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Judge: Kazaa can be sued in US
News Wilson said the case was different from a similar one involving a Texas man who was sued in California for distributing a DVD-descrambling utility online. A Los Angeles federal judge has ruled that record companies and movie studios can proceed...
[January 13, 2003, 8:00]
News Burst: Microsoft being sued over IntelliMouse
News California based Goldtouch Technologies Inc.has sued Microsoft Corp.for theft of trade secrets, patent infringements and fraud for allegedly copying technology built into Goldtouch's ergonomic mouse and using it in Microsoft's IntelliMouse Pro.
[December 16, 1998, 6:54]
Intuit sued over alleged privacy abuse
News Personal finance software vendor Intuit is being sued by a user of the company's Web site who said his personal information was given out to advertisers. The lawsuit was filed against Intuit in New York and asks for damages plus the deletion of...
[March 16, 2000, 11:39]
HMV, OD2 sued over download patent
News A small US company has sued the HMV Group and online music distributor OD2 over a far-reaching European and US patent that it claims covers a broad range of Internet downloads. The lawsuits are the latest twist in a legal saga dating back to 1996...
[September 4, 2003, 14:00]
News Burst: Intel sued by small company
News Intel, based in Santa Clara, California, confirmed a report on trade publication EE Times' Internet site that Intel was sued in late June by a company called TechSearch. The suit is without merit and we will vigorously defend ourselves," said an...
[August 4, 1998, 9:34]
Verizon sued over GPL breach
News The SFLC also sued Xterasys and High-Gain Antennas in November concerning the same product. The Software Freedom Law Center said on Friday that it has filed a lawsuit against international telco Verizon, alleging that it has violated the terms of...
[December 10, 2007, 10:54]
Intel sued over 'dual-core' branding
News Intel is being sued in a trademark case over the use of the term "dual-core" in its product labelling. The lawsuit was filed last week by California-based ultramobile PC firm DualCor. The suit accuses Intel of misappropriating the DualCor trademark...
[September 6, 2007, 12:07]
Microsoft sued over use of 'Forefront' name
News A maker of software for construction companies has sued Microsoft over its use of the Forefront name for its security software. Seattle-based Dexter + Chaney has been selling its "Forefront Construction Management Software" for nearly two decades...
[September 18, 2006, 9:10]
ARM sued over Java accelerator
News ARM, the UK chip designer, has been sued by US rival Nazomi Communications over an alleged patent violation by ARM's Java acceleration technology, the companies said on Tuesday. ARM's designs power most mobile phones on the market today, as well as...
[May 28, 2002, 14:52]
A Year Ago: AOL columnist sued by Clinton advisor
News Matt Drudge, author of the e-zine Drudge Report, was sued by Sidney Blumenthal, an advisor to the President Clinton. Blumenthal sued Drudge and America OnLine Inc.which carries the Drudge Report, for a total of $30 million.
[August 28, 1998, 6:06]
Adobe sued over 'patent violations'
News Software maker Adobe Systems revealed in a regulatory filing on Thursday that it is being sued for alleged patent violations in its Acrobat publishing software. According to the quarterly report Adobe filed with the Securities and Exchange...
[July 9, 2004, 9:10]
DVD chipmakers sued by Hollywood
News The Motion Picture Association of America said Monday that it has sued two chipmakers for selling DVD chips to companies that are flouting copy-protection rules. The lawsuit is the second to target DVD hardware makers and is part of a new campaign...
[August 24, 2004, 8:30]
AOL columnist sued by Clinton advisor
News Blumenthal sued Drudge and America OnLine Inc.which carries the Drudge Report, for a total of $30 million. Neither Drudge nor AOL were available for comment, but AOL had removed the August 10 Drudge Report, which carried the allegations, from its...
[August 28, 1997, 16:36]
Microsoft sued again for patent infringement
News In December 1998, Goldtouch Technologies sued the software giant, saying Microsoft illegally copied its design for an ergonomic mouse after the two companies had discussed the product. Other companies who've sued Microsoft for patent infringement...
[October 14, 1999, 9:47]
Google, Verizon, others sued over voicemail patent
News A patent-holding company that has won settlements from Apple, AT&T and others sued Google, Verizon and a handful of other companies on Tuesday for allegedly infringing on patents related to voicemail, according to a report from Reuters.
[August 27, 2008, 9:05]
Amazon sued for selling unauthorised celebrity pics
News Digital-image company Corbis on Monday sued Amazon.com, accusing the online retail giant of offering unauthorised copies of hundreds of its celebrity pictures, including photos of stars such as Meg Ryan and Vin Diesel.
[July 2, 2003, 9:02]
Microsoft sued over European music downloads
News A small New York company has sued Microsoft, charging that the software giant's new music download service in Europe infringes on a patent it owns that is nearly 20 years old. E-Data, a company that's focused largely on licensing its patents...
[October 14, 2003, 16:20]
A Year Ago: Demon sued by UK scientist
News In what could prove to be a landmark case, UK Internet Service Provider Demon is being sued by a scientist for allegedly failing to remove a defamatory message from its server. British particle physicist Laurence Godfrey alleges that a forged...
[February 16, 2000, 9:44]
Skype sued for patent violation
Talkback ICMP, SMTP, DNS, etc. Wonder if that exchanges IP addresses between processing units in order to establish a direct communication link between the devices via the Internet. What's next? Broadcast each and every packet over the entire Internet just...
[June 8, 2006, 0:51]
HP sued over 'expiring' cartridges
Talkback It's not secret. While one might disagree with HP's policy, it's not true to say that the cartridges are secretly programmed to expire. HP's own product datasheets explicity state "Each cartridge has a 24-month shelf life dating from the time of...
[March 1, 2005, 12:59]
