The musicians who claim that the Black Eyed Peas stole material for their hit songs “I Gotta Feeling†and “Boom Boom Pow†has slapped the group with two separate copyright infringement lawsuits in California. Texas songwriter Bryan Pringle alleges members of the group intentionally copied his song “Take a Dive†when they co-wrote their Grammy-award [...]
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Black Eyed Peas in legal soup over â€I Gotta Feelingâ€, â€Boom Boom Powâ€
October 30th, 2010 |
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SAP Admits Software Piracy for the Court Record
October 29th, 2010 |
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However, Oracle is trying to prove willful wrongdoing on SAP’s part to get a jury to order SAP to pay more millions of dollars in damages than SAP thinks is fair. – German database maker SAP AG admitted in a court brief to Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton of the U.S. District Court in Oakland, Calif., dated Oct. 28 that it won’t contest Oracle’s claim that it is culpable for copyright infringement committed several years ago by its now-defunct TomorrowNow unit.
The…
Microsoft Scores Court Victory Against Waledac Botnet
September 9th, 2010 |
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A judge has brought Microsoft’s bid to seize ownership of 276 Waledac domains in sight – another blow to what was once one of the most notorious botnets on the Web. – A federal judge has brought Microsoft one step closer to seizing control of 276 domains controlled by the Waledac botnet.
A magistrate judge in the U.S. District Court of Eastern Virginia decided Sept. 3 to recommend that a default judgment be granted in Microsoft’s favor. The defendants in t…
Apple, ATandT Lawsuit Over Locked iPhone to Moves Forward
July 12th, 2010 |
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Part of a suit filed against Apple and AT&T has been given a green light. It accuses the pair, by virtue of their secret agreement with one another, of locking iPhone owners into five-year contracts. – Portions of an antitrust lawsuit filed against iPhone-maker Apple
and the exclusive U.S. carrier of the iPhone, AT amp;T, can proceed as
a class-action case, a U.S. District Court judge has ruled.
The class-action suit combines several suits brought against Apple
and AT amp;T since the pair be…
YouTube Victorious in Fending Off Viacom $1B Copyright Lawsuit
June 24th, 2010 |
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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…
Judge Confirms That Novell Owns Unix Rights in SCO Case
June 14th, 2010 |
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U.S. District Judge Ted Stewart closes the 7-year-old case — from the federal district perspective, anyway — by reaffirming that SCO’s claims against Novell in the long-running litigation over ownership of Unix operating system copyrights were unconvincing. – Is the 7-year-old intellectual property lawsuit between Unix server maker SCO
Group and Novell finally at its end? If it isn’t officially over, then it’s
very, very close.
Salt Lake City U.S. District Judge Ted Stewart on June 10 closed the case from
the federal district perspective, anyway by…
Microsoft Files 2 Lawsuits Alleging Online Ad Fraud
May 19th, 2010 |
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Microsoft files lawsuits accusing a Web publishing company as well as unnamed defendants of taking part in an emerging type of click fraud known as click laundering. – Microsoft filed two separate lawsuits the week of May 17& describing an
emerging& form of fraud affecting online advertising.
The lawsuits, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of
Washington, accuse a company called RedOrbit and unnamed defendants of being
involved in click …
Microsoft Sues Salesforce.com Claiming Patent Infringement
May 19th, 2010 |
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Microsoft files suit against Salesforce.com over alleged patent infringement. – Microsoft has filed suit against Salesforce.com, alleging patent
infringement.
The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court in Seattle,
contends that Salesforce.com has infringed on nine Microsoft patents in pushing
its SAAS (software as a service) CRM to
customers.
Horacio Gutierrez, Microsoft …
ITC to Investigate Apple Suit Against Kodak
May 14th, 2010 |
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The ITC has agreed to investigate the patent-infringement suit Apple filed against Kodak April 15 just as it agreed to investigate Kodaks initial suit against Apple, filed in January. The patents relate to image viewing and processing. – <p>The ITC has agreed to investigate the suit that Apple filed against camera-maker Kodak April 15 (http://info.usitc.gov/sec/dockets.nsf/9398c30a938aa5ad85256f19007790c3/f7e541a96f9c81d4852577060063209c?OpenDocument).
Filed in a U.S. District Court in California, the suit alleges that
Kodak produ…
Apple’s HTC Complaint Now Under ITC Scrutiny
April 2nd, 2010 |
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The International Trade Commission has decided that there is enough merit in Apple’s complaint against HTC to move forward with an investigation. Apple’s complaint focuses on the technology HTC has used with its smartphones. Apple believes HTC violated patents that related back to the iPhone. HTC has vowed to fight the lawsuit.
– The International Trade Commission moved forwarded April 1 with Apple’s
complaint that HTC smartphones violate
certain Apple patents. Apple filed its original complaint with the ITC March 2
while also seeking relief with the U.S. District Court in Delaware.
Apple ultimately wants the ITC and t…
Microsoft Request in i4i Case Rejected by Court
April 1st, 2010 |
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Microsoft finds its latest request for a multiple-judge review in a long-running patent-infringement suit brought by i4i rejected by a federal appeals court. Microsoft had asked for a panel of 11 judges to review its arguments in the case, in which i4i alleges that Microsoft Word 2003 and 2007 violate its custom XML-related patents. In August 2009, a federal judge in a U.S. District Court ordered Microsoft to pay $300 million and pull copies of Word 2003 and 2007 from store shelves within 90 days, a ruling that set off months of legal maneuvering.
