HPs start legal battle of 5.1 billion U.S. dollars against Autonomy
HP's 2015 lawsuit against former executives of software company Autonomy will begin in London's Supreme Court on Monday. The computer giant is claiming $5.1 billion in damages.
In 2011, HP was 11 billion dollars for Autonomy, but then wrote off 8.8 billion dollars in value. The company accuses forme... Read more
Apple guilty of violating Qualcomm patents, must pay 31 million dollars
Apple is guilty of violating three patents of Qualcomm, as a jury in a U.S. lawsuit determined. The iPhone manufacturer must therefore pay 31 million dollars (27 million euros) to Qualcomm. The patents relate to improving the battery life of smartphones. That's what Reuters says.
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Oracle court case around controversial cloud contract shut down
Oracle's lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Defense has been temporarily halted. The case, which started with the JEDI cloud contract of 8.8 billion euros (10 billion dollars), has been shut down so that the ministry can look into possible conflicts of interest. It is not yet certain when the in... Read more
Qualcomm still wants an American import ban on certain iPhones
The battle between Qualcomm and Apple has escalated again. Now Qualcomm is asking the American International Trade Commission to reverse the decision of one of its judges. According to Qualcomm, there should still be an import ban on certain iPhones.
Press agency Reuters states that Qualcomm hopes t... Read more
U.S. court rejects Yahoo’s settlement proposal
An American judge has rejected Yahoo's proposed settlement around the data breaches in 2013 and 2014. This leaves parent company Verizon Communications with a problem, because it now has to look for an alternative way to satisfy about 200 million people.
The proposed settlement covered plaintiffs in... Read more
U.S. brings lawsuits against Huawei
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed several lawsuits against Huawei and top woman Meng Wanzhou. The company is accused of fraud, but according to the Chinese authorities, the charges are unfair and also immoral. Nevertheless, the United States is increasing the pressure on the Chinese tech comp... Read more
Oracle finds lawsuit around employee discrimination pointless
The lawsuit brought against Oracle on discrimination serves no purpose. At least that is Oracle's response to the case. According to the Office of Federal Contract Compiance Programs of the U.S. Department of Employment, Oracle has withheld $400 million in wages from under-represented employees.
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“Oracle paid women far too little for years.
Thousands of women have been systematically underpaid at Oracle. This is at the basis of a group claim that employees have filed with the court in California. More than 4,200 women participate in the case, which - if they are proved right - can be an expensive case for Oracle.
Last Friday, the case ... Read more
“Justice U.S. may be suing Huawei for stealing trade secrets.
Various telecom companies, including T-Mobile, are suing the Chinese company Huawei. It now appears that the U.S. Department of Justice is also conducting a criminal investigation into the company. In fact, the Ministry is about to sue Huawei for theft of trade secrets.
That's what the Wall Street ... Read more
Rejected Google’s facial recognition lawsuit
A lawsuit brought against Google by users who found that the company was invading their privacy by using facial recognition technology was dismissed by an American court. Judge Edmond E. Chang found that there was no concrete damage to the plaintiffs.
That's what press agency Bloomberg writes in a m... Read more