Neowin News Feed for: Upheld

Microsoft's FAT Patents Upheld

Tue, 10 Jan 2006 23:05:47 +0000

After a nearly two year long battle, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has decided that Microsoft's two patents on the FAT file system are in fact valid. Last October the U.S. Patent and Trademark... Read more...

Kazaa Office Raid Upheld

Thu, 04 Mar 2004 15:38:52 +0000

An Australian judge has refused to set aside the Anton Piller order brought against Kazaa owner Sharman Networks, but says that the material seized must be held by independent lawyers until access can be negotiated.... Read more...

DVD-cracking code ban upheld

Fri, 17 May 2002 19:30:16 +0000

In another setback for free speech advocates, hacker magazine 2600 has lost its bid for an appeal of a ruling banning it from posting code that can be used to crack DVD copy protections. ... Read more...