Google did not violate copyright with Java code in Android
The US Supreme Court has ruled on a lawsuit filed by Oracle against Google. This brings an end to the more than ten-year-long legal battle about whether Google infringed Oracle's copyright by incorporating Java code into Android.
According to the Supreme Court, Google did not violate copyright, ...
US temporarily lifts Xiaomi investment ban
A judge in the US has ruled that the current sanctions against Xiaomi are unlawful. Donald Trump had blacklisted the smartphone maker just before he left the White House.
Xiaomi was put on the so-called Communist Chinese Military Companies (CCMC) list. US citizens are not allowed to trade with o...
Intel needs to pay billions after lost patent lawsuit
Processor manufacturer Intel has been ordered to pay 2.18 billion dollars to VLSI Technologies because the company is said to have infringed two patents held by VLSI.
It is not clear which patents are at issue, other than that they concern technologies for making processors faster. For the two i...
‘Facebook wants to sue Apple for unfair App Store’
Facebook is said to be preparing a lawsuit against Apple for engaging in unfair business practices in the App Store. Apple would also have closed down their mobile operating system too much.
The Information writes that Facebook wants to sue Apple for several reasons. For instance, Facebook compl...
Parler sues Amazon for taking down website
Parler has filed a lawsuit against Amazon. AWS was until recently the party that provided the hosting for the social medium but stopped doing so after the commotion surrounding the storming of the Capitol.
In the 18-page complaint, the social medium writes that Amazon's decision to stop hosting ...
Cisco sues Acacia for backing out of acquisition deal
Acacia terminated their agreement after failing to receive timely regulatory approval in China.
Cisco today asked a Delaware court to stop Acacia from terminating an acquisition agreement the companies had signed in 2019.
That year Cisco agreed to buy publicly traded Acacia for approximately ...
Ticketmaster to pay $10 million to settle hacking charges
Imagine being a company that got hacked and then hacked others. That is Ticketmaster Entertainment for you. In 2018, Ticketmaster UK was hacked and is one of the earliest companies hit by the Magecart attacks.
The information stolen included addresses, names, phone numbers, payment details, and ...
VMware is suing its former COO who joined competitor Nutanix
Dell’s subsidiary VMware has filed a lawsuit against its former Chief Operating Office, Rajiv Ramaswami, who joined Nutanix. VMware and Nutanix are rivals in the market. In the lawsuit, VMware says that Rajiv’s move constitutes material and ongoing breaches of legal and contractual duties.
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Facebook and Google agreed to cooperate in antitrust lawsuits
Google and Facebook have made agreements to help each other in the event of an antitrust lawsuit. The companies were aware that their practices in the online advertising market could trigger such a court case.
US attorneys accuse Google and Facebook of entering a partnership on online advertisin...
Ericsson brings Samsung to court, for violating 2G-5G FRAND patents
Ericsson has brought a lawsuit against Samsung for what it is calling a violation of contractual obligations. The company is accusing Samsung of not adhering to contractual commitments for an assortment of licensing patent agreements.
The lawsuit was raised at District Court in the US. Ericsson ...
The antitrust lawsuit against Facebook could start this month
Politico recently reported that the long-awaited antitrust lawsuit from the United States Federal Trade Commission against Facebook could be here before the end of this November. The report, which came out on Friday, cites three people familiar with the matter and says that the FTC is considering h...
Privacy activist sues Oracle and Salesforce
In the Supreme Court of England and Wales, software companies Salesforce and Oracle were sued for 15 billion pounds (16.5 billion euros). The plaintiff believes that the two companies are violating GDPR legislation by collecting and reselling personal data.
The main plaintiff is UK privacy activ...