MetroPCS is the second U.S. carrier to file an appeal against the FCCs net neutrality rulings. Like Verizon, it filed with a court that previously ruled in favor of Comcast. – MetroPCS has filed an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals
in the District of Columbia, challenging the Federal Communications
Commissions most recent rulings on net neutrality.
The nations fifth largest carrier behind Verizon
Wireless, AT amp;T, Sprint and T-Mobile, respectively i…
Verizon has filed a lawsuit against the FCC, claiming that its new net neutrality rules give the FCC authority beyond whats provided to it by Congress. – Verizon Communications is suing
the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, challenging the bodys new
rules regarding the contentious issue of net neutrality. The appeal was filed
Jan. 20 with the U.S. Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia Circuit.
quot;Today’s filing is the result of …
Incarcerated Wesley Snipes” lawyer has filed a fresh appeal against the star’s three-year prison term for tax evasion. The lawyer is requesting the officials to free the actor so that he can fight his case in the U.S. Supreme Court. ‘The Blade’ star spent two years fighting his 2008 conviction for failing to file tax [...]
While the Federal Communications Commission seems determined to find some way to regulate network neutrality, a coalition of technology and creative concerns called Arts+Labs is confusing the debate by demanding that Internet service providers get in the business of screening Internet traffic for illegal transmissions of copyrighted material. – One of the nice things about
the net neutrality debate is that just when you think you’ve figured out
all of the positions, everything changes. In this case, a ruling by the U.S.
Court of Appeals that the Federal
Communications Commission did not have the authority to regulate net neutrality
h…
YouTube June 23 said it won its fight against Viacom for copyright infringement after the New York district court hearing the case granted YouTube’s motion for summary judgment. U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton believes YouTube is protected by the safe harbor of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) against claims of copyright infringement. Viacom called Stanton’s ruling "fundamentally flawed" and will try to have its grievances heard by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. – YouTube claimed victory in fighting off Viacom’s $1
billion lawsuit against the video-sharing Website for allegedly infringing on
the media giant’s copyrights.
The New York district court hearing the case June 23 granted
YouTube’s motion for summary judgment. This essentially means U.S. District…
Google, normally a vocal critic of threats to network neutrality, is taking a back seat to the Open Internet Coalition in the wake of a court’s decision to let Comcast regulate its network as it sees fit. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled April 6 that the FCC did not have the authority to order Comcast to stop throttling BitTorrent traffic. Ironically, this could push Google to be more aggressive in building out these networks as an alternative to pipes controlled by Comcast, Verizon and the rest of the incumbents.
– Anyone looking for Google to publicly complain about the ruling
that limits the Federal Communications Commission’s authority to tell network
operators how to manage their networks shouldn’t hold their breath. The Open
Internet Coalition is speaking for the search engine giant.
The U.S. Court o…
Former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell says the court was right in its April 6 decision that Congress has given never the FCC authority to regulate broadband networks.
– Former FCC Chairman Michael Powell warned network neutrality advocates not
to overstep in response to an April 6 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the District of Columbia Circuit throwing out the FCC’s move to regulate
Comcast’s online network management practices.
quot;The court’s rec…
Federal Communications Commission General Counsel Austin Schlick says April 6 the court ruling puts a number of the National Broadband Plans goals and objectives in serious jeopardy.
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The Federal Communications Commission said April 28 in a blog
posting that the April 6 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia Circuit throwing out the FCC’s decision to
regulate Comcast’s online management quot;may affect a significant number
of important [National B…
A court decision taking Comcast’s side apparently opens the door for broadband providers to decide what their network management policies will be without interference from the Federal Communications Commission.
– It’s almost a cliche that even if an appeals court appears to ask tough
questions about an issue, it rarely translates over to a decision. Such was not
the case Jan. 8 when the U.S. Court of Appeals heard Comcast’s appeal of the
2008 Federal Communications Commission ruling that the cable broadba…
The U.S. Court of Appeals throws out a 2008 Federal Communications Commission ruling that Comcast violated the FCC’s network neutrality principles. The decision throws into serious question the agency’s authority to regulate broadband providers such as AT T, Verizon and
Comcast.
