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New Microsoft Patent-Infringement Lawsuit Includes Linux

A new Microsoft patent-infringement lawsuit, filed on February 25, 2009, by the Redmond company against TomTom NV and Tom Tom, Inc., also involves the Linux open source operating system. The software giant alleges that TomTom, a maker of in-car navigation devices, is violating no less than eight items on its intellec...

26 February 2009
04:15 GMT

Sony and Nintendo Get Sued Over Wireless Technology

The gaming industry has evolved over the years, and has quickly embraced all the benefits that new technologies could bring to it, thus easing and introducing new things to game and console development. One such feature is the wireless technology, which is now present in quite a lot of devices all around us. Among t...

24 February 2009
11:11 GMT

Microsoft Accuses Former Employee of Spying

Microsoft has filed a complaint, accusing an ex-employee of fraud and misappropriation of trade secrets. The software giant claims that he accessed confidential documents without authorization, which his own company then used to sue Dell, Toshiba and HP for patent infringement. Miki Mullor is the founder and current ...

2 February 2009
05:23 GMT

Nintendo Sued Over the Nintendo Wii

The United States International Trade Commission in Washington is asked to block the import of the Nintendo Wii game console and of the various Wii controllers by a company called Hillcrest Labs, which also seeks cash compensation for patent infringement from Nintendo. It seems like a ploy to get Nintendo to pay up t...

22 August 2008
03:46 GMT

Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Google

As of late, Google has been dealing with an increasing wave of lawsuits filed against it because of the content on the video hosting property YouTube. The latest legal action initiated against the Mountain View based search giant comes from GraphOn, an application developer that claims that Google infringed its paten...

19 August 2008
06:06 GMT

STEC Dismisses Seagate's Patent Lawsuit

Solid-state drive manufacturer STEC claims that Seagate's patent infringement lawsuit is completely without merit and gets ready to prove this in court. According to the filled lawsuit, hard-disk drive manufacturer Seagate accuses STEC of infringing four of its patents that cover mass-memory storage technologies...

16 April 2008
04:51 GMT

Seagate Starts Calling SSD Manufacturers To Court

Storage expert Seagate is reportedly gearing up for a huge court battle with almost any solid-state drive manufacturer on the market. As previously reported, Seagate's CEO, Bill Watkins, said that he was not impressed with the performance boost achieved by using SSDs inside notebooks, and would ultimately sue it...

15 April 2008
03:00 GMT

Ultra Products Slams PSU Manufacturers With Huge Lawsuit

Ultra Products, an obscure hardware manufacturer has triggered an enormous lawsuit against almost any power-supply unit manufacturer on the market, based on the alleged fact that they infringe upon the company's patented technology.The lawsuit claims that a vast number of high-power modular power supply manufact...

10 April 2008
16:26 GMT

Asustek Slams IBM With Patent Infringement Countersuit

Computer manufacturer Asustek has just filled a lawsuit against the US-based conglomerate IBM over an alleged patent infringement regarding its intellectual property. Asustek's legal action comes as a response to a previous lawsuit filled by IBM against the Taiwanese vendor on the same grounds.The system vendor ...

7 April 2008
20:06 GMT

Seagate CEO Hammers Another Nail Into SSD's Coffin

Solid-state drives are extremely popular storage media among notebook users. They are slim, light and they have no moving parts to damage the storage media while operating under increased vibrations or shocks. More than that, they are extremely energy-efficient and help preserving the battery life for extended period...

25 March 2008
04:38 GMT

Blu-Ray Gets Nailed to the Cross Due to Patent Infringements

Blu-Ray, the next king in the high-definition industry might get some serious issues because of Sony's alleged patent infringement related to Blu-ray disc players and other products. According to the U.S. International Trade Commission, the patent infringement may lead to blocks against importing Blu-ray technol...

21 March 2008
11:35 GMT

AMD Slams Samsung With Patent Lawsuit

Chip manufacturer AMD has just filled a lawsuit against the Korean conglomerate Samsung for alleged infringements of the company's patents regarding chips and displays fabrication technology.The lawsuit has been filled with the Northern California district court a few weeks ago, and concerns the infringement of ...

21 March 2008
05:33 GMT

Samsung And Sharp to Get Dirty in Patent Lawsuit Wrestling

Samsung Electronics decided to strike back at the patent-infringement lawsuit filed against it by Sharp some time ago. The biggest semiconductor manufacturer has filled a patent-infringement lawsuit against LDC panel manufacturer Sharp with the U.S. International Trade Commission and the Tokyo District Court.Accordin...

27 December 2007
11:20 GMT

Samsung and Hitachi to Shake Hands for HDD Patents

Samsung Electronics has announced that it has agreed with Hitachi to exchange technology licenses to include their hard-disk drive patents. The deal has been filled with the Korean Exchange, and the agreement with Hitachi covers technology patented by both Hitachi and IBM (as the Japanese electronics conglomerate bo...

21 December 2007
08:25 GMT

RIM's BlackBerries to Double the Company's Income

Canadian Company Research In Motion (RIM), known for their BlackBerry smartphone, reported quarterly earnings of $370.5 million, which translates into 65 cents per share. Analysts estimate an yearly revenue of over $1.65 billion."It is clear from the results in this quarter that BlackBerry smartphones have crossed ov...

21 December 2007
06:32 GMT

Dell's XT Tablet PC Is Here - Trouble Is Yet to Come

Dell has unveiled today their newest product, the Dell Latitude XT Tablet PC. The product not only is the first Tablet PC to be manufactured by Dell, but at the same time, it is industry's first convertible tablet to weigh under two kilograms. "We are listening and aim to exceed customers' expectations", sa...

11 December 2007
06:30 GMT

Typhoon Touch Technologies to File Lawsuit Against Dell

Recent news on the IT market lets me draw but a conclusion: if you can't sell more than they do, then sue them. It was a hard week, with companies moving their wars from the market directly into the courtroom: it was the Nigerian LANCOR to sue OLPC over their laptop, then it was IBM to sue Asustek for multiple p...

7 December 2007
10:09 GMT


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