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Nokia files patent suit against Apple over iPhones
News The suit, filed in a US federal district court in Delaware, was announced by Nokia on Thursday. ZDNet UK was unable to get comment on the suit from Apple at the time of writing. Nokia has sued Apple over the iPhone manufacturer's use of GSM, 3G and...
[October 22, 2009, 16:11]
Microsoft's secret plan behind the TomTom suit?
Blog A very interesting analysis of the Microsoft versus TomTom suit has appeared on veteran journo Glyn Moody's blog. Having established that Microsoft's "it's not about Linux" schtick is transparently wrong - the area covered by the FAT patents is...
[March 5, 2009, 15:43]
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]
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]
Lycos follows suit with one-gigabyte storage
News Google's Gmail is still technically in beta, and Spymac, a Web hosting company for Macintosh aficionados, which followed suit with its own free 1GB service, is much less well-known. European Web portal giant Lycos has followed Google and Yahoo into...
[May 18, 2004, 10:55]
Via claims victory in Intel suit
News Earlier this month, an Intel representative indicated that the suit would likely be resolved before the trial. The Taipei, Taiwan-based chipset maker and Intel have settled the final claim in a suit Intel had filed in June 1999.
[December 14, 2001, 16:30]
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]
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]
RIM fires latest suit at Good
News In June, RIM filed another patent infringement suit. Research In Motion said on Wednesday that it has filed its latest lawsuit against rival Good Technology in an ever-escalating court battle. The lawsuit, which is the Waterloo, Ontario-based...
[August 1, 2002, 6:27]
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]
Red Hat and Novell hit with Linux patent suit
News The first ever Linux patent-infringement suit was brought by a "portfolio licensing" company called IP Innovation, on Tuesday, over a patent that was once owned by Xerox. Both companies were warned of the likely suit, so their actions are...
[October 12, 2007, 17:53]
RIAA pulls file-swap suit against pensioner
News The trade association confirmed on Wednesday that it had withdrawn its suit against Boston-area senior citizen Sarah Ward, who claimed that she could not possibly have been involved in the file-swapping incident attributed to her.
[September 25, 2003, 10:25]
Judge waves MP3Board suit into court
News The suit seeks damages over a ten-day blackout imposed on MP3Board after its Internet service provider received notice of alleged copyright violations from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
[March 20, 2001, 9:55]
Amazon, Barnes&Noble settle patent suit
News Amazon.com said on Wednesday that it has settled its long-running patent-infringement suit against Barnes&Noble.com over its 1-Click checkout system. The suit set off a firestorm of protest on the Net, with many charging that the 1-Click technology...
[March 7, 2002, 11:50]
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]
Google hit by GraphOn patent suit
News Software maker GraphOn has filed suit against search giant Google, alleging that Google's Base, AdWords, Blogger, Sites and YouTube services violate GraphOn's patents. The suit was filed in US District Court in the Eastern District of Texas.
[August 18, 2008, 12:34]
TomTom agrees to pay MS for patents, settles suit
Blog CNET US reporter Ina Fried has just reported that MS and TomTom have come to terms on their suit-countersuit. It looks like TomTom caved: Microsoft and TomTom announced on Monday that they have reached a settlement in their respective patent suits.
[March 30, 2009, 17:17]
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]
EBay survives Grateful Dead suit
News A fan of rock band The Grateful Dead brought the suit, claiming that illegal recordings made of the group in concert should not be sold on eBay. A US court Wednesday dismissed a case that attempted to make auction site eBay legally responsible for...
[November 9, 2000, 16:04]
US Report: IBM hit with Y2K suit
News Yu has filed suit seeking class-action status on behalf of those who bought bundled software and hardware products from IBM and Raleigh, N.C.based Medic Computer Systems Inc.specifically IBM's RISC 6000 computer running AIX 4.1 and version 7.0 of...
[December 23, 1998, 9:06]
