YOU ARE AT:TagsLegal

BROWSING: legal

Amazon.com begins fight over ‘app store’ trademark

Although many heralded the arrival of Amazon.com Inc.'s Android Appstore as a boost to the Android ecosystem, and a victory for consumer choice, Apple Inc. congratulated Amazon.com in a rather different way – they sued them.

WSJ: India Court Sends Five Telecom Executives to Custody

Wall Street Journal | April 20, 2011 | R. JAI KRISHNA And RUMMAN AHMED NEW DELHI – A special court, citing "incriminating evidence," Wednesday denied bail to five senior telecom industry executives as India's top federal investigative agency continued with its efforts to unravel one of...

PS3 hacking lawsuit takes a turn for the creepy

Sony Corp.'s legal team must be a busy bunch at the moment. On the one hand they're battling LG Electronics Co. Ltd. in a Blu-Ray patent dispute that has seen European Union Playstation imports impounded in Holland, and on the other hand they're fighting an increasingly vitriolic battle against renowned hacker George "GeoHot" Hotz, who is in hot water for cracking open the security on the companies popular console.

LG patent suit freezes PS3 imports in Europe

News reaches us this afternoon of a small legal storm brewing in Europe between Japanese electronics giant Sony and even-more-giant Korean rival LG, centred around Sony's apparent use of patented Blu-Ray playback technology inside the Playstation 3.

Don’t believe the hype – ‘banning Skype’ is tripe

TeleGeography | January 7, 2011 China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has attempted to clear up confusion over VoIP services in the country by issuing a statement that the ministry is not looking to ban IP telephony operators, ‘but only those operating illegally...

Don't believe the hype – ‘banning Skype’ is tripe

TeleGeography | January 7, 2011 China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has attempted to clear up confusion over VoIP services in the country by issuing a statement that the ministry is not looking to ban IP telephony operators, ‘but only those operating illegally...

Japan wants Apple to put Content Filter in iPhone

TechTree| January 5, 2010 | Samir Makwana Censorware to protect minors from accessing objectionable content The relationship between Apple and the Japanese government hasn't been great last year. After cases of exploding Apple iPod batteries were reported, Japan is once again complaining about Apple. If Google's...

NTC’s proposed data caps violate consumer rights, lawyer says

GMA News | Philippines | TJ Dimacali UPDATED 30 DEC 2010, International rights lawyer Romel Bagares warned that the National Telecommunications Commission's (NTC's) proposal to allow data volume caps goes against consumers' basic right to information. In the latest version of its draft Memorandum Order (MO)...

NTC's proposed data caps violate consumer rights, lawyer says

GMA News | Philippines | TJ Dimacali UPDATED 30 DEC 2010, International rights lawyer Romel Bagares warned that the National Telecommunications Commission's (NTC's) proposal to allow data volume caps goes against consumers' basic right to information. In the latest version of its draft Memorandum Order (MO)...

Google hit with anti-trust investigation in Europe

The European Union today announced that they will be launching a preliminary anti-trust investigation into alleged down-ranking of competitors on Google Inc. search results – as well as deliberate preferential treatment for Google products.

RIM settles patent dispute out of court

Blackberry maker RIM has settled a patent dispute with Nebraska based firm Prism out of court to avoid a long court case and the risk of having certain Blackberry models, software and servers banned for import into the US.

HTC bites into Apple as legal battle looms

HTC today fired its first salvo in what is bound to be a corker of a patent war against Apple.