microsoft coughs up to settle another legal saga
News Microsoft ended another long-standing legal dispute on Monday, announcing a $440m (£241m) settlement and licensing deal with InterTrust Technologies, which markets digital rights management tools. In a separate major legal dispute, the European...
[April 13, 2004, 8:25]
IBM opens new front in Linux legal war
News IBM on Thursday filed counterclaims against the SCO Group in the continuing legal battle over the Linux operating system. The bold initial lawsuit, followed by the equally bold threat that Linux users should pay or face potential legal action, has...
[August 7, 2003, 15:00]
Microsoft hits European antitrust deadline
News With the delivery of over 8,500 pages of legal documentation to the European Commission in Brussels, Microsoft is hoping that it is close to finally settling one of the most drawn out and expensive battles in European legal battles.
[November 23, 2006, 13:22]
SCO refreshes Unix line-up
News The SCO Group unveiled a handful of new Unix products on Tuesday, a day after warning that its declining software business could be hurt by legal claims that Linux infringes on the company's intellectual property.
[June 16, 2004, 9:10]
Internet supplier denies customer-retention ploy
News The chief executive of internet provider Biscit/V21 has accused former supplier NetServices of cutting off V21's service in a bid to hang on to its dwindling customer base. In mid-November, V21's customers found that they had been disconnected from...
[December 4, 2006, 16:06]
Linux wrangle 'will be forgotten'
News The legal challenge the SCO Group has mounted against Linux will eventually become a forgotten chapter in the operating system's history, an IBM executive told attendees of a Linux trade show on Wednesday.
[August 7, 2003, 10:15]
Sun makes mileage out of AIX wrangle
News Sun, on the other hand, has said it would not be affected by SCO's legal claims on Unix, because it bought its Unix license outright several years ago. Sun chief executive Scott McNealy told a group of journalists in Stockholm on Tuesday that IBM's...
[June 19, 2003, 10:01]
