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Ruling threatens developers' wallets
News In a ruling that could force royalty fees on some developers working with Microsoft's SQL Server 7 data-management software, a Washington state judge said Microsoft could not sublicense another company's patents to SQL Server customers.
[February 21, 2003, 10:33]
Ruling questions Windows trademark
News In a strongly worded preliminary ruling handed down late on Friday in a US District Court, Judge John C. The ruling, which could be overturned at trial, indicates that Windows is a generic term; Microsoft, said the judge, has not demonstrated that...
[March 18, 2002, 18:52]
Ruling boosts Microsoft shares
News Microsoft investors cheered Thursday after a long-awaited federal appeals court ruling that reversed a judge's decision to split the software giant into two pieces. Halted right before the ruling was released, shares resumed trading around 11:50 am...
[June 29, 2001, 9:19]
Ruling means dark days for P2P users?
News Friday's ruling that the makers of Grokster and Morpheus aren't liable for copyright infringement occurring as a result of people using their peer-to-peer software could spell bad news for the file traders themselves.
[April 28, 2003, 9:44]
Larry Dignan: Why Microsoft ruling won't worry Wall Street
News Once you digest the government's 207-page ruling against Microsoft, the hundreds of press reports about company's latest courtroom setback and the commentary from dozens of pundits you come to a quick conclusion -- none of what the government said...
[November 8, 1999, 14:35]
Oftel ruling will not mean cheaper Internet
News The ruling, which will be backdated to take effect from June 2002, will see millions wiped off BT's balance sheet. The cost of flat-rate Internet access is unlikely to fall in the UK despite Oftel's announcement on Monday that it is forcing BT to...
[July 21, 2003, 14:47]
Microsoft: We'll comply with EU ruling
News The move follows Microsoft's failed appeal to the European Court of First Instance to get the EC sanctions suspended until the full appeal against the competition ruling is heard next year. Microsoft argued that releasing the protocols to...
[December 22, 2004, 14:45]
Microsoft antitrust ruling faces appeal
News Massachusetts officials said on Friday they will appeal a recent ruling in Microsoft's long-running antitrust case, while seven other states intend to drop their opposition. The nine plaintiff states have 30 days from US District Judge Colleen...
[December 2, 2002, 7:12]
AMD: Antitrust ruling will unseat Intel
News Tom McCoy, AMD's executive vice president for legal affairs, said in the statement that the ruling would see the industry benefit from an end to Intel's "monopoly-inflated pricing" and that European consumers will enjoy greater choice, value and...
[May 13, 2009, 17:06]
Judge upholds patent ruling against Microsoft
News The August ruling set off a mild panic in the Web developer community, which fears it may have to change the way that many basic Web page functions are created or triggered if Eolas is ultimately victorious in its suit.
[January 15, 2004, 7:25]
Breaking news: Microsoft press conference on EU ruling
Blog I'm back in the office from a trip to Nairobi to look at how PCs from the West can be re-used in developing countries - and easing backing into the news agenda is not an option given the EU's ruling against Microsoft this morning.
[September 17, 2007, 13:34]
A Year Ago: MS sees DOJ ruling having little effect
News The ruling that Microsoft must stop demanding PC makers bundle Internet Explorer 4.0 may have a next-to-invisible effect. Microsoft UK said that it will "comply fully with the ruling" but added that it expected most PC vendors to voluntarily...
[December 14, 1998, 6:05]
Consultants await latest IR35 tax ruling
News Consultants working in the UK are anxiously awaiting what could be a landmark ruling in a High Court case that ended on Friday. The Revenue's tax demands have been paid, but, if successful, the ruling in his case against HM Inspector of Taxes may...
[March 5, 2003, 12:01]
Microsoft will comply with EU antitrust ruling
News Microsoft has agreed to comply with a 2004 EU court ruling on anticompetition, bringing changes that will "profoundly affect the software industry" according to Neelie Kroes, European commissioner for competition policy.
[October 22, 2007, 16:10]
AOL wins 'hostile code' ruling
News In what legal experts describe as a first, a US District Court has upheld a ruling that America Online and other Internet service providers are not liable for "hostile code" sent between subscribers. The court upheld a ruling by the US District...
[January 23, 2003, 14:30]
Kazaa owner takes heart from US copyright ruling
News Sharman Networks, parent company of the peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing software Kazaa, is rejoicing at the US court ruling that found two similar P2P programs, Grokster and Morpheus, do not violate US copyright law.
[August 20, 2004, 10:00]
Court reverses Microsoft patent-infringement ruling
News A US federal court on Tuesday reversed an earlier ruling that Microsoft's product-activation technology infringed on another company's patent, overturning a $388m verdict in the case. In a ruling on Tuesday, the court vacated the earlier decision...
[September 30, 2009, 8:22]
Google upbeat over court ruling
News Tuesday's preliminary court ruling in the battle over Dr Kai-Fu Lee has been welcomed by Google. In a 13-page ruling released on Tuesday, Judge Steven Gonzalez restricted Lee to recruiting for Google in China and to talking to government officials...
[September 14, 2005, 17:45]
EC ruling 'will speed up future actions'
News Speaking at a packed press conference in Brussels to announce the EC's ruling, competition commissioner Mario Monti said that during the course of the investigation it became clear that formal procedures were needed for such cases.
[March 24, 2004, 12:50]
TorrentSpy ruling sparks privacy concerns
News It was a pro-copyright ruling that stunned nearly everyone dealing with the issue of online piracy. This ruling, which brings up serious privacy issues, could make it a lot harder. If allowed to stand, the ground-breaking ruling may mean that...
[June 15, 2007, 13:38]
