Neowin News Feed for: Lawsuit

Microsoft supports End Anonymous Patents Act bill in US Congress

John Callaham — Sat, 18 May 2013 00:38:40 +0100

Microsoft is publicly supporting the End Anonymous Patents Act, a new bill making its way through the US Congress that, if made into a law, would disclose the real name of patent owners. Read more...

Microsoft faces new lawsuit over database patents

John Callaham — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 21:51:51 +0100

A company called MasterMine Software filed a lawsuit against Microsoft earlier this week, claiming the company is violating its patents that relate to automatically creating reports from databases. Read more...

Motorola loses German appeal on Microsoft patent injunction

John Callaham — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:18:43 +0100

Google subsidiary Motorola has lost an appeal on the injunction that was placed on the company by a court in Germany in 2012 over a patent owned by Microsoft concerning multi-part text messages. Read more...

iPhone 4 owners start receiving $15 "Antennagate" check

Steven Parker — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:28:10 +0100

If you are, or were an iPhone 4 owner and you submitted a claim to Apple for the $15 settlement instead of a bumper case for the "Antennagate" issue, then you should receive that check very soon. Read more...

Fitbug takes page out of Apple's playbook, sues Fitbit

Christopher White — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:59:00 +0100

You know how Apple used to sue everyone with an "i" in front of their name? It looks like Fitbug is doing the same with the word "fit" as they claim trademark infringement against rival Fitbit. Read more...

ITC strikes down Motorola's import ban on the Xbox 360

Christopher White — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 23:31:49 +0000

An ITC judge struck down a lawsuit by Motorola that looked to ban the Xbox 360 console from being imported into the United States due to patents on short-range wireless technology. Read more...

Twitter sued for $50M over protecting identity of anti-Semitic tweets

Christopher White — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 22:12:35 +0000

After a French court ruled Twitter had to turn over the identities of people engaged in anti-Semitic tweets, the company delayed and is now being sued for $50M for "playing the indifference card." Read more...

THX sues Apple over iMac speakers

Ben Buffone — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 20:15:00 +0000

Audio firm THX have sued Apple over a speaker patent granted in 2008. It is alleged Apple have infringed this patent with the new slimline iMac, iPad and iPhone. Read more...

Apple sued for Retina Display ghosting

Ben Buffone — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:46:48 +0000

A disgruntled Retina MacBook Pro owner has launched a class action lawsuit against Apple for allegedly misleading users about LG panels that suffered from ghosting issues. Read more...

Google fined $7m for 'accidental' Street View car Wi-Fi tapping

Ben Buffone — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 01:06:37 +0000

Google is approaching a settlement over Wi-Fi data tapping, being forced to cough up $7 million to some 30 U.S. states. Read more...

Microsoft reportedly teams up with Oracle in Google legal fight

John Callaham — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:31:34 +0000

A new report claims that Microsoft has decided to take Oracle's side in the company's lawsuit against Google over Google's use of Java in the Android operating system. Read more...

Chubby Checker sues HP for $500m over Palm penis-measurement app

John Callaham — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 09:20:38 +0000

Singer Ernest Evans, better known as Chubby Checker, has filed a $500 million lawsuit against HP over their alleged part in distributing a Palm app that used his name. Read more...

Apple gets hit with another investor lawsuit

Max Slater-Robins — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:29:04 +0000

Following in David Einhorn's wake, another investor sues Apple in a bid to get them to release some of their $127 billion cash hoard and be more transparent about their executive pay. Read more...

Facebook sued over "like" button by a dead man... sort of

John Callaham — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:42:59 +0000

Facebook has been sued over its famous "like" button by a patent-holding company that claims it hold two patents that were first created by a a now dead Dutch programmer. Read more...

Surfcast v. Microsoft "live tile" suit date set for September 3rd

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 10:00:45 +0000

Microsoft is being sued by a company called Surfcast for their use of "live tiles" in Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 . The date of the suit has been set for September 3rd later this year. Read more...

Instagram faces class-action lawsuit for proposed terms update

Anthony Tosie — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 20:03:32 +0000

A class-action lawsuit against Instagram's new terms of service was filed in California on Friday, alleging the Facebook subsidiary breached its contract with users, among other claims. Read more...

Lawsuit that claimed Nokia lied about Lumia sales resolved

John Callaham — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:02:44 +0000

A lawsuit that was filed by a Nokia shareholder earlier this year that claimed Nokia lied about its initial sales of its Lumia smartphones has now been dismissed by the shareholder. Read more...

Mexican court fines Yahoo 2.7 billion US dollars

Paul Ferson — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 23:06:52 +0000

A Mexican court has fined Yahoo $2.7 billion dollars over an apparent breach of a contract that seems to date back to 2003. The search giant obviously intends to challenge the decision made. Read more...

Nokia looks to stop BlackBerry sales over patent dispute

Jake Durasamy — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:17:00 +0000

Nokia is currently in a dispute with RIM over patents relating to Wi-Fi connectivity and wants all BlackBerries to be banned in the UK, US and Canada, if BlackBerry is found guilty. Read more...

The Microsoft and Motorola trial ends in Seattle

Jake Durasamy — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 01:13:19 +0000

The patent trial between Microsoft and Motorola has concluded, and we now know that the Judge will have to decide on how much of a percentage Motorola can charge for Microsoft's use of its patents. Read more...