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• Microsoft Updates Office 2007, Word 2007 Amid Court Order

  
  The VAR Guy — Authority: 526
  Despite some misleading and sensationalistic headlines, there’s no need for VARs to worry about a court ruling involving Microsoft Office 2007 and Word 2007. In fact, Microsoft has issued updates for the software in order to comply with a court order. Without the updates, Microsoft would have been barred from ...
  19 hours ago

• isoHunt loses big: infringement "old wine in a new bottle"

  
  ShareConnector — Authority: 153
  The movie studies have won another major legal victory in the ongoing war against file sharing, this one against an individual (Gary Fung) who ran a number of torrent search sites, including the popular isoHunt. Although the defendant had argued he was providing just another search engine , the judge has ruled that ...
  20 hours ago

• Microsoft Word Sales Face U.S. Ban

  
  Philip Brooks' Patent Infringement Updates — Authority: 122
  The following is excerpted from a December 22, 2009 InformationWeek article by Paul McDougall: An appeals court on Tuesday ordered Microsoft to stop selling Microsoft Word 2007 and other Office 2007 products by Jan. 11 because the software infringes on a patent held by a Canadian company. The judge also hit ...
  23 hours ago

• isoHunt Loses US Lawsuit Against Movie Studios

  
  ShareConnector — Authority: 153
  In September 2006, just months after the infamous Pirate Bay raid, the US movie studios turned their attention to isoHunt and other associated websites. Columbia, Disney, Tristar, Twentieth Century Fox, Universal and Warner Bros issued a complaint, stating that isoHunt owner Gary Fung operated file-sharing services ...
  1 day ago

• ACTA as the (Fools) "Gold Standard"

  
  open... — Authority: 545
  Ive noted before that at the heart of the ACTA negotiations there is a con-trick being played upon the world: insofar as the mighty ones deign to pass down any crumbs of information to us little people, it is framed in terms of the dangers of counterfeit medicines and the like, and how we are being "protected". ...
  1 day ago

• Experts devise bang-up cracker formula

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  British researchers say they have devised a guaranteed method of pulling crackers, to avoid disappointment at the dinner table this Christmas. The researchers say the method for always winning the long end of the cracker, and therefore the prize inside, is in the angle that you grip it. They have released a ...
  1 day ago

• Vanessa Hudgens Sues Over Nude Pics

  
  TMZ.com | Celebrity Gossip | Entertainment News | Celebrity News — Authority: 852
  Filed under: Celebrity Justice Vanessa Hudgens is determined to teach a website an elementary lesson -- nude self-portraits are meant for self, not others.Vanessa is suing the owners of www.moejackson.com, claiming the website posted and refused to take down nude, "self-portrait ... Permalink
  1 day ago

• Vanessa Hudgens Sues Over Nude Pics

  
  TMZ.com | Celebrity Gossip | Entertainment News | Celebrity News — Authority: 852
  Filed under: Celebrity Justice Vanessa Hudgens is determined to teach a website an elementary lesson -- nude self portraits are meant for self, not others.Vanessa is suing the owners of www.moejackson.com, claiming the website posted and refused to take down nude, "self portrait ... Permalink
  1 day ago

• Toronto firm celebrates ‘victory’ over Microsoft

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  By Gurmukh SinghToronto, Dec 24 (IANS) A tiny Canadian IT firm, which won a big patent-infringement victory against software giant Microsoft Tuesday, couldnt have wished for a better Christmas gift. They are hoping the global publicity will spell growth in its fortunes.Toronto-based i4i Inc, which will also get $290 ...
  1 day ago

• Microsoft Owes $240MM and Must Quit Words XML Editor, Federal Circuit Holds

  
  Blawgletter — Authority: 122
  The Federal Circuit yesterday upheld almost all of a a $240 judgment against Microsoft Corporation for willful patent infringement.  U.S. District Judge Leonard A. Davis presided over a jury trial on i4is claims.  He accepted findings of infringement and willfulness and the jurys award of $200 million in ...
  1 day ago

