Tagged: Lawsuit & News
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The technology business week: Shareholders sue HP over autonomy acquisition, Facebook to buy Waze? News
13.05.2013 A digest of the top business technology news stories from the past week. -
HP shareholders sue the company over Autonomy acquisition News
08.05.2013 Hewlett-Packard (HP) shareholders are taking the PC giant to court, accusing the company in a lawsuit of failing to properly examine the financial practices of Autonomy prior to... -
When a meme just isn't funny – man with Down Syndrome sues over use of his photo News
03.05.2013 A US-based man with Down Syndrome is suing a radio station, an internet company and another individual for US$18m after a photo of him taken nine years ago became an internet meme. -
Google sues BT over four patents News
14.02.2013 Internet search giant Google has launched lawsuits against telecoms company BT in the UK and US, claiming BT has infringed several of its technologies. The lawsuits follow the... -
Apple loses iPhone trademark battle in Brazil News
13.02.2013 Apple does not have exclusive rights to use the ‘iPhone’ trademark in the Brazil, regulators in the country have ruled, as Brazilian company Gradiente Eletronica had registered... -
The technology business week: €150k to develop SMEs’ web presence, lawsuit against Nokia dismissed News
17.12.2012 A digest of the top business technology news stories from the past week.Categories: Web Development, Phones, Mobile, Mergers & Acquisitions, Legal, Leadership & Management, Internet, Financial, eCommerce, Deals Done, Consumer Tech -
Lawsuit alleging Nokia misled shareholders dismissed News
13.12.2012 A US lawsuit by an investor who claimed smartphone maker Nokia had inflated the introduction of its Windows Phone has been dismissed, Nokia announced today. -
Pizza chain Papa John’s facing US$250m lawsuit for spam messaging News
14.11.2012 The US pizza chain Papa John’s is facing a US$250m lawsuit in the US after allegedly bombarding its customers with some 500,000 spam text messages to advertise pizza products...Categories: Mobile, Consumer Tech -
Apple ordered to revise and repost Samsung statement on its website News
01.11.2012 Consumer tech giant Apple must revise and repost a court-ordered statement on its website pertaining to its ongoing IP legal battle with Samsung, a judge in Britain has said. -
Google strikes settlement with publishers News
04.10.2012 Internet search giant Google and the Association of American Publishers (AAP) have ended seven years of litigation by having reached a settlement that will provide access to... -
Ruling overturned in Mformation patent-infringement case, RIM says News
09.08.2012 A California judge has overturned a ruling against Research in Motion (RIM) in a patent-infringement case involving mobile device management company Mformation Technologies and... -
RIM loses patent case, ordered to pay US$147.2m News
16.07.2012 BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) has said it is evaluating all legal options after a jury found the company liable for US$147.2m in damages for infringing patents held... -
Apple settles iPad trademark lawsuit – for US$60m News
02.07.2012 Consumer tech giant Apple is to pay US$60m to settle a dispute over who owns the iPad name with Chinese company Proview International Holdings Ltd, according to a court in China. -
US judge tosses Proview's iPad lawsuit News
09.05.2012 A US judge has dismissed computer display maker Proview Technology's case against consumer tech giant Apple over the rights to the iPad name. -
German court rules Microsoft infringed Motorola’s patents News
02.05.2012 A German court has ruled that Microsoft infringed Motorola Mobility’s patents. While the court ordered Microsoft to remove products such as Xbox 360 consoles and the Windows 7... -
Court orders Apple and Samsung CEOs to hold settlement talks News
18.04.2012 Apple and Samsung’s CEOs and chief lawyers will meet in San Francisco for settlement talks over their numerous smartphone patent lawsuits across the globe. -
Oracle and Google CEOs in court over Android News
18.04.2012 Oracle’s Java lawsuit against Google’s Android OS has reached the courtroom with both Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and Google CEO Larry Page giving testimony.Tags: Larry Ellison, Lawsuit, API, Copyright, Legal, US, Larry Page, Sun Microsystems, Oracle, Google, Android, Java -
Twitter agrees to only use patents defensively News
18.04.2012 Twitter has made an ‘Innovator’s Patent Agreement’ (IPA), which says it will only use its patents defensively and will not use patents from employees' inventions to sue others... -
Twitter tackles spammers with lawsuit News
06.04.2012 Twitter has filed a lawsuit against five of the ‘most aggressive’ spammers and spam tool providers in order to reduce the amount of spam across the social network. -
Google responsible for misleading search ads, Australian court says News
03.04.2012 An Australian appeal court has ruled that Google misled customers by placing four advertisements from competitors of businesses which the user searched for on its results page.