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Nintendo hit with $30.2 million in damages over 3D patent infringement

, Mar 13th 2013 Discuss [0]

A New York federal jury found Nintendo to have infringed on a 3D patent with its 3DS handheld earlier today. As a result of the legal proceedings, the video game giant has been slapped with a $30.2 million fine in damages. The lawsuit was originally filed back in 2011 by Seijiro Tomita, who didn't attend the legal session today. Read The Full Story

Google finalizes $7 million settlement in Street View debacle

, Mar 12th 2013 Discuss [0]

Google has finalized a settlement with 37 states and the District of Columbia over its Street View privacy debacle. The entire issue began because of a "rogue" engineer who activated the wireless collection system on Google's Street View cars. The system tapped into various, unecrypted WiFi networks and obtained very private information from users, including their passwords, emails, website visits, and more. Read The Full Story

Judge rules traffic cameras violate motorists’ rights

, Mar 9th 2013 Discuss [0]

A judge in Ohio ruled that the traffic cameras located in Elmwood Place, Ohio are a violation of the motorists' rights. Judge Robert Ruehlman stated that the entire system is a scam. Many drivers and business owners believed that the cameras were too harsh and that they were becoming detrimental to the village's image. The cameras were installed back in September 2012, and over 6,600 speeding tickets were already issued. Read The Full Story

Apple gets greenlight for Siri patent lawsuit against Samsung

, Mar 8th 2013 Discuss [0]

Today, Judge Lucy Koh, a familiar name to those who have been keeping up on the Apple/Samsung patent war, has just ruled that she will not suspend Apple's lawsuit against Samsung that involves its Siri digital assistant. This lawsuit, which differs from the one that went to trial in 2012, concerns patents that Apple uses for Siri. Read The Full Story

Google Maps could be banned in Germany due to Microsoft patent lawsuit

, Mar 7th 2013 Discuss [0]

Microsoft has hit Google with a lawsuit over the latter company's use of one of its European patents - EP0845124. Thus far, reports state that Google is on the losing end of the spat, and although the ramifications may not be this severe, its Maps service could be banned in Germany as a result. This info comes from the folks over at FOSS Patents. Read The Full Story

Judge cuts Apple’s award down to $600m in Samsung trial

, Mar 1st 2013 Discuss [0]

Remember when a court ruled that Samsung owed just a tad over $1 billion to Apple back in August? Yeah, that was a lot of money. However, it turns out that Judge Lucy Koh has voided almost half of that award down to 598.9 million. Plus, she's ordering up a new trial involving 14 of Samsung's products. Why? Koh says that "the Court identified an impermissible legal theory on which the jury based its award." Read The Full Story

Cablevision files antitrust lawsuit against Viacom over package deals

, Feb 26th 2013 Discuss [0]

Cablevision Systems has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Viacom for allegedly making the company carry 14 channels that it deems as "lesser watched" than the rest. Viacom doesn't agree, however, stating that the channels are part of a contact signed two months ago, and that Cablevision is trying to alter that contract by going through the legal system. Read The Full Story

Apple settles lawsuit on in-app purchases made by kids

, Feb 26th 2013 Discuss [0]

When your kids get a hold of your iPhone or iPad, bad things can happen. They could always accidentally drop the device and break it, but it seems that inadvertently making in-app purchases is a growing epidemic by kids, costing parents millions of dollars combined. However, Apple has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit brought forth regarding the subject. Read The Full Story

Fox wants to ban Dish’s mobile live TV feature

, Feb 22nd 2013 Discuss [0]

Dish Network's new Hopper set-top boxes gained a new feature where users can watch live television through their smartphone or tablet, but it seems not everyone is into such a thing. Fox has ended up asking for an injunction against Dish to ban the new mobile feature, citing that the new service breaches its licensing agreement with Dish and infringes on the network’s copyrights. Read The Full Story

Wikimedia and Internet Brands reach a settlement over Wikivoyage lawsuit

, Feb 16th 2013 Discuss [0]

The Wikimedia Foundation and Internet Brands(IB) has finally reached a settlement over the site, Wikivoyage. The two companies have been battling each other for several months now, and the battles have finally come to an end. The lawsuit began in September of 2012, when Internet Brands filed a lawsuit against two volunteers that worked on the Wikivoyage project. Internet Brands claimed that the two volunteers created an infringing website against Internet Brands's own Wikitravel website, and that they were deliberately trying to take users away from them. Read The Full Story

Facebook wins court battle that forces Europeans to use real names

, Feb 15th 2013 Discuss [0]

Facebook and Germany have been going back and forth for years, but the most recent development was the disagreement between the two entities as far as using real names or pseudonyms. Facebook wants its users to use their real names, but Germany insisted otherwise. However, Facebook just won the court battle that will force Europeans to use their real names. Read The Full Story

Dish Network’s chairman says he doesn’t want to kill advertisements, talks about AutoHop

, Feb 12th 2013 Discuss [0]

Dish Network has been a source of controversy for many months now thanks to its AutoHop commercial-skipping feature, which allows users to automatically skip commercials in DVR recordings. Broadcast networks have stated that such a feature is detrimental to the industry as a whole, which earns quite a bit of revenue through the advertisements. Dish's chairman Charlie Ergen has responded to this criticism in an interview with AllThingsD, stating that he doesn't want to kill commercials. Read The Full Story
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