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Microsoft taking i4i patent dispute to US Supreme Court

30 November 2010, 16:30

XML patent case goes to the highest court, signalling potentially far reaching consequences.

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ICO dishes out first Data Protection Act fines

24 November 2010, 11:59

Council among the first to face DPA wrath.

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Jury orders SAP to pay Oracle $1.3 billion

24 November 2010, 10:30

The TomorrowNow case comes to a conclusion with the biggest ever award for software piracy.

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Legal documents show that Dell tried to hide capacitor faults

23 November 2010, 15:38

Company instructed employees to downplay the problem and held off replacing systems.

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Twitter 'joke' case to be taken to the High Court

23 November 2010, 09:56

Aim to define a 'menacing communication'.

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Swedish prosecutor orders detention of WikiLeaks founder

18 November 2010, 16:30

International arrest warrant at the ready?

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The Microsoft/Motorola sue-fest intensifies

11 November 2010, 17:14

Yet more work for the lawyers at Microsoft raises and Moto re-raises.

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ISPs applaud decision to allow review of Digital Economy Act

11 November 2010, 14:38

BT and TalkTalk gain a minor victory in their bid to avoid becoming the Internet police.

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Police release Google Street View image in bid to crack crime

8 November 2010, 09:55

Coincidental image could solve theft.

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EU plans to bolster data privacy rules

4 November 2010, 16:31

Internet behemoths could be forced to lift lid on data habits.

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Vince Cable pokes his nose into News Corp acquisition of Sky

4 November 2010, 12:59

The business secretary has asked Ofcom to investigate the public interest implications of the deal.

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Record label abandons filesharing action

4 November 2010, 10:03

...after BT allegedly deletes details.

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Google Street View did 'significantly breach' UK data laws

3 November 2010, 14:54

Commissioner makes a U-turn in findings but won't dish out a fine.

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Renewed terrorism threat may halt in-flight wireless

3 November 2010, 12:11

The potential to detonate explosives using wireless networks could nip airborne connectivity in the bud.

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Turkish court bans YouTube...again

3 November 2010, 11:20

Video website blocked again after only just reopening.

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Ofcom blasts TalkTalk and Tiscali for breaching telecoms rules

2 November 2010, 11:42

Firms could face fines if they don’t stop their naughtiness.

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Larger toner cartridges banned from hand baggage on UK flights

1 November 2010, 18:21

Following the terrorism scare of late last week, printer cartridges are now under general suspicion.

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LimeWire finally forced to shut down servers

27 October 2010, 14:29

Popular P2P service told to power down by US court.

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Google faces fresh UK privacy probe

25 October 2010, 10:06

British watchdog to take another look at Street View data worries.

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Ofcom decides not to investigate YouView, for now

19 October 2010, 09:38

The communication regulator has declined pleas from competitors that YouView is anti-competitive.

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BSkyB submits last minute moan to Ofcom about YouView

14 October 2010, 14:54

The pay TV giant wants Ofcom to have one last look at the IPTV collaboration. YouView is not amused.

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Irish ISP wins piracy court battle

12 October 2010, 14:32

Music industry loses out...for now.

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ACS:Law reportedly scoops more settlement money than rights holders

6 October 2010, 11:23

How the firm makes a pretty penny.

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Court stalls law firm’s bid to grab BT customer details

5 October 2010, 15:49

BT hangs on to customers’ info...for now.

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Another law firm vows to take up piracy fight

1 October 2010, 11:13

Trying to finish what ACS:Law started?

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NVIDIA settles GPU class-action suit

30 September 2010, 16:54

Lawsuit surrounding defective graphics-chips in Dell, HP and Apple laptops finally brought to a close.

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Tech behemoths back Microsoft in patent standard change

30 September 2010, 15:45

Big players’ bid to make infringement standard defendant-friendly.

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UK referred to EU court over data privacy laws

30 September 2010, 14:34

Our laws governing the confidentiality of electronic communications are still deficient, says the EC.

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BT admits passing unencrypted customer details to ACS:Law

30 September 2010, 10:51

Is BT now in breach of the Data Protection Act?

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RIM doesn’t have UK PlayBook trademark

30 September 2010, 10:21

Newly announced tablet already running into legal problems.

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List of Sky Broadband users exposed as ACS:Law saga continues

29 September 2010, 12:20

Sky washes hands of the firm, while Pirate Bay founders hope to dodge jail.

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Nokia comments on Apple UK legal action

29 September 2010, 11:24

The ongoing legal battle between Nokia and Apple has moved to the UK. Nokia isn’t surprised.

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ACS:Law could cop £500k fine as ‘porn list’ is exposed

28 September 2010, 11:42

More ACS:Law revelations as info of people being 'investigated' is leaked to web.

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