Legal

HP Settles Exploding Batteries Claim With £272,000 Penalty

HP settles over claims it knowingly sold batteries which could overheat and put users at risk

12 years ago

Megaupload Reveals The Need For User-Based Internet Legislation

Every cloud has a sinister lining or so the closure of MegaUpload and TV-Shack appears to indicate, writes Eric Doyle

12 years ago

Kodak Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Kodak has filed for chapeter 11 bankrupcy protection but vows to come out fighting in the end

12 years ago

Wikipedia 24-Hour Blackout Protests Anti-Piracy Laws

Wikipedia and others have shut down their Websites in protest against US anti-piracy legislation

12 years ago

Is Google Risking Anti-Trust Deliberately?

Clint Boulton examines an intriguing theory - that Google is deliberately provoking anti-trust investigation, in order to trap Facebook

12 years ago

Andrew Crossley Suspended For Two Years

Copyright "troll" Andrew Crossley has been suspended from practicing law for two years and ordered to pay costs

12 years ago

Jobs Mini Me Doll Sales Stopped By Apple Lawyers

The mini Steve Jobs replica doll has been pulled from the market after Apple lawyers threaten legal action

12 years ago

Judge Rules British Student Can Be Extradited

Richard O' Dwyer, who ran TVShack.net, loses appeal against extradition

12 years ago

EMI Sues Irish Government Over Piracy

Music industry accuses Ireland of not doing enough to protect copyright

12 years ago

Kodak Files Patent Lawsuits Against Apple and HTC

Struggling Kodak accuses mobile companies of violating image patents

12 years ago

Anonymous Outs Neo-Nazi Site Members

Anonymous Germany has launched a website to out neo-nazi site members as part of operation blitzkrieg

12 years ago

Apple To Sue Over Incredible Likeness Of Steve

Apple claims ownership of the rights to Jobs' likeness and will sue to protect it

12 years ago

Quanta Sues AMD Over ‘Defective’ Chips

AMD denies its chips caused Quanta-built NEC laptops to malfunction

12 years ago

Mozilla Updates Its Public Licence

Mozilla releases an update on its licence after a two-year collaborative update

12 years ago

Saudi Hackers Steal Israeli Credit Card Details

Saudi hackers claim 400,000 Israeli credit cards compromised and promise to reveal more

12 years ago

Sony, Nintendo, EA Games Turn Their Backs On SOPA

The top three gaming companies have added their names to the growing list of critics opposing the US Government's SOPA…

12 years ago

Facebook Blamed In A Third Of UK Divorces

Facebook has apparently been cited in a 33 percent of divorce cases in the United Kingdom in the past year

12 years ago

Rambus and Broadcom Settle Patent Dispute

Broadcom negotiates five year licensing deal to use Rambus technology in its products

12 years ago

Hasbro Sues Asus Over Transformer Prime Trademark

Hasbro says Transformer Prime tablet infringes its trademark for the popular toys and movie franchise

12 years ago

O2 Error Blocks Church Website Over Adult Content Claim

Users unable to access church Website for four months due to O2's 18-plus rating

12 years ago

ITC Rules Motorola Infringed Microsoft Patent

Microsoft manages to convince ITC that Motorola infringed just one patent out of seven

12 years ago

HTC Phones Face Ban Unless Apple Patented Feature Is Removed

HTC has been found guilty in the US of infringing only one patent of ten asserted by Apple

12 years ago

Samsung Expands German Lawsuit To Include Emoticons

Samsung has added four new patent claims to its lawsuit against Apple in the German courts

12 years ago

Sky Blocks Newzbin2 After Court Order

Sky says it blocked file-sharing site Newzbin2 to protect copyright holders and consumers

12 years ago

British Student Admits Facebook Hack

A student from York has admitted hacking into Facebook, but denies it was with malicious intent

12 years ago

Motorola Wins German iPhone Ban Bid

A court rules that the iPad and iPhone should be banned in Germany, but Apple is set to appeal

12 years ago

Samsung Fails To Block Sale Of iPhone 4S In France

French court calls Samsung's injunction request against the iPhone 4S "out of proportion"

12 years ago

Samsung Wins Tablet Tiff In Oz, But US Fight Goes On

Australian High Court rejects Apple's appeal to extend Galaxy Tab ban, but US no-ban decision is appealed

12 years ago

US Authorities Censor Blog For A Year Without Cause

The US authorities return confiscated domain name to an "illegal" music blog without explanation

12 years ago

Russians Deny England World Cup Bid Email Hack

FBI interviews members of England's 2018 World Cup bid team as part of its investigation into FIFA corruption

12 years ago