Legal

Nokia Seeks HTC One UK Sales Ban After Winning Patent Dispute

Nokia wants compensation and an HTC One UK sales ban after High Court rules in its favour

11 years ago

21 More Pirate Websites To Be Blocked By UK ISPs

BeeMP3, FilesTube and TorrentHound join the likes of the Pirate Bay on the copyright holders’ blacklist

11 years ago

Torrent Tracker isoHunt To Close And Settle Lawsuit For $110m

Site founder Gary Fung says he’ll be back, but the case establishes that a Torrent index infringes copyright

11 years ago

Alleged Gozi Virus Creator Walks Away Free, For Now

Latvia will not extradite Deniss “Miami” Calovskis to the US, following a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights

11 years ago

New Police Unit Threatens Domain Registrars Over Piracy

Shut down websites we deem illegal or face the consequences, says PIPCU

11 years ago

Samsung Called Before Court For Alleged Leak Of Apple Secrets

Samsung allegedly used secret Apple licensing terms in negotiations with Nokia

11 years ago

Almunia: Final Google Antitrust Decision Coming Soon

The European Commission will decide within weeks whether to accept Google's latest antitrust settlement terms

11 years ago

Judge Shows Leniency In Apple Ebook Conspiracy Ruling

A judge granted the US government oversight of Apple's content-distribution deals, also placing restrictions on Apple's agreements with publishers

11 years ago

British Citizen Arrested In China, Accused Of Selling Personal Data

Risk consultant Peter Humphrey has admitted using “illegal means” to obtain information

11 years ago

Apple Wins US Import Ban On Older Samsung Products

ITC says Samsung devices infringe two Apple patents, but says they do not copy Apple's design

11 years ago

US Federal Judge Rules Bitcoins Are “A Form Of Money”, Can Be Regulated

Securities and Exchange Commission gets a green light to investigate Bitcoin companies

11 years ago

Latvian Government Votes To Extradite Suspected Creator Of Gozi Trojan

Deniss Calovskis claims he is innocent, will appeal the decision with European Court of Human Rights

11 years ago

Tor Websites Down As Alleged Freedom Hosting Admin Arrested For Child Porn Distribution

Evidence suggests hackers employed by the FBI managed to track some Tor users

11 years ago

1,700 Websites In Russia Go Dark In A SOPA-Style Protest

Popular websites stop their services for a day to highlight the possible effects of a new anti-piracy law

11 years ago

France’s Own ‘PRISM’ Spies On Email And Phone Calls, Says Le Monde

French spies are storing hoards of citizens' communications data and they might be breaking the law

11 years ago

Google Accused Of Monetising “Dangerous” Videos

US politicians demand more information on YouTube advertising placed around videos that promote "dangerous or illegal activities"

11 years ago

Microsoft To Appeal SkyDrive Brand Ruling

Microsoft has said it will appeal a UK court decision that could force it to rebrand its SkyDrive cloud storage…

11 years ago

Government Promises Digital Courtrooms By 2016

Courtrooms will become 'fully digital' by 2016 as the government seeks to end 'outdated' reliance on paper

11 years ago

Electronic Frontier Foundation Sues The FBI

The non-profit organisation demands information about FBI’s Next Generation Identification biometrics database

11 years ago

Samsung Attempts To Settle EU Patent Case

Sources say Samsung would rather settle and play fair than risk paying several billion in fines

11 years ago

Google Forced To Give Up Wikileaks Volunteer Data To US Court

“Because I talked to Julian Assange, all information held by Google relating to my user account with them can be…

11 years ago

Pirate Bay Co-Founder ‘Anakata’ Wanted By Danish Police

Gottfrid Svartholm Warg is accused of yet another cybercrime, this time in Denmark

11 years ago

Eminem Suing Facebook For Copyright Infringement

Facebook’s latest advert features music that sounds suspiciously similar to Eminem’s ‘Under the Influence’

11 years ago

Google Could Be Hit By A New Antitrust Investigation

Reports say Google has been accused of foul play in the US advertising market

11 years ago

CoinLab Sues Mt.Gox Bitcoin Exchange For $75 Million

Mt Gox was due to transfer ownership of US and Canada assets in March. Well, it didn’t.

11 years ago

Google Loses RAND Royalty Fight Against Microsoft

The software giant will have to pay around $1.8 million in licensing fees, instead of over $4 billion

11 years ago

Pirate Bay Co-Founder “Anakata” Faces New Charges

Swedish authorities intend to keep Gottfrid Svartholm Warg in prison

11 years ago