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'Flawed' Megaupload case faces court test: lawyer
A massive online piracy case against file-sharing website Megaupload was "flawed" and likely to be dismissed in a US court within a month, the site's chief lawyer has said.
Jun 01, 2012 |
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Judge scolds attorneys in Oracle vs. Google patent trial
The judge presiding over a patent trial pitting Oracle against Google scolded rival attorneys on Monday as deliberating jurors grappled with subtleties of references in computer software code.
May 21, 2012 |
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US class-action ebook price-fixing suit can proceed
A judge Tuesday allowed a class-action case to proceed against Apple and six publishing houses alleging a price-fixing scheme for electronic books, citing "ample" indications of a conspiracy.
May 15, 2012 |
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US sex publisher sues Tumblr over copyright
A US sex publisher which fought a long copyright battle with Google has sued the Tumblr social networking site claiming "rampant" illegal use of its photographs, court documents showed.
May 07, 2012 |
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Facebook to make stock market debut in May: report
Facebook will make its stock market debut in May with a record-setting initial public offering of shares, according to a report Wednesday in the Wall Street Journal.
Mar 29, 2012 |
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Aspiring Facebook investors warned of Yahoo! lawsuit
Facebook has warned potential investors that a patent lawsuit against the company by Internet pioneer Yahoo! could deliver a significant blow to its business.
Mar 28, 2012 |
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Hacker group Anonymous takes down Vatican website
The hacking group Anonymous took down several Vatican websites on Wednesday, saying it was targeting the "corrupt" Catholic Church, a day after a high-profile bust of the group's alleged leaders.
Mar 07, 2012 |
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Irish police arrest man in global computer hacking inquiry
Irish police said they had arrested a man Tuesday as part of an international operation after five members of Anonymous and an offshoot computer hacking group were charged in the United States. ...
Mar 06, 2012 |
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New trial set for June in Oracle, SAP case
A US judge on Tuesday set a June date for a new trial in a long-running copyright infringement case between US business software giant Oracle and its German rival SAP.
Feb 29, 2012 |
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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.
Dec 27, 2011 |
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US fines Hitachi-LG disk drive firm for price fixing
US justice authorities hit a Japanese-Korean producer of optical disk drives with a $21.1 million fine for bid-rigging and price fixing, the Justice Department announced.
Sep 30, 2011 |
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$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 ...
Sep 01, 2011 |
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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.
Aug 16, 2011 |
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Apple, publishers sued for alleged price fixing: report
Five book publishers and computer manufacturer Apple have been sued for allegedly colluding to drive up the price of e-books, lawyers for the plaintiffs said.
Aug 13, 2011 |
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US 'hacker next door' gets 18-year sentence: report
A US man who hacked into his neighbors' Wi-Fi network and tried to frame them with child pornography and threatening emails to the US vice president has been sentenced to 18 years in jail.
Jul 13, 2011 |
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