LEGAL

TiVo's Patent Win: What It Means For You

Mar 05, 2010 12:43 pm | PC World

Dish Network owner Echostar is on its last legs in a 6-year-old legal battle with TiVo over DVR technology. An appeals court has found Echostar in contempt for continuing to make and sell DVRs that violate TiVo's "multimedia time warping system" patent, which essentially lets you watch one program and record another at the same time.

You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz

Mar 05, 2010 11:42 am | InfoWorld

Apple fights back, Google gets cut no slack

ITU to investigate Apple, RIM at Kodak's request

Feb 17, 2010 06:07 pm | IDG News Service

The U.S. International Trade Commission said it will start an investigation into Apple and Research In Motion based on a complaint filed by Kodak.

EPIC files privacy complaint against Google Buzz

Feb 16, 2010 08:05 pm | IDG News Service

Despite the changes that Google has made to Buzz following negative reaction to the service, the Electronic Privacy Information Center has filed a complaint with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission charging the search giant with violating user privacy.

Judge dismisses Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage suit

Feb 09, 2010 07:34 pm | IDG News Service

A judge dismissed a lawsuit that was filed against Microsoft over its much-criticized Windows Genuine Advantage program in 2006.

Apple's iPad marketing sparks complaint to FTC

Jan 29, 2010 08:21 pm | IDG News Service

Apple's iPad, announced Wednesday, has already led to one complaint to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in which a consumer charged Apple with false advertising by showing Adobe Flash working on the device.

Oracle sues Rimini Street for intellectual property theft

Jan 26, 2010 04:33 pm | IDG News Service

Oracle has filed a lawsuit against third-party maintenance provider Rimini Street and its CEO Seth Ravin, alleging the parties have been engaged in "massive theft of Oracle's software and related support materials through an illegal business model," according to documents filed Monday in U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada.

Oracle sues Rimini Street for intellectual property theft

Jan 26, 2010 03:55 pm | IDG News Service

Oracle has filed a lawsuit against third-party maintenance provider Rimini Street and its CEO Seth Ravin, alleging the parties have been engaged in "massive theft of Oracle's software and related support materials through an illegal business model," according to documents filed Monday in U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada.

Could court's campaign finance ruling affect net neutrality?

Jan 26, 2010 03:24 pm | IDG News Service

A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that throws out limits on corporate political-endorsement spending is giving new hope to opponents of net neutrality regulation proposed by the U.S. Federal Communication Commission.

Italian justice system battles technophobes

Jan 21, 2010 01:23 pm | IDG News Service

Despite efforts by the Italian government to move legal records to electronic systems, including a decree that civil-case communications must use the Justice Ministry's secure e-mail system, tradition-bound jurists and a lack of funding is slowing down progress.