SAP has moved to defend the users of its Sybase database software by filing suit against Pi-Net International, a "patent troll" that has filed several patent infringement lawsuits against SAP customers in the US financial services sector ...
Peregrine Semiconductor Corp of San Diego, CA, USA, a fabless provider of radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) based on silicon-on-sapphire (SOS), has filed a new lawsuit in US District Court alleging the infringement of Peregrine ...
Tags: Peregrine, RFMD, Peregrine's HaRP invention
In the midst of its latest campaign to fight piracy in China, Microsoft has signed an agreement with Lenovo to ensure that its PCs ship with licensed versions of Windows software on its computers As part of the agreement signed Tuesday, ...
Dahon North America has settled its nearly 2-year-old lawsuit against rival folding bike brand Tern Bicycles and its owners, Joshua Hon and Florence Hon, the son and wife, respectively, of Dahon founder Dr. David Hon. In a letter sent to ...
Tags: Transportation, bike, taiwan
A nearly two-year-long, ugly legal battle between Oracle and Montclair State University over a troubled PeopleSoft ERP (enterprise resource planning) project has ended in a settlement both sides are calling amicable. "Montclair State ...
Tags: Oracle, Montclair State University, lawsuit, PeopleSoft software project
Michael Dell is facing new opposition to his plan to take his eponymously named company private after "activist investor" Carl Icahn demanded a $15.7bn (£10.4bn) special dividend. The billionaire investor wants to force Dell to pay ...
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The Pirate Bay claims that North Korea has offered to provide network connectivity for its controversial search engine, which has faced a years-long battle to stay online. “We believe that being offered our virtual asylum in Korea ...
Coca Cola Amatil and its allies have defeated the proposed Northern Territory container deposit scheme (CDS) legislation, and in Sydney CCA called the police to prevent protesters dumping empty drink containers in its foyer. Eight ...
So-called patent trolls force technology companies to spend money on lawyers instead of innovation, and Congress needs to discourage infringement lawsuits from patent-collecting companies, a group of tech and business representatives said. ...
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Samsung Electronics has rejected allegations that underage workers are assembling its products after three non-government organizations (NGO) filed a complaint with a French prosecutor's office claiming that the tech company was violating ...
Tags: Samsung Electronics, labor regulation, China
The Pirate Bay claims that North Korea has offered to provide network connectivity for its controversial search engine, which has faced a years-long battle to stay online. "We believe that being offered our virtual asylum in Korea is a ...
Tags: search engine, Computer Products, software
A US court has dismissed a legal appeal made by Hexbug creators Innovation First International (IFI) against RoboFish manufacturer Zuru Toys. The federal district court in Dallas, Texas affirmed by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, ...
European privacy authorities have threatened action before the Summer to curb Google's collection, combination and storage of its users' personal information, after growing impatient with the company's failure to respond to their criticisms ...
European privacy authorities have threatened action before the Summer to curb Google’s collection, combination and storage of its users’ personal information. The E.U. has apparently grown impatient with the company’s ...
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission has launched legal action against unknown traders over claims they broke rules when trading in Heinz options before the US$28bn deal to buy the food giant was announced. The SEC claims traders had ...
Tags: SEC, legal action, Heinz Options