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Open source licences hold up in court
An American court has ruled that open source developers can sue if the licensing terms are broken.
Hacker McKinnon gets extradition delay
Gary McKinnon has been granted a two-week delay on his extradition to the US to face hacking charges, in order to give the European Court of Human...
Court: UK web, call taps breach human rights
The European Court of Human Rights has found that the UK government’s surveillance laws concerning calls and the internet are “not in...
Who'd be an ISP?
Once upon a time, providing internet services was a straightforward business. It certainly isn't any more, though, as the threat of new legislation...
Q&A: Pamela Jones of Groklaw
Groklaw is the blog that has made a difference. Created as a personal project by Pamela Jones, better known as PJ, in 2003, its stated purpose was...
Chinese firm claims Apple is guilty of iPad 'plagiarism'
Great Loong says the iPad's design is a copy of its own P88, and threatens legal action against Apple if the tablet ever launches in China.
Phorm spurs EU privacy action against UK
The European Union is taking legal action against the UK over behavioural advertising system Phorm.
Judge freezes Apple and Nokia case
A Delaware judge has told Apple and Nokia to hold fire until other related cases are concluded.
Sun wins trademark case in UK
Sun Microsystems has won a trademark case against M-Tech Data in the UK as well as a counterfeiting suit against Sun Valley Technical Repair in the...
Microsoft slams court for Word case
Microsoft has filed its appeal against an injunction that means it must stop selling Word in the US.
US court tells Microsoft to stop selling Word
The patent infringement suit involves Microsoft's use of XML.
Pirate Bay founders denied retrial over judge ‘bias’
The Pirate Bay suffers a blow as it is ruled that the judge in charge of the original copyright case was not biased.
Orange customer wins court payout over coverage
A Richmond-based man was awarded £500 after suing Orange because it wouldn’t let him out of a contract despite him not receiving any signal.
Qualcomm and Broadcom in WCDMA patent spat
The two chip makers are fighting it out in an American appeals court over royalties Broadcom says Qualcomm owes it for phone chip tech.
Google ordered to hand over YouTube logs
The US ruling ordering Google to hand over viewer information is part of the Viacom lawsuit with YouTube.
Nokia, InterDigital drop UK patent suit
But the two mobile tech firms aren't dropping the patent battle in the US.
Privacy groups take legal action against Facebook
Controversial changes to Facebook's privacy settings have prompted high-profile privacy groups to file complain to the US Federal Trade Commission.
Google Street View's first bumpy 24 hours
With a legal case threatened and several images removed from the site, the UK's 'Street View' launch has been less than a smooth ride for Google.
Need to Know: XML
An XML-related complaint has lead to legal woes for Microsoft. But what exactly is XML?
‘Netbook’ term set free as Intel/Psion battle over
A legal battle between Intel and Psion Teklogix has been ‘settled amicably’ allowing the term ‘netbook’ to be used freely.
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