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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]
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 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 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]
Mobile phone campaigners welcome court ruling
News Campaigners fighting against the erection of mobile phone masts in north London are celebrating a high court ruling that they hope could mean that applications for new masts can be rejected because of health concerns.
[June 28, 2002, 17:20]
Tech companies silent on Microsoft ruling
News CCIA President Ed Black said the appellate ruling "confirms the correctness of the determinations by the US Department of Justice, 19 state attorneys general and a federal district court that Microsoft was guilty of serious and massive violations...
[June 29, 2001, 9:43]
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]
Microsoft ruling: Open the floodgates
News Judge Jackson's searing anti-Microsoft ruling has delighted those involved in private antitrust litigation against the software maker -- and many are scouring the document with plans to incorporate it into their case.
[November 10, 1999, 8:38]
Air travellers unfazed by US lithium-battery ruling
News According to the DoT, the new ruling will reduce the risk of lithium battery fires. Security expert Bruce Schneier noted in his blog, posted at the end of December, that the ruling would affect "pretty much no-one except audio/visual professionals".
[January 22, 2008, 15:07]
Bloggers celebrate court ruling
News The unanimous ruling appears to be the first to make clear that a 1996 law called the Communications Decency Act protects not only providers, but also users of online services who redistribute content.
[November 21, 2006, 8:11]
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]
Judges split over Microsoft ruling
News The findings, a 200-plus-page document issued last year, ultimately led to Jackson's ruling that the company violated several aspects of antitrust law and needed to be broken up. Under an earlier ruling issued by the same appeals court in a...
[February 27, 2001, 7:13]
Microsoft 'not ruling out' further antitrust appeal
News Microsoft's general counsel, Brad Smith, said he is "not ruling anything out" as the company assimilates a landmark judgement by the European Court of First Instance. Responding to the decision on Monday by the European Court of First Instance to...
[September 17, 2007, 18:07]
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]
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]
Update: Oftel's ruling to bring 'second wave' of price cuts
News The Oftel ruling Friday that forces BT (quote: BT) to sell a wholesale version of its unmetered access package, SurfTime will spawn a second wave of cheap access deals according to experts Tuesday. With Oftel's ruling, that problem has now been...
[May 30, 2000, 12:15]
Eolas ruling prompts Microsoft action
News This ruling affects more than just Microsoft; it affects a broad array of partners and customers -- including companies that many would view as competitors," Michael Wallent, general manager of the Windows Client Platform at Microsoft, said in a...
[October 7, 2003, 16:15]
Forums face crackdown after Motley Fool ruling
News UK Web sites could be expected to hand over the identity of anonymous notice board posters following a landmark ruling in the UK involving ISP Totalise and the Motley Fool trading site. In the court ruling, Motley Fool was denied the privilege...
[March 19, 2001, 9:36]
Microsoft ruling to come today
News Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson is ready to issue his final ruling in Microsoft's historic antitrust case, court officials said Wednesday. The ruling comes a day after Microsoft submitted a brief criticising the government for making only "cosmetic...
[June 7, 2000, 15:58]
Bulletin: MS-DoJ ruling delayed
News Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's ruling in the MS-DoJ ruling will come at 1:30 PM PT instead of at noon, the court said. No reason for the delay was announced. What do you think? Tell the Mailroom. And read what others have said.
[June 7, 2000, 16:37]
