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Facebook sues Indian citizen over deceptive ads that link to coronavirus scams

Usman Khan Lodhi — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 03:44:02 +0000

The California based firm said in the lawsuit that the ads run by the company baited its users. Moreover, Google, Shopify, WordPress have also been targeted through "cloaking", the lawsuit alleges. Read more...

Ex-engineer sues Google for discriminating against conservative white males

Gurkaran Singh — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 20:46:01 +0000

James Damore, the author of the infamous anti-diversity letter was unceremoniously fired from the company. Now, he is suing the corporation for its "discrimination" against conservative white males. Read more...

iPhone developer sues Coors for $12.5M

Tom Warren — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:03 +0000

Hottrix, a small company that developed the iBeer application for iPhone and iPod Touch devices is suing Coors for $12.5M. The claim, in a 12 page filing, is that rival application iPint is violating a... Read more...

Italian media company sues YouTube

James Hall — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:40:33 +0000

Italian media company Mediaset announced on Wednesday that it has filed a lawsuit against YouTube and owner Google, alleging that the video-sharing site distributed and exploited its commercial property. Mediaset alleges that it found... Read more...

Company patents wishlists, sues almost everyone

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:53:49 +0000

Florida based company "Channel Intelligence" filed for patent infringement on Tuesday against multitude of people and companies that offer "wishlists". Specifically, the wishlists in question are lists of desired products from the defendant's websites that... Read more...

Godfather Author's Estate Sues Over Videogame Revenue

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:55:34 +0000

The estate of 'Godfather' author Mario Puzo has filed a lawsuit against Paramount Pictures claiming the studio owes at least $1million in revenues from the game 'The Godfather'. According to the suit, Puzo's estate alleges... Read more...

T-Mobile Sues Starbucks Over Free Wi-Fi Deal

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:51:52 +0000

Glenn Fleishman writes "T-Mobile sent me the text of a lawsuit they filed yesterday against Starbucks. The telecom firm alleges that Starbucks didn't involve it in any discussions to launch their free loyalty program Wi-Fi... Read more...

eBay sues Craigslist

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:35:37 +0000

The online auction giant eBay is suing the popular internet community ad site Craigslist to "safeguard its four-year financial investment". In a statement, eBay claimed that in January, Craigslist executives took actions that "unfairly diluted... Read more...

MPAA sues website linking to pirated movies

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:02:07 +0000

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has sued Pullmylink.com, a website featuring links to free - and allegedly pirated - movies and TV shows, claiming the site promotes and profits from copyright infringement. The... Read more...

Facebook sues Ontario porn company over alleged hacking

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:12:19 +0000

Facebook is suing a Toronto-based porn company and 17 people for allegedly trying to hack the social networking site for the personal information of its users. According to an amended statement of claim filed by... Read more...

MPAA sues Cinematube, Ssupload

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:18:56 +0000

The Motion Picture Association of America has filed a suit in the U.S. District Court of Los Angeles against Cinematube and Ssupload, saying both web sites facilitate copyright infringement. The MPAA accuses the sites of... Read more...

Verizon Wireless Sues FCC

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:11:16 +0000

Verizon Wireless has launched an appeal against the Federal Communication Commission's final rules for the upcoming auction of radio spectrum, saying the rules establishing so-called open-access conditions are arbitrary and capricious. In a filing to... Read more...

2Clix sues Australian Site Whirlpool Over Forum Topic

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:41:31 +0000

The founder of the Australian Broadband site Whirlpool is currently under legal issued with accounting software firm 2Clix Australia Pty Ltd for alleged "injurious falsehood". The Statement of Claim from the company alleges that Simon... Read more...

Beijing Software Company Sues Blizzard

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 22:27:26 +0000

In a lawsuit disclosed just today, Beijing-based software company Founder Group has filed a lawsuit against Blizzard Entertainment, the creator of the "World of Warcraft," and WoW's local operator in China for allegedly using its... Read more...

American Airlines Sues Google Over Search Words

Sun, 19 Aug 2007 20:12:12 +0000

American Airlines, the world's largest airline, has sued Google Incorporated for selling search words involving its name. The claim is the latest in a string of cases filed worldwide by businesses that argue the search... Read more...

Porn Site Sues Microsoft

Sat, 11 Aug 2007 02:02:45 +0000

Apparently not content after losing legal battles with both Amazon's A9 and Google, soft-core porn site Perfect 10 filed last Tuesday in a California district court against Microsoft's MSN search engine, alleging that the engine... Read more...

Man sues online florist for revealing affair

Steven Parker — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 11:57:45 +0000

An online florist is facing a million-dollar legal case after it revealed one of its customers was sending flowers to his girlfriend. Leroy Greer is suing 1-800-Flowers after it sent a thank you card for... Read more...

SP Technologies Sues Apple Over iPhone Keyboard

Christopher Vendemio — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 20:48:37 +0000

An outfit called SP Technologies has sued Apple over the touch-screen keyboard at the heart of the iPhone, claiming Apple is infringing on a patent held by SP Technologies for a similar keyboard. AppleInsider dug... Read more...

Eminem's Music Publisher Sues Apple

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 22:01:42 +0000

The publisher of Eminem's music has filed a federal lawsuit against computer giant Apple Inc. for selling downloads of his songs without permission. Apple has an agreement with Universal Music Group, the record company that... Read more...

Silicon Knights sues Epic games

Brad Wardell — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:58:53 +0000

ShackNews is reporting that Silicon Knights has served Epic Games (makers of the Unreal Engine) with a lawsuit. The thrust of the complaint seems centered around E3 2006, where Too Human was demonstrated and... Read more...

