Jun
01
2011
01
2011
Lodsys to Apple: your letter means nothing, we’re suing developers
Lodsys threw down the gauntlet on Tuesday, filing patent infringement lawsuits against seven independent mobile developers in the patent litigation-friendly Eastern District of Texas. ...
May
27
2011
27
2011
Patent troll Lodsys also threatening Android devs
Two weeks ago, IP holding company Lodsys made waves by targeting small, independent iOS developers in a campaign to claim patent licensing fees for ...
May
20
2011
20
2011
How a law firm tested “phantom” AT&T smartphone data use
New attention is being paid to a class action lawsuit against AT&T. The suit claims that the company's billing system records data use up ...
May
20
2011
20
2011
Twitter asked to stop users from gossiping, then gets sued
If you're not based in the UK, you may have no idea what a "super-injunction" is. But if you're a Brit, they're apparently an ...
May
18
2011
18
2011
Developers ask Apple for help against patent troll via bug reports
iOS developers are organizing a boycott of Apple's in-app purchasing APIs in the hopes that it will goad Apple into responding to the lawsuits ...
May
03
2011
03
2011
PC rental store accused of using webcams, keyloggers on customers
Built-in webcams are becoming more and more common in computers these days, and in turn, they are becoming more and more of a liability. ...
May
02
2011
02
2011
Long-running TiVo patent battle settled for $500 million
TiVo has settled its patent infringement lawsuit with the Dish Network and EchoStar, with the companies agreeing to pay TiVo a total of $500 ...
Apr
26
2011
26
2011
Amazon responds to Apple: "app store" is generic, toss the suit
Amazon has responded to Apple's trademark suit over the term "App Store" by saying that Steve Jobs himself uses the term in a generic ...
Apr
22
2011
22
2011
Tit for tat? Samsung sues Apple in Europe, Asia
Samsung has responded to Apple's patent lawsuit by filing its own lawsuits against the company on Friday in South Korea, Japan, and Germany. Samsung's ...
Apr
15
2011
15
2011
Apple facing class-action lawsuit over kids’ in-app purchases
Garen Meguerian and a team of lawyers are taking Apple to task for "inducing" children to spend hundreds of dollars of their parents' money ...
Apr
08
2011
08
2011
Time Warner, Viacom aim legal guns at each other over iPad app
Time Warner Cable is taking the dispute over its live-TV-streaming iPad app to court. The company has filed a request for declaratory judgment, asking ...
Apr
07
2011
07
2011
Apple gets go-ahead to move against unauthorized accessory makers
A federal judge has ruled that Apple's lawsuit against a group of California companies selling unauthorized accessories for iPods, iPhones, and iPads can continue. ...
Apr
05
2011
05
2011
Apple wins appeal in Cover Flow, Time Machine patent disputes
Apple won't have to shell out $625.5 million to a company called Mirror Worlds after all thanks to a new ruling in a Cover ...
Apr
04
2011
04
2011
Pandora, other app makers subpoenaed over user data collection
A federal grand jury has opened an investigation into mobile apps and what kind of personal data they might transmit about users, Pandora has ...
Apr
02
2011
02
2011
Week in Apple: it’s getting to be WWDC season
Apple announced WWDC 2011 this week, sparking new discussion about Apple's OS focus and whether the company plans to change its iPhone hardware release ...
Apr
01
2011
01
2011
Clearwire accused of overextending coverage to lure customers
Clearwire has had its fair share of problems lately: the company is struggling to fight off bankruptcy, and already faces one class-action lawsuit over ...
Mar
28
2011
28
2011
"Psycho-acoustic" Beatles recordings cost BlueBeat $950,000
BlueBeat.com, the company that tried to sell "remastered" Beatles tracks online before they became officially available, has agreed to pay nearly $1 million to ...
Mar
26
2011
26
2011
Week in Apple: ZFS on Mac OS X, rogue tethering, DUI apps, and more
This week on Infinite Loop we interviewed the creator of a commercial ZFS solution for the Mac and offered a how-to on Automator and ...