• TimeGate sues SouthPeak for alleged breaches in publishing agreement

  
  Joystiq — Authority: 760
  Chalk up another frustrated party accusing SouthPeak of wrongdoing. The company has been sued by Section 8 developer TimeGate, which alleges that the publisher has withheld royalty payments and entered into a PS3 licensing deal on the game with Russian company IC, an arrangement that TimeGate claims SouthPeak ...
  1 day ago

• Federal Court Slams Microsoft, Bans Sale of Word

  
  JD Journal — Authority: 481
  A Federal Circuit Court has upheld a $290 million patent infringement verdict against Microsoft and kept in place an injunction barring Microsoft from selling current versions of its massively popularWord as of January 11.  Microsoft says that they will make necessary changes to the program before the deadline and ...
  1 day ago

• U.S. Court Rules Against isoHunt For Inducing Copyright Infringement

  
  Michael Geist Blog — Authority: 675
  A U.S. federal court in California has issued a summary judgment against Canadian-based isoHunt (and its owner Gary Fung), ruling that the site violates U.S. copyright law by inducing copyright infringement.  The judge ruled that the isoHunt case is little different from other U.S. cases such as Napster and ...
  1 day ago

• Abbott Labs Ordered to Pay $175 Million Pre-judgment Interest

  
  IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Patent Law — Authority: 131
  What’s $175,641,661 among friends?  Apparently not much, at least insofar as news media are concerned, although it is admittedly unfair to use the word “friends” in the same sentence as $175,641,661.  In reality, it is hard to characterize Abbott Laboratories as being a “friend” of who they must pay that ...
  1 day ago

• Microsoft At A (Temporary) Loss For Words

  
  The Blogs at HowStuffWorks — Authority: 438
  I imagine this is how Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer reacted when he heard about losing the legal appeal (Courtesy AP Photo/Lee Jin-Man) I almost feel sorry for Microsoft. Recently, the company has had to contend with lawsuits (and threats of lawsuits) from several companies. Microsoft recently admitted that developers ...
  1 day ago

• Microsoft Office, Word 2007 Updates Address Court Edict

  
  The VAR Guy — Authority: 526
  Let’s not press the panic button. A court edict barred Microsoft from selling Office 2007 and Word 2007 starting January 11, 2010. But Microsoft has already issued a code update to ensure Office 2007 and Word 2007 sales can continue. Here’s the story so far. The Microsoft’s lost its patent appeal against XML ...
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• DJ Kay Slay Sued for Copyright Infringement

  
  The Boombox Music Blog — Authority: 563
  Filed under: Hip-Hop , Hip-Hop News , Busted DJ Kay Slay , aka "The Drama King," aka "Slap Your Favorite DJ," is being taken to court for failing to properly clear a sample. The copyright infringement allegedly appears on Angels Around Me, a song from his Street Sweeper Volume 2: The Pain From the Game album, ...
  2 days ago

• North Face Sues South Butt

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  In a case of David versus Goliath, apparel giant North Face is suing a Missouri teenage college student for trademark infringement. The young entrepreneur is selling gear that parodies the brand, called South Butt. 19-year-old Jimmy Winkelmann started selling a few t-shirts and fleeces in St. Louis pharmacies. Now ...
  2 days ago

• Copyright Images & Infringement

  
  FOTOMALAYSIA - MWP Studio by William G., Portrait + Wedding Photographer, Malaysia — Authority: 119
  One of the images that I took for a client was used by a very popular wedding magazine which are sold in Malaysia & Singapore without my prior knowledge middle of this year and action has been taken towards this publisher. For those who are keen to use the images, do ask for permission by writing me an official ...
  2 days ago

• Unpreserved

  
  Patent Prospector — Authority: 415
  i4i sued Microsoft for a pissant feature in Word: editing custom XML. But to i4is business, the feature was puissant. A seven-day trial found Microsoft willfully infringing a valid patent, with a jury award of $200 million. "Although statutorily authorized to triple the jurys damages award because of Microsofts ...
  2 days ago

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