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How Microsoft Avoided Apple's Legal Wrath (and Why Samsung Didn't)
Through what's been a highly publicized legal battle between Apple and Samsung over design patents, it recently came to light that all this courtroom drama could have been avoided if Samsung agreed to...
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Patent Judge Encourages Apple and Samsung to Settle Differences Over Phone
It's another day, and the way things have been going lately, that usually means another development in the patent trial between Apple and Samsung. Today is no exception, though if the presiding judge...
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Appeals Court Empowers Police to Track Suspects by Cell Phone Sans Warrant
Privacy advocates aren't going to like this one, but a 2-1 ruling in the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has given law enforcement officials the legal right to track suspects by...
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Oh Snap! Exasperated Judge Says Apple's 'Smoking Crack' with Long Witness List
U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh can hardly contain her frustration with Apple and Samsung over their court room shenanigans, first by snapping at the latter for leaking disallowed evidence to the...
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Apple, Samsung Both Losers in South Korea Court
The high profile trial between Apple and Samsung in the U.S. has yet to be decided, but in a South Korean court, a three-judge panel ruled that both firms are infringing on each other. Both were...
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Motorola Files Patent Suit to Ban Apple Devices in U.S.; Reaches Licensing...
Just because Apple scored a sweeping victory against Samsung in its patent trial in the U.S., which led to the nine panel jury awarding the Cupertino company more than a billion dollars in damages, it...
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FTC Wins $163 Million Judgment Against 'Scareware' Scammer
Kristy Ross, suspected ringleader of a "scareware" scam that tricked over a million consumers into buying software to remove malware detected by fake antivirus scans, has been ordered to pay more than...
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Judge Orders Apple to Remove "Untrue" Samsung Statement from Website
A U.K. judge took a verbal bite out of Apple for a court-ordered statement that appeared on its overseas website. In a previous ruling in the U.K. -- one that was held up in appeal -- Apple was ordered...
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Apple Forced to Pay Samsung’s Legal Fees in the UK Over Apology Shenanigans
Unlike in the US, Apple was handed a resounding defeat during its legal truffle with Samsung in the UK. Unfortunately for Apple however, the judge did a bit more than throw the case out. Judge Robin...
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Apple, Samsung Pile More Products onto U.S. Patent Lawsuit
Imagine if you woke up tomorrow and every online store and brick-and-mortar retail shop was barred from selling Samsung Galaxy S III and Apple iPhone 5 devices. Do you turn to the Galaxy Note as well?...
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McAfee Founder Arrested in Guatemala
After being on the run for three weeks, John McAfee was arrested on Wednesday by Guatemalan police, who said they would seek to expel the antivirus founder to Belize. McAfee had been identified as "a...
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Instagram Hit with Class Action Lawsuit
Despite reversing course on ToS changes, Instagram faces a first civil lawsuit.Instagram quickly backpedaled from a revised Terms of Service (ToS) agreement that said users would have to "agree that a...
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Amazon Allegedly Picks Fight with Mom and Pop Porn Site
A family-owned adult DVD store claims Amazon is trying to shut it down.Oh, the injustice! The owners of AdultWoot.com, a small, family-owned online store that sells adult themed DVDs (read:...
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Samsung Hires Former U.K. Judge Who Slammed Apple
Something tells us Apple isn't real happy about this.Last year, a U.K. judge did more than just side with Samsung in a case brought against it by Apple. Judge Robin Jacob also ordered Apple to post a...
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Spanish Linux Group Targets Microsoft in Complaint to EU
Open source group takes issue with Microsoft's controversial UEFI Secure Boot mechanism.A Spanish open software group has filed a complaint against Microsoft with the European Union claiming that it's...
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Kickstarter Boots 'Where the Wild Things Are' Sequel to Avoid Legal Squabble
Publisher put pressure on Kickstarter to yank "Back to the Wild"Kickstarter isn't some fly-by-night website that nobody's heard of. Just the opposite, Kickstarter has successfully funded several high...
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Federal Judge Finds Apple Guilty of Conspiring to Raise E-Book Prices
Apple finds itself in a legal pickleU.S. District Judge Denise Cole has found Apple guilty of colluding with five major U.S. publishers to drive up prices of electronic books (e-books), saying that the...
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Buying an Xbox One Console Requires Waiving Right to Class Action Suits
No class action suits for you!Microsoft has already received a bunch of negative press over various aspects of the Xbox One, much of which has been addressed to gamers' satisfaction (such as removing...
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District Judge Rules in Favor of Warrantless Border Searchers
Heads up, travelersToday marks the first day of a brand new year, but if you have plans of traveling abroad, be advised that the same old laws apply. That includes the government's right to search and...
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Amazon Faces FTC Lawsuit After Rejecting In-App Purchases Settlement
A dispute over unauthorized in-app purchases made by childrenAmazon had a chance to settle with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission out of court over allegations that it let children make millions of...
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