– The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit dealt network
neutrality a serious blow April 6, ruling that the Federal Communications
Commission did not have the authority to order Comcast to cease and desist
throttling of BitTorrent traffic in 2008. Comcast accepted the order bu…
After a protracted legal battle that began in 2004, a U.S. District Court ruling says Dish Network and sister company EchoStar infringed on TiVo’s digital video recording (DVR) technology.
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TiVo Inc., a creator of television services and advertising
solutions for digital video recorders (DVRs), announced the U.S. Court of
Appeals ruled in its favor in a patent lawsuit which pitted the company against
satellite-television provider Dish Network and sister company EchoS…
Microsoft requests that all 11 judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit review a long-running case between the software giant and i4i, a small tech company that alleges that its XML-related patent is violated by Microsoft Word’s coding. In upholding the 2009 verdict in the case, the court ordered Microsoft to stop selling copies of Word by Jan. 11. Although Microsoft issued a patch for Word that theoretically sidesteps the alleged patent violation, it likely wants to negate the nearly $300 million in accumulated penalties leveled against it by the court.
– Microsoft has asked for a review of a recent court decision, apparently
wanting all 11 judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to
review the complaint against it by Toronto-based i4i.
On Dec. 22, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decided to uphold
the verd…
The FCC faces tough questions about its legal authority to penalize Comcast for throttling peer-to-peer traffic from BitTorrent. Comcast tells the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that the FCC’s network neutrality principles are nothing more than a policy statement and do not carry the weight of rules, regulations or laws and urges the court to remove the black mark against its name.
– A
three-judge federal panel appeared Jan. 8 to question the Federal
Communications Commission’s legal authority in the 2008
decision that found Comcast guilty of violating the FCC’s network neutrality
principles. Comcast complied with the FCC’s order to stop throttling
peer-to-peer Internet tra…
While still considering its legal options — including a possible run at the Supreme Court — Microsoft says it is fully prepared to comply with an injunction barring the world’s largest software maker from selling copies of Word 2007 and Office 2007 that contain infringing XML-related technology. One solution: just remove the infringing technology.
– Microsoft said Dec. 22 it is moving quickly to comply with an
injunction barring the world largest software maker from selling copies
of Word 2007 and Office 2007. At the same time, Microsoft is
considering all of its legal options following the U.S. Court of
Appeals for
the Federal
Circuit ru…
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upholds lower court decision that found Microsoft infringed an XML-related patent held by i4i Ltd and orders world’s largest software maker to stop selling its popular Word program effective Jan. 11.
– Microsoft
lost its appeal Dec. 22 of a $290 million judgment that found the world’s
software maker infringed an XML-related patent held by i4i Ltd of Canada. As a
part of the ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued an
injunction barring Microsoft from selling from versio…
A $358 million judgment leveled against Microsoft in a patent infringement case is overturned by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Alcatel-Lucent had argued that Microsoft Outlook violated its patent for touch-screen form entry technology. Alcatel-Lucent was awarded $1.52 billion in February 2007 in a previous case involving the two companies, but that ruling was eventually overturned.
– Microsoft
finally received some good news in one of its high-profile legal battles on
Sept. 11, with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington
overturning a $358 million judgment leveled against the software maker in a
patent infringement case involving Alcatel-Lucent.
The…
Microsoft finds itself hit by a responding brief from i4i, the small Canadian company that claims Microsoft Word violates its XML-related patent. Although the original verdict was that Microsoft would have to pull copies of Word from store shelves within 60 days and pay nearly $300 million in fines, an appeals court ruled on Sept. 3 that Word could keep being sold during the case.
– Microsoft
finds itself embroiled in yet another round of the patent-infringement case
leveled against it by Canadian company i4i, which submitted a responding brief
on Sept. 8 rebutting Microsoft’s recent appeal.
In a statement following filing of the responding brief in the U.S. Court of
Appe…
