Wearable Tech Apple Apple Watch faces US import ban as time runs out for Biden veto Presidents rarely veto bans, though Obama did it in 2013 By Rob Thubron, October 29, 2023, 8:33 AM
Industry The Web Threads round one: Twitter threatens Meta with lawsuit over "misappropriated" trade secrets Is the warning idle or is Twitter about ready to make things difficult for The Zuck? By Cal Jeffrey, July 6, 2023, 5:46 PM 26 comments
The Web Tech Culture Music publishers sue Twitter for $250 million over copyright infringement claims They cite Musk's description of DMCA as a "plague on humanity" By Rob Thubron, June 16, 2023, 6:15 AM 9 comments
Industry GlobalFoundries is suing IBM for IP and trade secret violation The two former partners are once again clashing horns in courts By Alfonso Maruccia, April 20, 2023, 1:10 PM
Tech Culture US Navy pays German company $154,400 after losing piracy lawsuit Arrr! Copyright infringement on the high seas By Rob Thubron, November 24, 2022, 10:25 AM 11 comments
Industry Meta told to pay walkie-talkie app $175 million for infringing its patents Meta is appealing, of course By Rob Thubron, September 22, 2022, 10:58 AM
Industry The Web Meta is being sued by another company called Meta that trademarked the name first MetaX says Facebook's shady reputation is harming its business By Rob Thubron, July 20, 2022, 9:07 AM 12 comments
Apple Jury orders Apple to pay $300 million in patent infringement case Plaintiff Optis Wireless Technology specializes in buying patents and filing lawsuits By Cal Jeffrey, August 16, 2021, 1:42 PM
Gaming Ubisoft deletes 'Goldeneye 007' remake in Far Cry 5 that was three years in the making It was inevitable By Cal Jeffrey, June 25, 2021, 12:28 PM 11 comments
Gaming Lawsuit alleges Capcom ripped off more than 200 copyrighted textures used in DMC and RE4 Developers appear to have filled out game textures using photos from a 1996 art design book without permission By Cal Jeffrey, June 8, 2021, 12:42 PM 12 comments
Apple Apple moves to block bottled water logo almost identical to its trademark Seems pretty clear Apple's logo was used as a template By Cal Jeffrey, April 9, 2021, 3:13 PM 16 comments
Apple Federal Court orders Apple to pay licensing firm $308.5 million for infringing DRM patent The patent troll also has similar pending lawsuits against Amazon, Google, and Netflix By Cal Jeffrey, March 22, 2021, 1:04 PM
Apple CalTech awarded $1.1 billion in patent infringement case against Apple and Broadcom Both firms are seeking to appeal the verdict By Cal Jeffrey, January 30, 2020, 12:35 PM
Industry Gaming Metal band Iron Maiden launches $2 million trademark infringement lawsuit against Ion Maiden game The Number of the Beast? $2 million By Rob Thubron, May 30, 2019, 6:58 AM 17 comments
Apple Mobile Apple and Samsung are back in court over seven-year patent dispute Supreme Court ruled a retrial was necessary to recalculate damages By Cal Jeffrey, May 14, 2018, 4:44 PM
Gaming US considering possible trade embargo of Nintendo Switch Any action seems highly unlikely considering the history of the complaint By Cal Jeffrey, May 1, 2018, 4:15 PM
Apple North Korea shreds Apple's iPad trademark with state-sponsored copycat As limp as its missiles, but North Koreans who can afford it should be happy to get anything By Cal Jeffrey, May 31, 2017, 2:15 PM 9 comments
Industry Twitter paid IBM $36 million for patents to avoid infringement claims By Justin Kahn, March 7, 2014, 4:45 PM 13 comments
Apple Apple and Samsung's legal battle continues after the latest mediation talks reportedly fail By Justin Kahn, February 14, 2014, 1:30 PM
Industry Zynga files suit against Bang With Friends over trademark infringement By Shawn Knight, July 31, 2013, 5:15 PM 10 comments
The Web Industry Kim Dotcom holds two-factor authentication patent, won't sue tech giants in exchange for legal help By Rick Burgess, May 23, 2013, 12:30 PM 16 comments
Apple THX says iDevices, iMac speaker design infringes on their patent By Shawn Knight, March 18, 2013, 12:30 PM 8 comments
Industry Nokia supports Apple in Samsung product sales ban effort By Shawn Knight, March 7, 2013, 12:00 PM 13 comments
Industry CMU wins $1.17 billion verdict against Marvell over HDD patents By Matthew DeCarlo, December 27, 2012, 2:00 PM
The Web Man fined $1.5 million in damages for sharing 10 porn movies By Rick Burgess, November 2, 2012, 4:30 PM 29 comments