China firm sues Google over name

Sat, 14 Jul 2007 21:15:46 +0000

A Chinese firm is suing the internet giant Google over its Chinese name, saying it is too much like its own name and is harming its business. Google's Chinese subsidiary has transliterated its name to... Read more...

LG Sues World's Largest Laptop Maker Over DVD Patents

Thu, 05 Jul 2007 04:32:08 +0000

On July 3, in U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin, LG Electronics Incorporated filed a lawsuit against the world's largest contract manufacturer of laptop PCs over the infringement of four patents related to DVD... Read more...

Microsoft sues more alleged Hotmail spammers

Sat, 23 Jun 2007 20:14:54 +0000

Microsoft has recently filed two "John Doe" lawsuits looking to crack down on spam (specifically advertising debt relief and adult Web sites) on its Windows Live Hotmail network. The first was filed on June 13... Read more...

Certicom Corporation sues Sony Corporation

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:53:10 +0000

Toronto-based encryption development company Certicom Corp. has initiated litigation against Sony Corporation, and related Sony companies, for patent infringement. Products affected include Playstation 3, DVD players, VAIO personal computers and certain high definition TV models... Read more...

Microsoft sues alleged stock scammers

Sat, 26 May 2007 01:54:56 +0000

Microsoft has quietly filed lawsuits against at least three alleged perpetrators who the software giant says used its MSN Hotmail networks to promote stocks. Hotmail has "received large volumes of unsolicited commercial e-mail messages" promoting... Read more...

Adware Zango sues maker of antispyware tool

Fri, 18 May 2007 18:27:59 +0000

Adware maker Zango Incorporated has sued PC Tools Pty Limited, makers of the popular Spyware Doctor software, in a dispute over the way the antispyware program flags and removes Zango's technology. The Spyware Doctor Starter... Read more...

Symantec sues 8 firms for $55M, alleges counterfeiting

Thu, 17 May 2007 22:25:25 +0000

Anti-virus and computer security software-maker Symantec Corporation has announced it is suing eight companies, for a total of $55 million USD. Symantec alleges in filings in U.S. District Court in California that the businesses are... Read more...

Premier League Sues YouTube over Copyright

Sat, 05 May 2007 21:17:23 +0000

Plaintiffs have sued Google Incorporated's YouTube for copyright infringement, the second such legal challenge to the popular video site in two months. According to court documents filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern... Read more...

Take-Two Sues Jack Thompson

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 15:57:55 +0000

With Miami attorney Jack Thompson threatening to file suit to block the release of Grand Theft Auto 4 and Manhunt 2, Take Two has petitioned the United States District Court for the Southern District of... Read more...

Viacom sues Google, YouTube for $1 billion

Tom Warren — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 14:43:53 +0000

MTV owner Viacom Inc. said Tuesday it has sued YouTube and its corporate parent Google Inc. in federal court for alleged copyright infringement and is seeking more than $1 billion in damages. Viacom claims that... Read more...

Google sues Polish poets over gmail.pl

Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:47:47 +0000

Izabela Krawczyk of GMAiL (Grupa Młodych ArtystÃ³w i LiteratÃ³w), which in English translates to "Group of Young Artists and Writers", told AFP that Google had turned to the country's IT and telecommunications tribunal to try... Read more...

Cisco Sues Apple Over Use of iPhone Name

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 23:48:40 +0000

Thanks to maash for posting this in BPN. Cisco Systems Inc. has owned the name "iPhone" since 2000 and today announced that it is suing Apple Inc. in federal court. Cisco obtained the trademark... Read more...

RIAA sues 'pirate outfit' for $1.6 trillion

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 14:30:26 +0000

THE Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has said that it is suing a Russian online music outfit for $1.6 trillion. Although it has been known that the RIAA intended to sue Mediaservices, which owns... Read more...

Studio Sues Over Copyright They Don't Own

Wed, 01 Nov 2006 16:42:49 +0000

Shawn Hogan has received plenty of attention in the last year for his decision to fight the MPAA over the lawsuit they filed against him, claiming he had shared the movie Meet the Fockers via... Read more...

Universal sues video-sharing websites

Thu, 19 Oct 2006 08:04:54 +0000

Universal Music, the world's largest record company, has launched the established media industry's first legal action against user-generated internet sites in the wake of its distribution deal last week with YouTube, the most popular video-sharing... Read more...

Microsoft sues 3 men, charging infringement

Steven Parker — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 10:05:51 +0000

When is a Web site like windowshome.info not a Microsoft Web site? When it's a site operated by three people, including two Utahns, designed to trick people into thinking it's a Microsoft site. So says... Read more...

RIAA sues LimeWire LLC after months of warnings

Sat, 05 Aug 2006 12:31:21 +0000

After months of issuing warnings, the music industry finally made good on its threat to file suit against peer-to-peer software company LimeWire. A group of music companies, including Sony BMG, Virgin Records and... Read more...

Microsoft sues 26 suspected US dealers of pirated software

Steven Parker — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 09:49:24 +0000

Microsoft filed 26 federal lawsuits against companies suspected of dealing in pirated copies of its lucrative Windows and Office computer software, a release said. Microsoft gathered evidence against software sellers and installers through an investigation... Read more...

BPI Sues AllofMP3 Download Service

Thu, 06 Jul 2006 15:18:40 +0000

The British Phonographic Industry has sued the Russian MP3 download site, AllofMP3. The British Phonographic Industry is an organization much like the Recording Industry Association of America. The UK High Court has also... Read more...

Actor Sues Take-Two Over The Warriors Game

Thu, 29 Jun 2006 15:30:05 +0000

Roger Hill, star of cult 1979 movie The Warriors, is suing Rockstar and Take-Two for using his likeness in the videogame tie-in which was released for PS2 and Xbox last year. Hill played gang leader... Read more...