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• Gates testifies in Novell's billion-dollar lawsuit

  By AAP | 22 November, 2011 08:48

  Microsoft's Windows 95 rollout presented the most challenges in the company's history, leading to several last-minute changes to technical features that would no longer support a rival software maker's word processor, Bill Gates has testified in a $US1 billion ($A1.01 billion) antitrust lawsuit filed by the creator of WordPerfect.

• Samsung files patent complaint

  By AAP | 13 September, 2011 11:47

  South Korea's Samsung Electronics says it has filed a complaint in France against its US rival Apple for infringement of three technology patents.

• Motorola retaliates with lawsuit against Microsoft

  By Dan Nystedt | 12 November, 2010 04:14

  Motorola's mobile phone subsidiary has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft alleging the world's largest software maker has infringed 16 of its patents in PC, mobile and server software, as well as Xbox products.

• Oracle sues Google over Java use in Android

  By James Niccolai | 13 August, 2010 10:24

  Oracle has filed a lawsuit against Google, charging that its Android phone software infringes Oracle patents and copyrights related to Java, Oracle said on Thursday.

• Update: Judge rules in favor of YouTube over Viacom

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 24 June, 2010 09:45

  Viacom's $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit against Google's video-sharing site YouTube has been dismissed by the court, ending for now an acrimonious legal battle between the companies that has been going on for more than three years.

• US lawmakers target The Pirate Bay, other sites

  By Grant Gross | 20 May, 2010 05:12

  The Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus, a group of U.S. lawmakers concerned with copyright infringement, has listed The Pirate Bay and five other Web sites as "notorious" file-sharing sites.

• US trade agency to investigate Apple's patent complaint

  By Grant Gross | 17 May, 2010 05:19

  The U.S. International Trade Commission will investigate complaints by Apple that Eastman Kodak violated its patents related to digital imaging devices and software, the latest dispute in a long-standing patent skirmish between the two companies.

• HTC hits back with ITC complaint against Apple

  By Nancy Gohring | 13 May, 2010 04:27

  HTC said it filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission charging Apple with infringing on five patents.

• Nokia, Apple ratchet up the patent madness

  By Jared Newman | 08 May, 2010 06:49

  Nokia vs. Apple is not your garden variety patent infringement lawsuit.

• Google sues for decision on links to copyrighted songs

  By Dan Nystedt | 07 May, 2010 05:59

  Google is suing a blues music label to seek a declaration that it has not facilitated the illegal distribution of copyrighted songs by providing links in search results.

• SAP, Waste Management settle lawsuit

  By Chris Kanaracus | 04 May, 2010 03:21

  The rancorous lawsuit between SAP and Waste Management has been settled, with the software vendor making an undisclosed, one-time cash payment to the trash hauler, according to court documents and a regulatory filing.

• Photographers sue Google over book scanning

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 08 April, 2010 03:32

  Google's years-long attempt to create an online library and store with millions of books will face yet another legal hurdle with the filing of a class-action copyright infringement lawsuit by the American Society of Media Photographers.

• Jury sides with Novell in long-running SCO battle

  By Nancy Gohring | 31 March, 2010 08:21

  On Tuesday, a jury in Utah sided with Novell in its long-running legal dispute with SCO.

• Apple sues HTC for patent infringement

  By Nancy Weil | 03 March, 2010 06:24

  Apple filed a patent infringement lawsuit Tuesday against HTC, claiming that the Taiwanese company is infringing 20 Apple patents.

• Juniper hit with $US169m backdating settlement

  By Jim Duffy | 12 February, 2010 08:03

  Juniper Networks has reportedly agreed to pay $US169 million to settle a 4-year-old lawsuit over backdating stock options, a practice that entrapped and embarrassed many high-tech firms over the past decade.