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Microsoft was successfully sued for copyright infringement by the developer of the Chinese fonts used in almost all versions of Windows.
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Apple sued over "inferior" iMac display
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump

Category: Apple and anything else

2008-04-01 15:36:53
A few days after we learned that Apple had settled a court case over the MacBook and MacBook Pro displays, news comes of another plaintiff making a similar allegation about the 20in iMac.


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What's a reasonable venue for legal action?
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump

Category: Apple and anything else

2008-03-31 01:57:56
Jurisdiction is a funny thing.


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MacBook "millions of colours" suit settled
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Vendors

2008-03-26 15:23:22
A 'stealth' out-of-court settlement that ended a lawsuit against Apple has slipped under the radar for several months.


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Manhunt 2 heads to UK shelves, don’t expect it in Australia
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT

Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog

2008-03-17 01:38:49
After a lengthy, no doubt expensive and much talked about legal battle in UK courts, RockStar Game’s Manhunt 2 will now head to UK retail shelves with the R18+ rating and a great deal of unintentional (perhaps!) press momentum.  Will the same sort of due process occur in Australia?  Don’t count on it Manhunt fans.


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Guitar Hero publisher sued by Gibson Guitar
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: Consoles

2008-03-12 18:34:19
Activision has been sued by Gibson Guitar, their partner in the highly successful Guitar Hero video game franchise.


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Is Microsoft ‘capable’ of stopping Vista Capable lawsuit?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-03-10 21:22:08
Microsoft would dearly love the Vista Capable lawsuit to just go away, but once the wheels of justice start grinding, can any amount of grease stop the squeaky wheel?


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Outraged Telstra says court loss threatens future broadband investment
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Policy & Regulation

2008-03-06 00:38:39
The High Court of Australia has ruled against Telstra’s assertions that allowing competitors inexpensive access to Telstra’s network sees those competitors unfairly acquiring Telstra’s assets without just compensation – and Telstra is not happy!


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Twisted Vista: Microsoft, Intel ‘capable’ of selling-out consumers?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-02-29 22:10:21
Putting customers first seems to have been the missing ingredient in the tale of Microsoft and Intel reaching a ‘deal’ on assigning ‘Vista Capable’ status, resulting in the purchase of computers that were Vista compatible as far as ‘Vista Home Basic’.


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Swedish “Pirate Bay” under new legal attack
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-02-17 20:10:20
Torrent download site, the Pirate Bay is in the legal firing line once again, this time from lawyers representing Prince and the Village People. However, if the Pirate Bay’s other responses to letters they have received from companies around the world are any indication, their response will likely be little more than a line from the Village People’s hit: you can’t stop the music, nobody can stop the music (or the Pirate Bay!).


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Pirate Bay operators charged
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2008-01-31 16:22:51
Four men have been charged in Sweden with copyright offences relating BitTorrent tracker The Pirate Bay.


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Microsoft consent decree extended
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Regulatory

2008-01-31 01:48:44
Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly has ordered an extension of the consent decree settling the anti-trust action against Microsoft until November 12, 2009.


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EU directives do not require naming of Internet users
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2008-01-29 15:29:01
The European Court of Justice has ruled that European Community directives aimed at protecting copyright do not override privacy rules.


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EC probes Microsoft - again
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Regulatory

2008-01-14 20:21:36
Microsoft faces new antitrust investigations by the European Commission (EC).


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ThinkSecret shuttered to settle Apple suit
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Vendors

2007-12-20 14:02:09
Popular Apple rumours site ThinkSecret.com has ceased publishing in order to settle a court case brought against it by Apple.


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Symantec wins big against counterfeiters, but what about 'hearts and minds'?
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Software

2007-12-19 20:45:05
A US court has awarded Symantec $US21 million damages against a counterfeiting network, but what does the typical user think about the issue?


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Update for AXS-One Compliance Platform
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Software

2007-12-13 19:55:12
Electronic records management specialist AXS-One has updaed its Compliance Platform product to to ensure that records pertaining to a specific case or cases are preserved and managed, in line with litigation hold orders and that an auditable chain of custody supports testimony requirements.


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Opera seeks EC ruling against Microsoft
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Software

2007-12-13 14:55:22
Norway-based browser developer Opera Software has filed a complaint with the European Commission alleging anticompetitive behaviour.


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Browser Wars: Opera launches antitrust attack on Microsoft
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2007-12-13 14:49:29
Norwegian browser developer Opera has asked the European Commission to force Microsoft to unbundle Internet Explorer from Windows, to pre-install other browsers with Windows and to have Explorer conform fully to accepted standards.
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