Neowin News Feed for: Sue

Elon Musk sues law firm over huge fee Twitter paid hours before he took over

Paul Hill — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 22:42:01 +0000

X Corp has filed a complaint against law firm Wachtell Lipton over an excessive "success fee". The fee payment was approved by Twitter's board hours before Elon Musk took over the company. Read more...

Meta can be sued by ex-content moderator, Kenyan court rules

Steve Bennett — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 20:16:01 +0000

A Kenyan labour court has ruled that Facebook's parent company Meta can be sued by an ex-moderator. Daniel Motaung used to review posts on the site and claims it harmed their mental health. Read more...

Twitter sues Indian government by challenging its orders to remove content

Anushe Fawaz — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 11:30:01 +0000

Twitter has filed a lawsuit against the Indian government, in a bid to counter the policy of critically monitoring online posts and forced removal of content and blocking of violating accounts. Read more...

Unsurprisingly, Apple is being sued for slowing down older iPhones

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Fri, 22 Dec 2017 00:22:01 +0000

As a result of an admission earlier this week which partially confirmed a long-standing conspiracy about deteriorating performance on older iPhone models, Apple is now facing a class action lawsuit. Read more...

Blizzard is suing an alleged Overwatch clone in China

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Sat, 14 Oct 2017 06:26:01 +0000

Blizzard and its Chinese operator for Overwatch are taking Heroes of Warfare, a mobile game that looks eerily similar to Blizzard's own team-based shooter, to court in China over copyright concerns. Read more...

Comcast allegedly cut a smaller ISP's cables to sabotage its business

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Sat, 24 Jun 2017 04:54:01 +0000

A smaller ISP formerly operating in the state of Texas has accused its larger competitor of cutting its cables, thereby sabotaging its business and stealing its customers due to interrupted service. Read more...

Blackberry sues Nokia for "willful and deliberate" infringement of patents

Usama Jawad — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 16:32:02 +0000

Blackberry has sued Nokia for intentionally infringing its patents, demanding tha the Finnish company pay damages. This isn't the first time the two companies have clashed in a patent row. Read more...

Microsoft files lawsuit against Kyocera citing patent infringements

Usama Jawad — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 13:37:33 +0000

Microsoft has sued Kyocera, a company which showed some interest in the Windows Phone OS at the Mobile World Congress 2015. The lawsuit cites patent infringement as the cause of the lawsuit. Read more...

Ericsson sues Apple, wants ITC to block iPhone sales in the U.S. market

Adrian Potoroaca — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 19:24:01 +0000

Erricson has filed not one, but seven patent related lawsuits against the Cupertino tech giant in a U.S. court, and is asking the International Trade Comission to block iPhone sales in the U.S. Read more...

Samsung files antitrust complaint in Android patent deal with Microsoft

Usama Jawad — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 09:04:01 +0000

Samsung has filed an antitrust complaint against Microsoft, related to the Android patent deal between the two. Samsung claims honoring their contract would equate to collusion. Read more...

Nokia continues bromance with Carl Zeiss, sues everyone else

Brad Sams — Wed, 02 May 2012 13:41:27 +0000

Nokia has just re-upped its exclusivity agreement with Carl Zeiss and at the same time decided to sue just about everyone else including HTC, RIM and Viewsonic. Read more...

Woman sues Google over underwear images posted on Street View

Kelly Hodgkins — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 01:39:13 +0000

A Japanese woman is suing Google over a revealing Street View image, according to a report out of The Telegraph UK. The unidentified woman is asking for 600,000 Yen (US$7163) due to psychological distress caused... Read more...

eBay sued for $3.8 billion over PayPal patents

Andrew Lyle — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:42:31 +0000

In a lawsuit filed earlier today, eBay Inc. is being sued for at least $3.8 billion by XPRT Ventures LLC. The lawsuit accuses eBay of infringing on six patents to develop online payment systems such... Read more...

Nokia sues Apple for iPad 3G and iPhone patent infringements

Tom Warren — Fri, 07 May 2010 14:39:55 +0000

Nokia said on Friday that it has filed a complaint against Apple with the Federal District Court in the Western District of Wisconsin, alleging that Apple's iPhone and iPad 3G products infringe five Nokia patents. The... Read more...

Viacom uploaded copyrighted content only to sue YouTube

Brad Sams — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:56:47 +0000

There is a court battle taking place right now between two giants, Viacom and YouTube. Viacom is suing YouTube for actively hosting copyrighted material and for doing so, Viacom wants 1 billion dollars. According... Read more...

RIAA is using illegal evidence, says Harvard Law professor

Brad Sams — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:11:04 +0000

The ever so popular group, the RIAA, is about to be handed a class action lawsuit for those who have been sued, settled, or fined by the organization for copyright infringement. How is all... Read more...

Laptop Hunters ad: Meet Lauren and Sue

Sam Symons — Fri, 15 May 2009 00:05:33 +0000

The advertising war between Apple and Microsoft rages on, with a new soldier brought into battle: the latest Microsoft ad of the 'Laptop Hunters' variety has been distributed across the internet, included for your viewing... Read more...

Ellison Ponders Next Move: Sue, Or Surrender?

Sat, 28 Feb 2004 09:03:38 +0000

Ellison, the Oracle chief executive, now faces an impasse in his $9.4-billion bid for PeopleSoft. Today the U.S. Department of Justice said it would block Ellison to protect competition in the business software sector. Seven... Read more...