Neowin News Feed for: Suits

Microsoft files 52 suits over pirated software

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:14:48 +0000

Microsoft is ramping up its fight against counterfeit software, this time targeting people alleged to have sold pirated versions of its programs on online marketplaces. The company said late yesterday that it has filed lawsuits... Read more...

EFF declares music download suits a failure

Tom Warren — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:01:34 +0000

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) policy of suing users caught downloading music illegally has done nothing to slow the trade of copyrighted music on peer-to-peer (P2P) networks, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation... Read more...

Microsoft Targets Cybersquatters in Civil Suits

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 23:13:46 +0000

Microsoft on Tuesday launched a legal campaign against parties that register Web addresses designed to attract visitors by using trademarked terms and common misspellings of more popular domains. The software giant filed three lawsuits this... Read more...

FTC Celebrates CAN-SPAM with Spam Suits

Tue, 20 Dec 2005 23:06:18 +0000

At the two year anniversary of the CAN-SPAM act, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced legal actions against spammers, including joint operations with state attorneys general and the Canadian government. On Tuesday, the FTC said... Read more...

E-mailer says suits drove it bankrupt

Wed, 30 Mar 2005 00:26:04 +0000

E-mail marketer Scott Richter fought lawman Eliot Spitzer, but he's knuckling under to the world's richest man, Bill Gates. Richter's company, Westminster-based OptInRealBig.com, has filed for bankruptcy protection in Denver. The company cited a costly... Read more...

Patent suits target games industry

Wed, 17 Nov 2004 20:23:34 +0000

While computer game fans shell out tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars for the latest shoot-em-up release, a little-known patent holder is hoping to make a different kind of computer game killing. ... Read more...

Rambus files more antitrust suits

Wed, 05 May 2004 22:33:58 +0000

Chip designer Rambus has filed antitrust lawsuits against Siemens and Micron Technology, furthering its legal assault on rivals. The Los Altos, Calif., company filed an antitrust lawsuit in the Superior Court of... Read more...

Chip designer notifies firms of possible patent suits

Fri, 23 Apr 2004 20:32:06 +0000

Patriot Scientific, a semiconductor designer with about eight employees, sent letters to 150 companies alleging that they might be infringing one of Patriot's patents. The San Diego-based company, which is already involved... Read more...

Judge denies Lindows' request to halt Microsoft suits

Mon, 05 Apr 2004 23:18:05 +0000

Microsoft Corp. can continue to pursue trademark infringement cases against Linux vendor Lindows.com Inc. in international courts, a U.S. federal judge ruled Friday. San Diego-based Lindows.com had asked the U.S. District Court for the Western... Read more...

New RIAA file-swapping suits filed

Tue, 23 Mar 2004 20:54:18 +0000

The Recording Industry Association of America stepped up the pace of its lawsuits against music swappers again, with a renewed focus on university students. The trade association said Tuesday that it sued... Read more...

RIAA steps up file-trading suits

Tue, 17 Feb 2004 23:46:53 +0000

The Recording Industry Association of America picked up the pace of its legal attack on Net music swappers Tuesday, filing copyright infringement suits against another 531 individuals. As with the last round... Read more...

RIAA embarks on new round of piracy suits

Wed, 21 Jan 2004 22:19:59 +0000

The Recording Industry Association of America launched its largest wave of file-swapping lawsuits Wednesday, filing new copyright infringement suits against 532 currently unnamed individuals. The suits are the industry group's first since... Read more...

Judge rejects class-action in Microsoft suits

Tue, 15 Apr 2003 08:53:24 +0000

A federal judge on Monday rejected class-action status for more than 60 consumer lawsuits pending against Microsoft, but allowed a more limited lawsuit alleging overpricing to proceed. According to the ruling issued... Read more...

Intel, VIA Settle Series of Patent Suits

Tue, 08 Apr 2003 01:32:55 +0000

Chipmakers Intel Corp. and VIA Technologies Inc. on Monday said they have settled a series of patent infringement lawsuits. The agreement, whose financial terms were not disclosed, resolves 11 pending cases in five... Read more...

Some Microsoft consumer suits quashed

Michael Stanclift — Tue, 28 Jan 2003 18:34:02 +0000

A federal judge on Monday granted a motion by Microsoft Corp. to throw out five of the consumer antitrust lawsuits filed against the company in four states. U.S. District Judge J.... Read more...

Microsoft settles suits for $1.1 billion

Sat, 11 Jan 2003 02:57:59 +0000

Thanks to ICEMEDIA for sending us in the below story. Microsoft Corp. said Friday that it had settled a number of class-action lawsuits filed in the state of California for $1.1 billion... Read more...

DoubleClick to settle privacy suits

Sat, 30 Mar 2002 15:56:58 +0000

A federal court on Friday granted DoubleClick preliminary approval to settle all state and federal class-action lawsuits that charged it violated the privacy of Web surfers. The preliminary settlement, set to be... Read more...

Nvidia Xbox win lands staff with insider trading suits

Tue, 20 Nov 2001 00:41:50 +0000

Eleven Nvidia staffers and four associates stand accused of making $1.7m through insider trading, after the company told employees it had won the contract to supply Microsoft's Xbox games console with graphics chips. ... Read more...