News

• IBM slapped with 3rd mainframe antitrust complaint in Europe

  By Paul Meller | 24 March, 2010 02:33

  The third antitrust complaint against IBM's mainframe business was filed with the European Commission Tuesday, compounding the firm's regulatory problems in Europe.

• Dell sues five LCD makers for alleged price-fixing

  By James Niccolai | 16 March, 2010 12:29

  Dell has filed a lawsuit against five LCD makers that charges them with colluding to fix prices for products, a Dell spokesman said Monday.

• Apple's lawsuit against HTC is working

  By Jared Newman | 10 March, 2010 09:13

  Apple is already reaping the benefits of its patent infringement lawsuit against HTC, according to one analyst.

• HTC says it uses own technology, not Apple's

  By Dan Nystedt | 03 March, 2010 20:55

  Smartphone maker High Tech Computer (HTC) on Wednesday defended itself against accusations of patent infringement by Apple, saying it develops its own technology.

• Sony, LG, Samsung, Hitachi, Toshiba accused of price fixing

  By Lucas Mearian | 27 February, 2010 08:06

  A home electronics retail store has filed a class-action lawsuit against Sony Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Toshiba Corp., LG Electronics Inc., Hitachi Ltd. and several subsidiaries, accusing the electronics manufacturers of colluding to fix prices in the U.S. optical disc drive (ODD) market.

• Xerox sues Google, YouTube and Yahoo over search patents

  By Owen Fletcher | 24 February, 2010 13:40

  Xerox has filed a lawsuit against Yahoo, Google and YouTube alleging infringement of Xerox patents on search and integration technology.

• Setback for SAP in Oracle suit

  By Chris Kanaracus | 02 February, 2010 08:30

  Oracle has won a battle regarding the way damages can be calculated in its intellectual property lawsuit against SAP, according to a ruling filed Jan. 28 in US District Court for the Northern District of California.

• Judge nixes class-actions in Microsoft WGA lawsuit

  By Gregg Keizer | 22 January, 2010 01:53

  A federal judge has killed class-action allegations in a lawsuit that accused Microsoft of misleading consumers when it fed them anti-piracy software under the auspices of a critical security update, according to court documents.

• Nokia fires new patent lawsuit at Apple in growing battle

  By Owen Fletcher | 05 January, 2010 21:22

  Mobile phone maker Nokia has filed a new U.S. lawsuit accusing Apple of patent infringement, according to court documents, escalating the legal battle between the companies.

• Lawsuit claims HP PCs suffer constant lockups, crashes

  By Gregg Keizer | 17 November, 2009 07:45

  A Colorado man has sued Hewlett-Packard, saying that its Pavilion Elite desktop computers are "inherently defective," and constantly lock up within 10-20 minutes of use.

• Microsoft denies it profits from Vista-to-XP downgrades

  By Gregg Keizer | 17 February, 2009 14:01

  Microsoft has denied that it makes money when users "downgrade" Windows Vista to the older XP, as a lawsuit filed last week alleges.

• Woman sues Microsoft over XP downgrade charge

  By Elizabeth Montalbano | 16 February, 2009 07:28

  A woman has filed a class-action lawsuit against Microsoft over a US$59.25 charge for downgrading her Windows Vista PC to XP.

• 'Vista Capable' case could cost Microsoft US$8.5B

  By Gregg Keizer | 27 January, 2009 12:06

  Microsoft would have to come up with as much as $8.5 billion to settle accounts with the customers affected by its 2006 "Vista Capable" marketing program, according to documents unsealed by a federal court.

• SAP wants information about Oracle's deal with partner

  By Chris Kanaracus | 21 January, 2009 07:07

  SAP wants a federal court to make Oracle hand over records of its business arrangement with CedarCrestone, an Alpharetta, Georgia, systems integrator that provides third-party support for Oracle PeopleSoft applications.