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Will high court hear eBay appeal?

November 4, 2005 Supreme Court on Monday is expected to announce whether it will hear patent infringement appeal. Some lawyers say it's unlikely. TAGS: Foley & Lardner, patent, court, eBay Inc., patent infringement, Cisco Systems Inc., injunction, lawyer

Court rejects Vonage bid for patent case retrial

May 3, 2007 Net phone company can cite a recent landmark Supreme Court decision as part of pending appeal, but doesn't get a new trial. TAGS: Vonage Holdings Corp., Verizon Communications, patent, appeal, verdict, motion, jury, trial, court, request, lawyer

Time for lawmakers to act on Grokster?

July 19, 2005 Maybe, maybe not. A panel of lawyers butts heads over whether regulating file-swapping services is best left to the courts. TAGS: Grokster Ltd., lawmaker, file-swapping, court, lawyer

Google suffers setback in copyright case

February 13, 2007 Belgian court says newspaper excerpts are a no-no. But experts question whether there will be much of an impact outside Europe. TAGS: Google News, excerpt, Google Inc., court, article, Belgium, lawyer, copyright law, attorney, Internet search, spokesman, Europe, message, U.S., Microsoft Corp.

Court adjourns without decision in Napster case

October 2, 2000 A panel of appellate judges harshly grills lawyers for both the start-up and the recording industry before adjourning without a decision. TAGS: Napster Inc., recording industry, online music, court, Time Warner Inc., VCR, lawyer, piracy, decision, RIAA, attorney, relationship, Judge, Sony Corp., San Francisco

Sharman may appeal court ruling

March 4, 2004 Kazaa's parent company is disappointed in the court's decision to admit seized evidence and remains "outraged" at the music industry's "heavy-handed tactics." TAGS: Sharman Networks Ltd., music industry, Kazaa, lawyer, proceeding, record company, order, tactic, court, Australia, decision

Attorney general: Bush blocked review of spy program

July 18, 2006 Alberto Gonzales also presses for controversial law that would permit secret court to review NSA spy program. TAGS: Alberto Gonzales, NSA, attorney general, Democrat, Patrick Leahy, surveillance, president, court, lawyer, authority, Sen., Bush Administration

Who's a journalist? Now we know, thanks to Apple

May 27, 2006 CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says the court decision officially levels the field between mainstream media and bloggers. TAGS: journalist, Apple Computer, court, blogger, interest, lawyer, media

A view from the BlackBerry courtroom

February 25, 2006 Seemingly exasperated judge makes men in black suits chuckle during Friday's RIM court hearing. TAGS: courtroom, NTP, Research In Motion Ltd., James Spencer, RIM BlackBerry, lawyer, court, Virginia, Judge, camera

Open-source P2P projects keep swapping

July 15, 2005 Supreme Court ruling casts cloud over commercial file-trading companies, but independent projects continue unabated. TAGS: Shareaza, file-trading company, file-swapping, open source, file-trading, LimeWire, Grokster Ltd., lawyer, piracy, P2P, court, project, software company

Judge faces 'reality' in BlackBerry case

February 25, 2006 Transcript of Judge Spencer's closing remarks appears to show resignation, annoyance with endless dispute. TAGS: Research In Motion Ltd., James Spencer, injunction, NTP, reality, Judge, jury, decision, court, RIM BlackBerry, lawyer

SCO subpoenas Linux leaders

November 13, 2003 Subpoenas are flying in the high-profile lawsuit between the SCO Group and IBM, as both try to buttress their legal claims by turning to third parties for information. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., subpoena, BayStar Capital, IBM Corp., kernel, Open Source Development Labs, Linux, Linus Torvalds, request, lawsuit, court, source code, claim, lawyer, Unix

U.S. 'threatened' alleged NASA hacker, defense says

February 16, 2007 London court hears that Gary McKinnon was told he would "fry" in New Jersey unless he cooperated with U.S. authorities. TAGS: New Jersey, sentence, U.K., defense, evidence, U.S., authority, threat, hacker, Virginia, court, lawyer, London

Sharman's raided evidence ruled admissible

March 4, 2004 Lawyers for Kazaa's parent company fail to persuade an Australian judge to dismiss evidence that was seized in raids for the copyright infringement case. TAGS: Sharman Networks Ltd., Brilliant Digital Entertainment, raid, snapshot, evidence, Kazaa, lawyer, material, moment, court, order, U.S.

Court scrutinizes P2P subpoena process

September 16, 2003 An appeals court questions the interpretation of a 1998 copyright law, wondering whether it permits the unmasking of alleged peer-to-peer pirates by the music industry. TAGS: DMCA, RIAA, subpoena, P2P, Verizon Communications, appeals court, piracy, copyright law, argument, law, Judge, lawsuit, court, lawyer

Landmark P2P ruling back in court

February 3, 2004 Lawyers representing the entertainment industry and file-swapping companies return to court as a federal appeals court hears the first arguments in a case likely to shape the future of online file ... TAGS: StreamCast Networks, file-swapping, Grokster Ltd., file-swapping company, Napster Inc., recording industry, Sharman Networks Ltd., file-trading, appeals court, Morpheus, VCR, argument, Kazaa, RIAA, federal judge, lawyer

Judge balks at closure of AT&T, Verizon mergers

July 25, 2006 Telephone companies have closed books on the deals, but an antitrust magistrate says he needs more info. TAGS: Tunney Act, Actel, merger, AT&T Corp., Verizon Communications, federal judge, SBC Communications Inc., Judge, antitrust, telecommunications company, court, agreement, telecommunications, government, lawyer, idea
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