Another set of patent infringement suits have been filed against major tech companies.

A UK court has ordered BT to use its Cleanfeed technology - developed for and used to block access to child pornography web sites - to prevent its customers accessing the NewzBin2 web site that offers access to pirated movies.

A UK court has ordered BT to use its Cleanfeed technology - developed for and used to block access to child pornography web sites - to prevent its customers accessing the NewzBin2 web site that offers access to pirated movies.

Samsung is making an all out effort to overturn an Apple injunction against sales of iPad 2 look-alike the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia by appealing to the full bench of the Federal Court. The outcome of the appeal could have global ramifications for both companies and the tablet market as a whole.

Samsung is seeking a temporary injunction in the Federal Court to have sales of the iPhone 4S blocked in Australia claiming it infringes a number of Samsung patents, but patent analyst and blogger Florian Mueller says the move is doomed to failure.

Florian Mueller, an intellectual property activist-turned-analyst who blogs extensively on the many intellectual property suits in the IT industry has made a dire prediction: the judgment that saw the Galaxy Tab 10.1 banned in Australia could prevent the release of any new Android products in Australia.

Mac cloner Psystar may have lost its appeal, but there are signs that the company will take further legal action in the matter.

Mac cloner Psystar has lost its appeal against a key aspect of the Apple v Psystar decision. Using licence terms to tie the use of software to a particular manufacturer's hardware is not copyright abuse.

Under-licensed small businesses participating in the Business Software Alliance's software licence check won't face claims for damages if they "get legal" as a result, but that's the only undertaking the BSA is prepared to make.

After Apple got down and dirty with the legal eagles in Australia and stopping Samsung from releasing its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet, Samsung certainly protested, but now they’ve dropped a tidy little lawsuit against Apple in return against several of its oh so shinily crunchy Jobsian iDevices.