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- Sony settles digital camera lawsuit with CalTech
- Sony Corporation has finally settled a a patent-infringement lawsuit that was filed by the California Institute of Technology CalTech over patents on digital camera technology. While the exact terms of the settlement weren't made public, CalTech reps said that the situation was "resolved" in a filing in Los Angeles on...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Lawsuit, California Institute Of Technology, Digital Camera, Camera, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Rachel King
- Blog posts 2009-06-26
- After EU fine, Intel will face rash of lawsuits
- After EU fine, Intel will face rash of lawsuitsAt first...At first, I thumbed my nose at the EU and their "intrusion" into the US business place with their anti-trust this and anti-competitive that.. I am beginning to think they are the only ones with enough backbone to stand up to...
- Tags: Processors, antitrust law, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., lawsuit, OEM, intel
- Discussion threads 2009-05-18
- After EU fine, Intel will face rash of lawsuits
- Look for lawsuits filed in Europe from AMD and others now that the EU has found Intel was very, very bad. by Richard Koman
- Tags: Lawsuit, Intel Corp., European Union, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-05-18
- Class action lawsuit says Google's sales of keywords illegal
- Google encourages advertisers to purchase other companies' trademarks as targeted search terms. And they're expanding the practice into 190 countries. Is that fair use or a protection racket? Audrey Spangenberg, CEO of FPX, a SaaS company that owns the FirePond trademark, thinks Google's use of her trademark...
- Tags: Google Inc., Lawsuit, Class Action, Sales, Class Action Lawsuit, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-05-15
- Former Google CIO Merrill out at EMI
- Not quite a year ago, Douglas Merrill left his position as Google's Chief Information Officer and went on to try something crazy challenging - and maybe even just plain crazy. He accepted an executive's position at record label EMI and was handed the task of figuring out this whole digital...
- Tags: Google Inc., Lawsuit, EMI Group Plc., Douglas Merrill, Digital Media, Digital Music, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-03-23
- Psystar releases new Mac clone, despite Apple lawsuit
- Psystar, apparently still optimistic about its lawsuit with Apple, has announced another Mac clone computer. The company today introduced a $599 Mac clone desktop PC called Open(3). There's been great debate in the blogosphere about whether Apple's control over both software and hardware constitutes monopolistic behavior, despite...
- Tags: Lawsuit, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Psystar, Desktops, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-03-18
- Cydia and Apple: Lawsuits will be a sideshow
- Today’s Wall Street Journal has a big article about a new renegade competitor that is challenging Apple’s App Store and in the process whetting the appetites of IP lawyers. With all due respect to the legal eagles involved, technology and the global supply chain should make this debate moot. ...
- Tags: Supply Chain, Lawsuit, Apple Inc., Cydia, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Software, Kevin O'Marah
- Blog posts 2009-03-06
- OIN: Microsoft lawsuit won't slow Linux's lead in mobile market
- Microsoft's lawsuit against TomTom is aimed at Linux but it won't deter the open source operating system's success in the mobile device market, said Open Invention Network's CEO. Open Invention Network CEO Keith Bergelt doesn't buy Microsoft's contention that the lawsuit, filed last week, is not targeting...
- Tags: Lawsuit, Mobile, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-03-02
- Linux Foundation ready to fight Microsoft if TomTom lawsuit involves Linux kernel
- The Linux Foundation insists it is equipped to fight Microsoft if the software giant’s lawsuit against TomTom impacts the open source Linux kernel. In his blog, Executive Director Jim Zemlin advised concerned parties to “calm down†in light of statements by Microsoft’s deputy general counsel that...
- Tags: Lawsuit, Patent, TomTom, Linux Kernel, Microsoft Corp., Linux Foundation, *It, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-02-27
- Google wins Boring lawsuit; but that doesn
- Google wins Boring lawsuit; but that doesnHmmm ...Does anyone else think the last name is approproiate?LudoRE: Google wins Boring lawsuit; but that doesnSam, I'm an attorney. There are several basic requirements to win a lawsuit: (1) The defendant must owe some type of legal duty to the plaintiff. (2) The...
