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Article | 17/05/2013 Alleged tech support scammers settle FTC charges
Operators of two alleged tech support scams that charged consumers hundreds of dollars to supposedly fix their computers have settled charges from the...
Article | 17/05/2013 Banking privacy prevails over copyright enforcement, Dutch court rules
Privacy laws protecting bank account holders are more important than providing information to aid in copyright enforcement, according to a Dutch court...
Article | 17/05/2013 Yahoo wins appeal of $2.7 billion suit in Mexican court
An appeals court in Mexico has overturned an approximately US$2.7 billion judgment against Yahoo and Yahoo Mexico in a breach-of-contract suit concern...
Article | 16/05/2013 German case on embedding YouTube videos referred to EU court
Embedded YouTube videos don't infringe copyright under current German law, but they could violate European rules, the German Federal Court of Justice ...
Article | 14/05/2013 Google has to delete offensive autocomplete results, German federal court rules
Google has to remove search suggestions from autocomplete in Germany if the results are offensive, the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe ruled Tue...
Article | 8/05/2013 San Francisco axes cellphone warning law in settlement with CTIA
San Francisco killed its cellphone radiation warning law on Tuesday by agreeing to settle a lawsuit by the mobile industry group CTIA.
Article | 7/05/2013 Apple's privacy policy violates German data protection law, Berlin court rules
Apple violates German data protection law by asking for users' broad, overall consent in its privacy policy, the Regional Court of Berlin ruled.
Article | 1/05/2013 SAP loses bid to overturn $US345 million patent judgment
An appeals court has rejected SAP's attempt to overturn a US$345 million judgment awarded to Versata Software, which had brought a patent-infringement...
Article | 26/04/2013 Salesforce, the pillow maker and the $125,000 AmEx bill
Salesforce.com, a pillow manufacturer and an employee of the pillow maker are caught up in a complex three-way legal battle, with a US$125,000 America...
Article | 23/04/2013 Nokia wins injunction blocking sales of microphones for HTC One
Nokia has accused supplier STMicroelectronics of selling microphones Nokia says it developed to rival HTC, and on Monday won an injunction in the Amst...
Article | 17/04/2013 Firm says Epicor wants to 'monopolize' services market for its ERP software
An IT services firm recently sued by Epicor has responded, calling the claims "unwarranted" and part of an attempt on Epicor's part to "monopolize" th...
Article | 10/04/2013 Oracle-HP court battle over Itanium delayed indefinitely
Oracle and Hewlett-Packard's ongoing legal battle over software for Itanium has run into another delay, and this time there's no telling how long it w...
Article | 10/04/2013 CA Technologies sues AppDynamics for patent pilfering
CA Technologies is suing a rival in the Application Performance Management (APM) market, accusing AppDynamics of using three of CA's patented technolo...
Article | 8/04/2013 Tech workers anti-poaching suit fails to get class action status for now
A court in California declined to certify as class action a lawsuit by workers alleging an illegal cartel formed by seven technology companies includi...
Article | 5/04/2013 Samsung infringed Apple patent on text selection, says ITC judge
A handful of Samsung smartphones infringe an Apple patent on text selection, according to the initial determination of a U.S. International Trade Comm...