Apple Inc. told a judge that Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy Note 10.1 device infringes its patents, and sought to add the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system to an existing lawsuit against Samsung in California. Apple made the arguments to U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal in federal court in San Jose.
European Union regulators are to accept an offer by Apple and four publishers to end an antitrust probe into their e-book prices, two sources said, handing Amazon victory in a bid to sell online books cheaper than its rivals, sources said. The case underscores the battle between retailers and publishers over pricing control of e-books, which publishers hope will boost revenue and increase customers.
Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter have all objected to portions of a federal effort to strengthen online privacy protections for children. In addition, media giants like Viacom and Disney, cable operators, marketing associations, technology groups and a trade group representing toy makers are arguing that the Federal Trade Commission’s proposed rule changes seem so onerous that, rather than enhance online protections for children, they threaten to deter companies from offering children’s Web sites and services altogether.
As the Internet adds valuable new domain names that are luring the likes of Google Inc. and Amazon.com Inc., a little-known company called Donuts Inc. is making a grab that opponents say could fuel cybersquatting, the practice of stealing website identities. Donuts, backed by more than $100 million in venture capital, is spending $56 million to bid for 307 of the 1,400 new so-called generic top-level domain names, or TLDs, that will shape how the Web will soon evolve.
Pandora Media Inc., the biggest Internet radio service, sued the organization representing songwriters and composers to seek lower license fees for playing their songs. Pandora, which is also lobbying the U.S. Congress for lower royalties on recordings, asked a federal court in New York to set “reasonable” license fees from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers through 2015.
Several hundred protesters wearing masks have gathered outside the British Parliament to mark Guy Fawkes night. The protesters were supporters of Anonymous, a loosely-organized movement of cyber rebels and activists.
FBI officials quietly approached executives at Coca-Cola Co. on March 15, 2009, with some startling news. Hackers had broken into the company’s computer systems and were pilfering sensitive files about its attempted $2.4 billion acquisition of China Huiyuan Juice Group, according to three people familiar with the situation and an internal company document detailing the cyber intrusion.
A U.S. District judge in Wisconsin has dismissed the patent case Apple filed against Google's Motorola Mobility. According to the blog Foss Patents, which was first to report today's decision, Judge Barbara Crabb dismissed the case with prejudice and that means Apple can't try to revive the case through an appeal but not by refiling in another district court.
Twitter has made a significant shift in how it responds to copyright complaints. In the past, such complaints meant that tweets would vanish without a trace but now people can see the place where the tweet once stood -- and reaction to its disappearance.
Brandi Passante, a buyer on the A&E reality show "Storage Wars," filed suit in U.S. District Court in Central California against Hunter Moore, former operator of the website Is Anyone Up, claiming that he published fake photos and video purporting to depict Passante in pornographic situations. And, perhaps worse, the suit alleges, the video placed a virus on viewers' computers.
Government officials, tech industry representatives, and nongovernmental groups will be meeting in Azerbaijan to discuss Internet governance issues and may provide a peek into some of the proposals that could emerge at a highly anticipated telecommunications conference that some fear could result in more regulation of the Internet. The Internet Governance Forum's annual meeting provides an opportunity for a wide range of stakeholders to discuss policy issues related to Internet management.
Two weeks before trial in a high-stakes lawsuit pitting Google's Motorola Mobility unit against Microsoft, Google made what has become a common request for a tech company fighting for billions of dollars: a public court proceeding conducted largely in secret. Google, like its counterparts in the smartphone patent wars, is eager to keep sensitive business information under wraps -- in this case, the royalty deals that Motorola cuts with other companies on patented technology.
Kywan Fisher was ordered by an Illinois federal court to pay $1.5 million, or $150,000 for each of the ten movies he downloaded, to adult film production company Flava Works. In a default judgment, the judge set the maximum penalty under U.S. copyright law of ten times statutory damages -- the biggest penalty to date in a BitTorrent case.
A judge has denied U.S. technology giant Apple an injunction that would have allowed it to continue selling iPhone-branded products in Mexico, ruling that the company iFone had the rights to that brand name earlier, an attorney for the Mexican firm told Efe. In 2009, Apple filed a complaint against iFone with the Mexican Industrial Property Institute, or IMPI, demanding that firm stop using its brand name because the phonetic similarities could confuse users.
The presidential campaign sites BarackObama.com and MittRomney.com have recently ratcheted up their use of third-party Web trackers. These are companies, like ad networks and data brokers working on behalf of the campaigns, that collect information about users’ online activities to show political ads to people tailored to their own interests and beliefs.
Google Inc. should be sued by the Federal Trade Commission for trying to block competitors’ access to key smartphone-technology patents in violation of antitrust law, the agency’s staff told commissioners in a formal recommendation, according to four people familiar with the matter. A majority of the agency’s five commissioners are inclined to sue, according to the people, who declined to be identified because the matter isn’t public.
Apple was given 48 hours to re-write a statement on its website relating to its design rights dispute with Samsung, UK judges have ruled. Apple was forced on October 18 to publish a message making it clear that Samsung had not infringed the iPad's registered design, but Samsung complained the statement Apple had posted did not comply with the court order.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano warned that some of the largest U.S. financial institutions "are actively under attack" from cyber hackers. While Napolitano sounded the alarm about the attacks at a cybersecurity event hosted by The Washington Post, she declined to provide any details about them.
Less than a week after the Windows 8 launch, Microsoft is already subject to a lawsuit for one of its operating system’s leading features: Live Tiles. A company called SurfCast, which appears to own four patents, yet makes no particular technology products, filed the complaint against Microsoft.
Language-software maker Rosetta Stone Inc has agreed to drop its trademark infringement lawsuit against Google Inc over the search engine's advertising practices. In the lawsuit filed in 2009, Rosetta Stone accused Google of committing trademark infringement by selling the language-software maker's trademarks to third-party advertisers for use as search keywords.
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