Updated: Restraining order against RealDVD stands
Update: BetaNews reports the injunction is in place until Nov. 17.
Update: BetaNews reports the injunction is in place until Nov. 17.
The RIAA has settled (PDF) for a mere $6,000 in the case of Elektra v Barker. The RIAA had sought maximum statutory penalities for each of a long list of files found in the defendant's "shared" folder.
PC World columnist Scott Nichols summarizes the MPAA's arguments in Capitol Records v. Thomas as saying that proof is not required in a trial.
Yeah, this is still happening.
UPDATED: Oracle v. Google is far from over -- especially if Microsoft is really getting involved with the legal battle over intellectual property.
Based on where this goes next, a retrial in California or an appeal pushed all the way to the Supreme Court are both possible.
LG Innotek, LG Electronics' component supplier, has won a patent suit against Japan's Nidec over motors for optical disk drives.
More than two years ago, two rival divisions within Microsoft slugged it out over an innovative feature in IE8. The IE development team, representing Good Microsoft, had written an awesome privacy protection platform. The online advertising division, representing Bad Microsoft, objected. Guess who won?
As an example of someone who thinks he owns his reputation data, here's lawyer John Henry Browne, threatening to sue new lawyer rating service Avvo over a rating he says is unjustifiably low.
NTP may have some precedent on its side to force the likes of Apple, Google, HTC, LG, Microsoft and Motorola to pay up for patents.