– It may be April Fools’ Day, but it’s doubtful that Microsoft finds anything
funny in a federal appeals court having declined its latest request for a
multiple-judge review in an intellectual property lawsuit. The case, in which i4i
alleges that Microsoft Word 2003 and 2007 violate its custom XML-…
Dell Sues LCD Makers Sharp, Hitachi and Toshiba over Price Fixing
March 16th, 2010 |
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Dell named Sharp, Hitachi, Toshiba, Seiko Epson and HannStar Display in a lawsuit filed in San Francisco March 12, alleging that the manufacturers were fixing display prices at Dells expense.
– Computer maker Dell is suing five Asian manufacturers for allegedly plotting
to set prices and overcharge Dell for the display panels they create.
Japan-based Sharp, Hitachi, Toshiba
and Seiko Epson, and Taiwan-based HannStar Display were named in the suit that
Dell filed in a U.S. District…
Apple, Other Smartphone Makers Hit with Infringement Suits
March 10th, 2010 |
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Little-known SmartPhone Technologies files lawsuits against Apple, AT T, Research In Motion, Samsung, Sanyo, LG Electronics and Motorola accusing them of violating patents owned by the company.
– The smartphone patent lawsuit derby continues with a company named
SmartPhone Technologies suing Apple, AT amp;T, Research In Motion, Samsung,
Sanyo, LG Electronics and Motorola, accusing them of violating patents owned by
the company. Filed in the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of T…
TiVo Emerges Victorious in DVR Patent Lawsuit
March 5th, 2010 |
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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…
Apple Sues HTC Over iPhone Interface, Hardware
March 2nd, 2010 |
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Apple filed a lawsuit against HTC, claiming that the device-maker violated 20 of its patents related to iPhone interface, architecture and hardware. This represents the latest patent-infringement battle for Apple, which is currently locked in similar legal maneuverings with Nokia and Kodak. HTC demonstrated several smartphones at January’s Mobile World Congress that featured a full touch screen reminiscent of the iPhone’s, and Apples lawsuit could focus on those similarities. Companies often avoid patent-infringement lawsuits through cross-licensing deals, but can also resort to legal action in order to meet broader business goals.
– Apple is claiming that
HTC violated 20 of its patents surrounding
the iPhones interface, architecture and hardware, in a lawsuit filed March 2
with the U.S. International Trade Commission and the U.S. District Court in
Delaware.
quot;We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented i…
Professor Auerbach Provides More Evidence of Fed’s Coverup Regarding Watergate and Iraq
February 26th, 2010 |
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Professor Robert Auerbach was kind enough to send me an email to let me know that Ron Paul read the following letter written by Auerbach into the Congressional record today: I would like to enter into the record…
Judge Leaves Google Book Search Deal in Limbo
February 19th, 2010 |
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Denny Chin, judge for the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York, declined to rule on the Google Book Search deal Feb. 18, saying that he would instead write an opinion on the deal. While Chin gave no timeline for presenting his opinion, opponents such as Amazon and Microsoft and supporters such as Sony held forth on the matter. Google Book Search, which has been vociferously opposed by Google rivals Microsoft and Amazon as well as the Department of Justice, remains in limbo.
– A judge declined to rule on the proposed pact between Google and authors and
publishers that would allow the search engine to scan out-of-print works on the
Web and sell them to users.
Denny Chin, judge for the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of
New York, said at a hearing for the G…
How Google Book Search Will Serve Users if Approved
February 14th, 2010 |
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The Department of Justice dealt Google’s Book Search agreement with authors and publishers a blow Feb. 4 when it protested the amended deal and suggested that the U.S. District Court overseeing the proceedings urge the parties to revise it again. U.S. District Judge Denny Chin will convene a hearing on the deal Feb. 18, where he will likely ask Google and the Author’s Guild and Association of American Publishers to return to the bargaining table. What may get lost in all of the legal lunge and parry is what the deal is about. Google last year set up this Website dedicated to give its view on what the deal is supposed to resolve. EWEEK takes a stroll through it here.
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Nokia Slapped with Class Action Suit Filed by Investor
February 8th, 2010 |
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Nokia plans to “vigorously” defend itself against a class action complaint filed by an investor. The complaint accuses Nokia of failing to take into account manufacturing problems when it made statements about certain devices.
– Nokia will “vigorously” defend itself against a class action
complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of
New York on Feb. 5, the company said in a Feb. 8 statement.
The complaint, according to Nokia, alleges securities fraud in regard
to statements Nokia made bet…
ATandT Offers $18M to Settle ETF Complaints
January 27th, 2010 |
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AT T files an early termination fee settlement in a New Jersey U.S. District Court, offering customers who filed a class action complaint $16 million in cash and $2 million in other benefits.
– AT amp;T has filed a class action settlement in a New Jersey U.S. District
Court regarding customer complaints about the company’s flat-rate early
termination fees. Although the document is dated Sept. 15, 2009, those involved in the lawsuit
were notified Jan. 26.
The carrier has offered $16 mil…