- Tags: Boring, lawsuit, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-02-18
- Google wins Boring lawsuit; but that doesn't make it right
- A judge has ruled in favor of Google in lawsuit that was brought against the company for publishing a Street View image of a Pennsylvania home that's located on a private road. The court actually kind of scolded the plaintiffs - a couple named Aaron and Christine...
- Tags: Google Inc., Lawsuit, Privacy, Intrusion, Plaintiffs, Security, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-02-18
- If iRecord can rip DVDs, why can't Real?
- If I were one of the lawyers for Real Networks, I'd be looking a bit closer at a device called iRecord, which is being showcased this week at Macworld. iRecord basically allows you to take video and audio clips from any source - cable/satellite, DVR, Video game...
- Tags: Lawsuit, Lawyer, Video, iRecord, RealDVD, Corporate Communications, Productivity, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-01-07
- Will Cisco-FSF lawsuit make it to court?
- It's time for Cisco to make a decision, because every day now costs the FSF money, which will raise the cost of a final settlement. Unless it wants its contribution to the economic stimulus to come in the form of legal fees. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: GPL, Lawsuit, Free Software Foundation, Cisco Systems Inc., Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-01-06
- RIAA dumps its primary evidence collector
- The Recording Industry Association has dropped MediaSentry, an outfit that scans the Internet for folks allegedly uploading copyrighted music. According to the Wall Street Journal, the RIAA quietly dropped MediaSentry, a company that provided the RIAA most of its lawsuit firepower. The Journal makes the leap that...
- Tags: Lawsuit, RIAA, Recording Industry Association, MediaSentry, Journal, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-01-04
- RIAA drops mass lawsuits, recruits ISPs to crack the whip
- The headlines across the blogosphere make it sound like the Recording Industry Association of America has thrown in the towel and decided to stop going after music pirates on the Internet. That's not exactly the case. Instead, the RIAA is teaming up with Internet Service Providers to...
- Tags: Lawsuit, RIAA, Internet Service Provider, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-19
- RIAA to drop mass lawsuits against filesharers
- RIAA to drop mass lawsuits against filesharersI don't think that's an improvementI may not have liked the way the RIAA went about litigation, but at least the defendants got their day in court. I strongly suspect the ISPs are going to be giving suspected illegal copiers much shorter shrift...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), RIAA, Internet Service Provider, mass lawsuit, lawsuit
- Discussion threads 2008-12-19
- RIAA to drop mass lawsuits against filesharers
- After five years and 35,000 lawsuits, the Recording Industry has a new strategy: cooperation with ISPs, who will cut off Internet access for users who keep sharing after multiple warnings. by Richard Koman
- Tags: Lawsuit, RIAA, Internet Service Provider, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-12-19
- Webcast: Essential Archive Requirements for E-Discovery
- Corporate lawsuits are inevitable. When companies are sued, electronic data, and especially email is the first target of legal discovery. With increases in lawsuit frequency and the volume of electronic data, e-Discovery search is becoming a critical capability and potential liability for most organizations. The savings from one major lawsuit...
- Tags: Lawsuit, Dell Computer Corp., Webcast, MessageOne, E-mail, Online Communications
- Webcasts 2008-12-10
- Argentinian Mac clone makes an appearance
- Argentinian Mac clone makes an appearancemac kickbacks?Why do you waste so much (E-)ink on a product that only has around 10% market share? I want more pc stuff from you and not just vista sux or mal ware is rampant fear mongering. zdnet iz on apple payrole?Why bother?I don't get...
- Tags: Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, hardware
- Discussion threads 2008-12-08
- Lawsuit filed against NebuAd, ISPs
- Sixteen plaintiffs â€" and potentially millions more â€" launched a class-action lawsuit against NebuAd and 26 of its ISP partners in California court, ClickZ reports. The suit claims NebuAd and the ISPs violated privacy and computer security laws. Only six ISPs -- CenturyTel, WOW, CableOne, Embarq, Knology...
- Tags: Computer Security, Lawsuit, Electronic Communication, Internet Service Provider, Computer, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Online Communications, Productivity, Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-11-13

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