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Stolen AT&T smartphones get lockdown sequence

, Jul 6th 2012 Discuss [0]

Starting on July the 10th, AT&T customers who've had their iPhone, Android, or any other smartphone stolen will be able to take action in a way that's totally new to the carrier. AT&T is currently near ready to launch a stolen phone database with which they'll be able to cut out voice, data, and SMS messaging from devices reported stolen while maintaining their overall account. This service will be spreading to other carriers soon as AT&T and Verizon, amongst others, have agreed to be part of an FCC pact to make this database a reality. Read The Full Story

FBI rations Dotcom Megaupload evidence access

, Jul 6th 2012 Discuss [0]

Back in May, the judge presiding over the extradition case between Kim Dotcom and the US government ruled that Dotcom was allowed access to the files and information that the FBI held on him. Lawyers from both sides met yesterday to argue exactly what would be handed over, the result being a 40-page document compiled from 22 million emails obtained by the FBI. Read The Full Story

Apple sued in China over voice recognition patents

, Jul 5th 2012 Discuss [0]

Apple’s legal troubles in China continue. This time Cupertino is being sued by a company called Zhi Zhen Internet Technology over voice recognition patents. Zhi Zhen claims it holds patents for a Chinese voice language assistant used for its Xiao i Robot service, and that Siri infringes those patents. There's quite a big gap between Siri's introduction in October and the lawsuit that's just been filed, although the company says it reached out to Apple back in May and heard no response. Read The Full Story

Apple and Samsung further streamline patent case

, Jul 5th 2012 Discuss [0]

Apple and Samsung had both been asked in the past to drop patent claims from an upcoming lawsuit, due to be held on July 30th, for fear it would overwhelm a jury. Both companies complied, and now it looks like the duo will be dropping even more. FOSS Patents reports that Judge Koh wants to streamline the case even further, as well as restricting the amount of time both companies have to present their case. Read The Full Story

UK court rules HTC doesn’t infringe on Apple’s patents

, Jul 4th 2012 Discuss [0]

Various phone companies are trading blows in the courts over alleged patent infringements, and a new ruling out of the UK shows that HTC doesn’t infringe Apple’s patents. Apple took HTC to court in the UK over four patents, although the judge in the case, Christopher Floyd, ruled that three of those patents are invalid. Bloomberg reports that while Apple’s final patent is valid, HTC doesn’t infringe on it on current devices. Read The Full Story

EU Court: Used software sales are a-ok

, Jul 4th 2012 Discuss [0]

German company UberSoft found itself in some hot water after Oracle tried to block the company's resale of used software licenses. Now the European Court of Justice has ruled in the case, deeming that used software licenses can be resold. The court said that once a copy of the software had been sold the company waives its “exclusive right of distribution.” Read The Full Story

European Parliament rejects ACTA in 478 to 39 vote

, Jul 4th 2012 Discuss [0]

ACTA, the controversial anti-counterfeiting trade agreement, has been rejected by the European Parliament by a staggering majority. The law was smacked down by a 478 to 39 vote, and has now been completely killed in Europe. Internet activists rallied against ACTA when it was seen to be a legislative act that was far too broad, with criminal sanctions also found in the trade agreement. Read The Full Story

Toshiba fined $87m for LCD price fixing

, Jul 4th 2012 Discuss [0]

Back in December 2011, Samsung, Sharp, and a handful of other companies were fined $553 million over price-fixing claims. The companies reportedly met to fix LCD prices between 1999 and 2006, eventually being caught out by a investigation. At the time, LG Display, Toshiba, and AU Optronics Corp had yet to settle the case, but Toshiba was yesterday hit with a $87 million fine for its involvement. Read The Full Story

Apple sued in China over Snow Leopard trademark

, Jul 3rd 2012 Discuss [0]

Apple finally settled the iPad trademark case in mainland China, paying Proview $60 million to put the issue to rest. Now it looks like Cupertino will be coming under fire from another target: a Chinese chemical company is suing Apple over a Snow Leopard trademark. Jiangsu Xuebao claims to have filed the electrical equipment trademark protection back in 2000. Read The Full Story

Apple denied emergency HTC handset ban

, Jul 3rd 2012 Discuss [0]

It wasn’t that long ago that Apple scored an injunction against the HTC One X and the EVO 4G LTE in the United States. The handsets were eventually let into the country once HTC proved the phones were no longer infringing Apple’s patent. Cupertino cried foul, saying that HTC continued to infringe the menu related patent on 29 devices. The company called on the ITC to issue an emergency ban, a request which has now been denied. Read The Full Story

Xbox 720 plans legal takedown expanded

, Jun 21st 2012 Discuss [0]

For those of you that saw the 56-page document showing the plans for the Xbox 720 this past week, you'll be glad that you downloaded it: sites across the web, not just sites like Scribd that'd originally had the document up in the cloud. The takedown order has been pushed by none other than Legal firm called Covington & Burling LLP, the same Microsoft-representing firm that ordered the takedown on other sites earlier this week. Today this order has been expanded to sites such as IHNED as well as Dropbox - the latter having the file hosted on one of its soon-to-be-phased-out public folders anyway. Read The Full Story

Google targets YouTube conversion site

, Jun 19th 2012 Discuss [0]

Google has come under fire from content owners in the past over copyright infringement on YouTube, but it’s not afraid to take the fight to others. TorrentFreak reports that Google is threatening legal action against YouTube-MP3, a service that allows users to plug in a YouTube URL and convert the resulting audio to a downloadable MP3. Naturally, Google aren’t too happy about the service, saying it violates the Terms of Service for YouTube’s API. Read The Full Story
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