News tagged with district court

Mobile phone giant Nokia sues Apple over iPhone

Nokia, the world's biggest mobile phone maker, took on the iconic iPhone on Thursday by suing US rival Apple for infringing 10 Nokia patents on mobile phone technology.

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created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Google wants Oracle copyright trial rematch

Google on Wednesday confirmed that it wants a new trial on the copyright portion of a legal battle being fought with Oracle in San Francisco federal court.

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created May 09, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Google violated copyright, but no damages: jury

A jury ruled Monday that Google violated copyrights owned by Oracle Corp. for the Android mobile platform, but failed to agree on whether damages should be awarded in the high-profile trial.

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created May 07, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 3

Google mulls Japan court order to tweak auto-complete (Update)

Google said Monday it was reviewing a Japanese court order to modify its auto-complete feature to safeguard the reputation of a man who complained it falsely links him to crimes.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Suit filed in US over Twitter feed in test case

A former blogger for a US mobile phone news site is being sued by his erstwhile employer over ownership of his Twitter feed in a social media test case for the Internet age.

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created Dec 27, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Google, publishers near settlement in books case

Google and publishers told a US judge Thursday they are close to settling a lawsuit over the Internet giant's controversial book-scanning project.

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created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

$1.3B award against SAP overturned in Oracle case

A federal judge on Thursday threw out a "grossly excessive" $1.3 billion verdict that Oracle won against SAP in a landmark intellectual property case, possibly setting the stage for another circus-like showdown ...

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HTC accuses Apple of patent infringement

Taiwan's HTC Corp. accused Apple of patent infringement on Tuesday in the latest salvo in an ongoing legal battle between the smartphone giants.

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created Aug 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 5

Oracle targets Larry Page in Google patent lawsuit

Oracle is asking a US judge to order Google co-founder Larry Page to undergo questioning in a patent suit pitting the business software titan against the Internet giant.

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Judge unimpressed with Apple 'App Store' claim

A federal judge on Wednesday denied a bid by Apple to immediately stop Amazon.com from calling its online shop for smartphone programs an "App Store."

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created Jul 07, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 6

Judge tosses patent suits against Facebook, Apple, Google

A US judge has tossed out a patent infringement lawsuit filed against Apple, Facebook, Google, Yahoo! and other firms by a company owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.

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created Dec 13, 2010 | popularity 2.1 / 5 (7) | comments 1

LimeWire file-sharing service shut down by US court

Popular online file-sharing service LimeWire was shut down by a US federal court on Tuesday following a lawsuit filed by the music industry.

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created Oct 26, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 4

US court lifts ban on state-funding for stem cell research

A US appeals court suspended Thursday a ban on state-funding for embryonic stem cell research pending a full appeal of the case, in a major boost to President Barack Obama's administration.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 09, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Microsoft gets legal might to take down spam botnets

With a judicial assist, Microsoft has perfected a new superweapon to shoot down botnets, the engines cybergangs use to deliver malicious Internet attacks.

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created Sep 08, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 8

Google digital book project gets day in court

Google's digital book project finally gets its day in court on Thursday as the Internet giant asks a US judge to approve its ambitious plan to scan millions of books and sell them online.

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