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Breathalyser source code causes legal standoff
News Minnesota authorities have missed a court-imposed deadline for turning over the source code for a breath-testing machine at the heart of a high-profile dispute that recently made it to the state's Supreme Court.
[September 7, 2007, 13:51]
Internet telephony 'is not telecommunications'
News A little-noticed Minnesota court opinion on Thursday could help propel the upstart Internet phone industry to the front ranks of telecommunications. The Minnesota opinion furthers a contentious debate over how -- or even if -- governments should...
[October 17, 2003, 16:10]
Microsoft settles another antitrust case
News According to information posted to the Web site for the Fourth Judicial District Court of Minnesota, Microsoft now has a preliminary deal in the case. Microsoft on Monday reached a settlement with consumers in Minnesota to end an antitrust suit...
[April 19, 2004, 17:40]
Minnesota and Microsoft verge on antitrust agreement
News The settlement terms will remain confidential until they are finalised in early July, according to information posted to the Web site for the Fourth Judicial District Court of Minnesota. The Minnesota case had offered a unique view into internal...
[April 20, 2004, 9:20]
Libel without frontiers shakes the Net
News In a surprising reversal in June, the Minnesota Supreme Court vacated a judgment against a local resident who was sued in Alabama over statements made on an Internet chat board. This week's decision by Australia's high court to approve a libel...
[December 12, 2002, 8:01]
Civil liberties group takes on DMCA
News They're hoping to get a statement from the court on the constitutionality of the DMCA," said Dan Burk, a professor at the University of Minnesota who specialises in intellectual property law. In the library-filtering lawsuit, which is now before...
[July 25, 2002, 14:58]
US Report: States may seek injunction against MS
News According to sources close to the case, the states - including Massachusetts, California, Connecticut, West Virginia, Texas, New York, Illinois, Florida, Iowa, South Carolina and Minnesota - would file in their own jurisdictions but move...
[April 30, 1998, 8:38]
Online privacy case thrown out
News According to the plaintiffs, Northwest violated its privacy policy, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act and Minnesota's Deceptive Trade Practices Act by giving NASA passenger name records, which include not...
[June 16, 2004, 15:45]
MSBlast writer thrown in slammer
News Jeffrey Lee Parson, 19, of Minnesota, was ordered to serve his time in a minimum security prison and participate in 10 months of community service. FBI agents arrested Parson at his home in Hopkins, Minnesota, in August 2003, just two weeks after...
[January 31, 2005, 8:40]
FBI arrests MSBlast worm suspect
News FBI agents arrested Parson at his home early Friday morning, McKay said, and he appeared before a judge in the US District Court for Minnesota a few hours later. Federal law enforcement officials confirmed on Friday that they have arrested a...
[September 1, 2003, 8:45]
Gartner: Printer ink costs more than perfume
News In 2002, three Minnesota residents challenged print ink manufacturer HP in court over the sale of half-full 'economy' ink cartridges. Printer ink costs more per drop than expensive perfume or alcohol, a Gartner analyst said on Tuesday.
[October 12, 2004, 13:15]
Microsoft settlement deadline approaches
News Microsoft settled a lawsuit with Minnesota in April, and the company settled with the consumers of North Carolina a year ago. Other states have decided to take Microsoft to court in hopes of getting money back for their citizens.
[December 30, 2004, 14:05]
Spammers tout banned DVD technology
News Your last chance to own this powerful software," read one ad CNET News.com received on Monday from a Minnesota company that called itself ProDVDCopy.com. It's been just a few days since start-up 321 Studios reluctantly complied with a court's order...
[March 2, 2004, 8:15]
US Report: Microsoft plays hardball
News I don't how likely that is to proceed," said David McGowan, an associate professor of law at the University of Minnesota's law school. District Court in Washington, D.C.a typical nuts-and-bolts filing -- disputed all of the government's main claims.
[July 30, 1998, 15:38]
Google search-results page wins design patent
News In fact, this is fairly narrow protection only for the ornamental look of Google's result pages," said Daniel Tysver, a Minnesota-based patent lawyer who runs the resource site Bitlaw, which focuses on intellectual property law and the internet.
[December 14, 2006, 8:39]
US Justice Dept defends $1.92m file-sharing fine
News The RIAA has said it is willing to settle its Minnesota case against Thomas for far less than the seven-figure sum it is now owed. With any case, including that of Ms Thomas-Rasset, we seek to settle these out of court.
[August 17, 2009, 15:45]
Demon defamation result: a ticking bomb for UK ISPs
News The University of Minnesota, Carmel University and Melbourne PC users Group have also received writs. UK civil liberties group, Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties defended Demon slamming the court decision as unacceptable.
[March 26, 1999, 16:44]
Microsoft antitrust decision due today
News Another nine -- California, Connecticut, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Utah and West Virginia -- continue to pursue the case. The decision will be available at the district court's Web site after financial markets close.
[November 1, 2002, 7:30]
25 more states join fight against Microsoft
News Twenty-five additional states rallied Friday behind the nine litigating states -- California, Connecticut, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Utah and West Virginia, along with the District of Columbia -- in an attempt to protect...
[March 18, 2002, 9:32]
MS to antitrust judge: Give us more time
News Nine states--California, Connecticut, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Utah and West Virginia--and the District of Columbia are continuing the litigation. The fault for any delay instead lies with the non-settling States, which have...
[December 24, 2001, 9:27]