Mar
25
2011
25
2011
Apple’s mobile products do not violate Nokia patents, says ITC
The International Trade Commission (ITC) has ruled in favor of Apple in one of the company's patent disputes with Nokia. ITC Judge E. James ...
Mar
25
2011
25
2011
Trademarked keyword sales may soon be restricted in Europe
Google has had some luck in the courts when it comes to selling ads with trademarked keywords, but European companies buying those keywords may ...
Mar
22
2011
22
2011
Apple sues Amazon over "App Store" trademark
Apple is suing Amazon.com for trademark infringement and unfair competition over its use of the term "App Store." The complaint, filed in US District ...
Mar
10
2011
10
2011
WiMAX throttling lawsuit: Clearwire can’t deliver the goods
Wireless operator Clearwire has had a bumpy few months, and now things are getting worse. A lawsuit has been filed by 15 users over ...
Feb
18
2011
18
2011
The Hurt Locker lawsuits branch out across the country
The US Copyright Group, also known as Dunlap, Grubb & Weaver, is making good on its promise to put the hurt on P2P users. ...
Feb
08
2011
08
2011
Woman fired for bashing boss on Facebook wins settlement
If there's one thing I know not to do, it's publicly bash my boss on Facebook (not that I ever would!). Some people aren't ...
Jan
28
2011
28
2011
iPhone 4 "Glassgate" finally generates a lawsuit
We all knew it was just a matter of time before someone sued over the iPhone 4 "Glassgate," and now the time ...
Jan
25
2011
25
2011
Taco Bell Being Sued For False Advertising Because Their ‘Ground Beef’ Is Actually Only 35% Ground Beef (The Rest Is Cockroaches)
A group of Alabamians have filed a class-action lawsuit (which was probably presented to them as a petition to lower the distance of legal marriages from 2nd cousins to 1st. Just kidding -- you can already marry 1st first ...
Jan
24
2011
24
2011
Chinese telecom manufacturer says Motorola sold trade secrets
Chinese telecom manufacturer Huawei Technologies has filed a lawsuit against Motorola, accusing the technology giant of trying to transfer Huawei's intellectual property to Nokia ...
Jan
14
2011
14
2011
DoJ mulls antitrust suit to block Google-ITA deal
Google's attempt to buy airline fare search company ITA may soon run into another roadblock: an antitrust suit. The US Department of Justice is ...
Jan
10
2011
10
2011
Supreme Court: online music price-fixing lawsuit can proceed
The US Supreme Court won't stop a lawsuit accusing the four major music labels of conspiring to fix music prices. The Supreme Court made ...
Jan
07
2011
07
2011
HyperMac sidesteps Apple patent headache with DIY solutions
Sanho Corporation, the company behind the HyperMac line of battery-powered products, has apparently come up with a plan to keep ...
Dec
28
2010
28
2010
Apple facing class action suit over iOS data collection
Apple and several other app developers are the target of a class action lawsuit filed late last week in the Northern District of California. ...
Dec
16
2010
16
2010
882 Novell patents now shared by Microsoft, Apple, EMC, and Oracle
Novell sold itself to software company Attachmate last month for $2.2 billion. In the process, it also sold the rights to nearly 900 patents ...
Dec
13
2010
13
2010
Paul Allen’s patent infringement lawsuit dismissed
Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen has hit a snag in his massive patent infringement suit against Apple, Google, Netflix, Facebook, YouTube, and numerous others. US ...
Dec
11
2010
11
2010
Week in Apple: lawsuits galore and iPad 2 rumors
Lawsuits involving Apple have seen some action this month, but there was also talk about the next iPad and iOS's effect on handheld gaming ...
Dec
06
2010
06
2010
Apple ups ante on Motorola patent infringement suit
Apple has upped the ante in its patent fight with Motorola over smartphone patents, snaring Moto's set-top boxes in the process. In new court ...
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