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Article | 29/12/2012 ITC judge recommends ban on Samsung products
A U.S. International Trade Comission judge is recommending sanctions against Samsung that include an import and sales ban on products found to infring...
Article | 26/12/2012 Instagram faces class action lawsuit for updated terms of service
A class action lawsuit has been filed against Instagram over the company's controversial update to its terms of service last week.
Article | 20/12/2012 Apple appeals denial of sales ban on Samsung phones
Apple has appealed a judge's decision not to ban from sale in the U.S. 26 Samsung cell phones that were found to infringe on its patents.
Article | 18/12/2012 Salesforce.com ties Work.com performance management app to CRM app
Salesforce.com has tied its Sales Cloud CRM (customer relationship management) application into its Work.com employee performance management software,...
Article | 13/12/2012 Apple's iPhone found to infringe Sony, Nokia patents
A federal jury in Delaware has found Apple's iPhone infringes on three patents held by MobileMedia, a patent-holding company formed by Sony, Nokia and...
Article | 10/12/2012 Top 10 tech stories of 2012: a busted IPO, spotlight on workers, titans in transition
Change in any industry involves conflict. Evolution and revolution in tech this year took place not only in the marketplace but also in the courtroom,...
Article | 7/12/2012 Judge pleads for 'global peace' in Apple-Samsung fight
At the end of a long court hearing in California on Thursday that saw Apple and Samsung argue over a US$1 billion damages award granted to Apple this ...
Article | 6/12/2012 Xerox, PeopleSoft service provider in software project dustup
Xerox is being sued by systems integrator CedarCrestone over payments related to an Oracle PeopleSoft upgrade at insurer CIGNA.
Article | 5/12/2012 Apple, Samsung head back to court on Thursday
Apple and Samsung will return on Thursday to the San Jose courtroom where they battled over cell phone patents earlier this year, and Apple subsequent...
Article | 4/12/2012 California judge warns Apple, Samsung to follow court rules
Two days ahead of the first post-trial hearing in the patent infringement fight between Apple and Samsung, a California judge has signaled to lawyers ...
Article | 4/12/2012 Hewlett-Packard sues two display manufacturers for LCD price fixing damages
Hewlett-Packard has filed a complaint against display manufacturers Chunghwa Picture Tubes and Tatung Company of America, seeking to recover damages i...
Article | 4/12/2012 Irish data protection watchdog faces legal challenge over Facebook privacy audit
Privacy campaign group Europe vs. Facebook has threatened to take the Irish Data Protection Commissioner to court if it is not satisfied with the DPC'...
Article | 3/12/2012 Autonomy founder Lynch unveils website, continuing public war with HP
Autonomy founder Mike Lynch has created a new website where he will apparently keep a running stockpile of his responses to Hewlett-Packard's allegati...
Article | 30/11/2012 Yahoo hit with $2.7 billion judgment by Mexico court
A court in Mexico has entered a US$2.7 billion judgment against Yahoo in a breach-of-contract suit over a yellow-pages listing service.
Article | 29/11/2012 Social analytics firm PeopleBrowsr wins temporary order against Twitter
Social media analytics service PeopleBrowsr said it has won a temporary restraining order in a California court against Twitter's decision to end its ...