Legal

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

Streetmap Sues Google For Stealing Its Customers

UK-based company claims Google used underhanded tactics to dominate the online map market

11 years ago

Why Rackspace Stood Up To Software Patent Trolls

Alan Schoenbaum, leader of the legal team at Rackspace, explains what makes software patent trolls ‘tick’

11 years ago

Google Joins Consortium To Combat Patent Litigation

Unified Patents, backed by Google and NetApp, aims to help organisations pool their resources to dissuade attacks by patent litigators

11 years ago

Rackspace: This Time, The Patent Troll Should Pay Us

Rakspace wants trolls at IP Nav to get a taste of their own medicine

11 years ago

Aaron Swartz Prosecution Team Threatened And Harassed

US court filing reveals impact Swartz’s suicide had on prosecution

11 years ago

EC Takes Interest in Apple Antitrust Claims

Operators raise concerns about strict iPhone contracts, but no formal investigation launched

11 years ago

SFO Fears It Could Be ‘Conflicted’ In HP Autonomy Investigation

Investigation thrown into confusion over SFO's £4.6m contract with Autonomy

11 years ago

French Authorities Say Skype Must Register As Telco

Skype to be investigated after failing to respond to regulator's requests

11 years ago

UK Serious Fraud Office Investigating HP Autonomy Acquisition

SFO confirms that it is investating alleged accounting mispractices

11 years ago

Kim Dotcom Plans To Sue New Zealand’s Government Spies

Government Communications Security Bureau might find itself in court after wiretapping Dotcom’s communications

11 years ago

Shareholder David Einhorn Withdraws Apple Lawsuit

Lawsuit abandonded after Einhorn and Greenlight Capital win injunction against shareholder vote

11 years ago

Judge Cuts $1.05 Billion Award In Apple-Samsung Dispute

Judge Lucy Koh has reduced the damages award against Samsung by $450 million, saying legal errors were made in formulating…

11 years ago

Court Orders Three More Torrent Websites Blocked In The UK

High Court orders ISPs to block access to Kickass-Torrents, Fenopy and H33T

11 years ago

London Lawyers Join Kim Dotcom’s Defence Team

Amsterdam & Partners will work for free, at least until Dotcom gets his money back from the US authorities

11 years ago

Lord McAlpine Ends Legal Action Against Some Twitter Users

Users with fewer than 500 followers who reteweeted allegations won't be sued, Sally Bercow is less lucky

11 years ago

HTC Likely To Settle Power Optimisation Patent Case Against Nokia

HTC doesn’t deny it used a battery-related patent without a license

11 years ago

UK Users Sue Google Over Safari Tracking

A group of users have begun coordinating legal actions against Google over its alleged tracking of desktop and mobile Safari…

11 years ago

IT Life: Tech On The Right Side Of The Law

The legal side of tech is no mystery to Duncan James of UK law firm Clarion

11 years ago

Go Daddy Sued For Hosting ‘Ex-Girlfriend’ Porn Site

Plaintiffs demand the hosting company shares responsibility for violating their privacy

11 years ago

Aaron Swartz Prosecutor Defends Her Office

Carmen Ortiz says she recommended a reduced sentence of six months in a low security setting

11 years ago

AMD Sues Former Employees, Says They Spied For NVIDIA

Chipmaker claims VP Robert Feldstein recruited “double agents”

11 years ago

US Authorities Deny Kim Dotcom’s Megaupload Entrapment Claims

A court filing says federal agents didn’t trick Kim Dotcom

11 years ago

Judge Rules Nortel Management ‘Not Guilty’ Of Fraud

The court couldn’t prove that CEO Frank Dunn defrauded the company

11 years ago

Chinese Pirate Admits Selling Software Worth $100M

Xiang Li sold software that retails for thousands of dollars for as little as $20

11 years ago

Austrian Judges Question The Validity Of EU Data Retention Directive

Keeping all customer data could be in breach of European constitution, says Austrian court

11 years ago