Neowin News Feed for: Suing

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...

Meta is being sued by META for “stealing” the brand name

Paul Hill — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 03:32:01 +0000

Meta is being sued by META for infringing on its brand name. The two companies had previously been negotiating, but Meta has so far refused to come to the table to settle the matter. Read more...

Ex project manager suing Google for encouraging employees to spy on each other

Steven Parker — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 08:56:01 +0000

Google could find itself in hot water for its internal confidentiality policies that all of its employees are required to sign, as it encourages violations of Californian labor laws and spying. Read more...

Google may have stolen the idea and technology behind its internet-delivering balloons

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 11:40:01 +0000

Google is being accused that it stole the idea and technology behind its Project Loon balloons, which deliver internet. The company suing had shown off this technology in 2007 to Google's co-founders. Read more...

Nokia sues Apple over the iPhone

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:43:58 +0000

News reported on the BBC news website states that Nokia, the world's giant in the manufacturing of mobile phone technology, is suing Apple for infringing patents on mobile phone technology used in the iPhone. Nokia... Read more...

RIAA to stop suing users, cuts them off instead

Andrew Lyle — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:02:18 +0000

RIAA has reached an agreement to stop suing individuals who continue to share music illegally, but will cut your internet connection off instead. The decision was reached with ISP's to send a warning letter to... Read more...

RIAA faces possible class action over suing the innocent

Sat, 18 Aug 2007 19:57:53 +0000

After the RIAA finished sending out a new batch of 503 "pre-litigation letters" to 58 different universities around the USA, offering to let students settle copyright infringement claims "at a discounted rate" before those claims... Read more...

CPI suing FCC to get at Real State of Broadband Competition

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 03:41:25 +0000

The Center for Public Integrity (CPI) needs access to the raw data collected by the FCC in order to unearth the true statistics proving or disproving competitiveness in the US broadband market. The FCC has... Read more...

Xfire suing Gamespy over Comrade

Todd Tanner — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 07:37:58 +0000

Well we all figured this would happen, and now it has. Thanks to Gamespot for the story. Electronic Arts' futuristic first-person shooter Battlefield 2142 seems to be an unfortunate magnet of controversy that centers... Read more...

WWE Suing THQ and Jakks Yet Again

Todd Tanner — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 21:48:58 +0000

Two years ago this week, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) filed suit against the publishers of its games, THQ, Jakks Pacific, and their joint venture THQ/Jakks Pacific LLC, as well as a number of individuals working... Read more...

Microsoft suing Israeli spammer

Tue, 01 Mar 2005 15:41:30 +0000

Israel's most prolific mass emailer has found himself on the end of a legal attack from Microsoft, which claims it wants to put a halt to high-profile spammers Microsoft has filed a... Read more...

Lawyers Seek $258M for Suing Microsoft

Wed, 12 May 2004 21:02:46 +0000

Lawyers who persuaded Microsoft Corp. to settle their class-action lawsuit accusing the company of price-fixing are asking for $258 million in legal fees, the largest amount ever in an antitrust case. The bill comes as... Read more...

Record companies suing Napster ordered to prove copyright ownership.

Darren Bolton — Sat, 23 Feb 2002 11:29:12 +0000

Just seen this over at The Nando Times The record industry must provide documented proof it owns copyrights to scores of popular songs it is seeking to protect in its lawsuit against... Read more...