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Five Years Ago: Intel Slaps Suit On Digital, May Stop Chip Supply
News After initially saying it would work with Digital despite that company's suit against it, Intel filed a separate suit yesterday demanding the return of confidential documents. Digital has staunchly maintained that the suit would not affect its...
[May 26, 2002, 7:01]
Gateway Hit By Class Action Suit
News In addition, the suit alleges Gateway automatically signed up customers for a Gateway-branded MasterCard with an annual interest rate of 27 percent. The credit card had been advertised as having a "competitive" rate, according to the suit.
[October 17, 2000, 11:56]
Iomega Slapped With Suit By Customers
News The suit claims a breach of the Magnuson-Moss Consumer Products Warranties Act and the Delaware Consumer Fraud Act. According to Iomega, the claimed violations were based on alleged breaches of Iomega's Zip, Jaz and Ditto product warranties and on...
[July 25, 1997, 13:44]
Oracle Settles False Pricing Suit
News Former PeopleSoft employee James A Hicks, who filed suit in the US District Court for the District of Maryland, will receive $17.7m of the settlement, as provided for under the statute. Oracle said it was not aware of the suit at the time it bought...
[October 11, 2006, 8:55]
US Report: Antitrust Suit Against MS Likely
News Settlement talks between Microsoft and government regulators broke down Saturday, setting the stage for the filing of a major antitrust suit against the software maker today. Officials close to the negotiations said that some 20 states and the U.S.
[May 18, 1998, 10:09]
US Report: Remaining States Stand Firm On DOJ Suit
News Holly Zimmer a spokesperson for the Minnesota Attorney General's office agreed that South Carolina's withdrawal has no bearing on the antitrust suit's core legal issues. Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa attorneys general said Monday that they are...
[December 8, 1998, 9:53]
Intel Faces Patent Suit Over Pentiums
News In the suit, All Computers alleges that Intel's Pentium processors violate an All Computers patent related to the way high-speed microprocessors operate. We believe the suit is without merit and plan a vigorous defence," Intel spokesman Chuck...
[May 21, 2004, 16:50]
Adobe-Macromedia Suit: Born To Settle?
News However, the suit that Adobe filed last week over interface elements in Macromedia's software is the first step of what could be a long dance in the courts. Adobe has even taken the extraordinary step of devoting a Web site to the suit.
[August 15, 2000, 11:40]
Xerox Slaps USR With Patent Suit
News USR said it has yet to receive the patent infringement suit and therefore declined to comment. However, a Xerox announcement has said that the suit covers the use of its Unistrokes technology in Pilot products and the separately sold Grafitti...
[May 1, 1997, 16:10]
Rambus Slapped With FTC Antitrust Suit
News The Federal Trade Commission filed an antitrust suit against Rambus on Wednesday, alleging that the controversial memory-chip designer deliberately deceived the industry by not disclosing its patent plans to a standards body.
[June 20, 2002, 9:40]
Child's Mother Pays RIAA To Drop Suit
News Barely 24 hours after suing alleged file swappers around the US, the recording industry has settled its first suit, agreeing to drop the case against a 12-year-old New York girl in exchange for $2,000 (£1,258).
[September 10, 2003, 8:55]
Adobe-Macromedia Suit: Born To Settle? Pt II
News A few patent cases go to trial when there's no preliminary agreement, but usually the cost of a patent suit, which starts at $500,000 or more, is prohibitive," he said. Those odds were echoed by David Pressman, a San Francisco-based patent lawyer...
[August 15, 2000, 11:47]
HP Settles Inkjet Refilling Suit
News The printer maker failed in its attempt to have the high court review its copyright suit against a small company that offered a way to let customers use refilled toner cartridges. In its suit, HP claimed InkCycle violated patents 5,165,968; 5,428...
[June 9, 2005, 10:40]
Hollywood Named In On-demand Conspiracy Suit
News The suit further alleges that the studios engaged in a "group boycott" of licensing their movies to Intertainer to buy time in launching their rival Movielink joint venture. The suit strikes at the heart of the controversy surrounding digital...
[September 25, 2002, 6:27]
Intel Slaps Suit On Digital, May Stop Chip Supply
News After initially saying it would work with Digital despite that company's suit against it, Intel filed a separate suit yesterday demanding the return of confidential documents. Digital has staunchly maintained that the suit would not affect its...
[May 28, 1997, 16:45]
Microsoft Loses Korean Patent Suit
News The decision on Friday will strengthen our position in a fight to win the pending damages suit," the head of P&IB, Kim Kil-Hae, told AFP. The suit demands that Microsoft stop selling Office software which infringes on the patent.
[November 27, 2006, 11:47]
ISPs Off The Hook In Swapping Suit
News The RIAA had filed a federal suit on Friday against network and ISP (Internet service provider) divisions of companies including AT&T, Cable & Wireless, Advanced Network Services and WorldCom, accusing the companies of allowing people to access...
[August 22, 2002, 7:28]
Company Settles 'fake Spyware' Suit
News Filed in January, the suit accused Secure Computer of marketing software that falsely claimed PCs were infected with spyware, then enticing consumers to pay $49.95 for a program called Spyware Cleaner that claimed to remove it.
[December 5, 2006, 7:56]
.Net And XP Hit By Patent Suit
News A digital rights management company has expanded its patent infringement suit against Microsoft, targeting its forthcoming Windows XP operating system and .Net initiative. InterTrust has made seven patents a part of its suit against Microsoft.
[October 19, 2001, 9:31]
Google Wins Keyword Trademark Suit
News Geico had filed suit in May against Google and Overture Service. Google scored a big legal win on Wednesday when a federal judge ruled that its use of trademarks in keyword advertising is legal. Judge Leonie Brinkema of the US District Court for...
[December 16, 2004, 8:00]
