The Recording Industry Association of America has settled with YouTube-mp3.org, after it sued the online service on behalf of labels last year. Its operators have agreed to shut down the website.
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In an earnings call this week, Nokia has revealed that Apple paid the company 2 billion dollars to settle ongoing patent disputes. The companies will share patents as part of the licensing agreement.
In the continuation of a lengthy patent battle between Apple and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a judge has ruled that Apple must pay $506 million for infringing a processor technology patent.
Qualcomm has stated that the lobbying group representing Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Intel, and other tech companies that have aligned with Apple, is misleading regulatory authorities.
In the latest suit in a legal battle between Apple and Qualcomm, four contractors for the Cupertino company have brought a suit against Qualcomm, accusing it of violating antitrust laws.
A lawsuit filed against Microsoft claims that the company failed to pay for models it hired for HoloLens promotional events, and makes serious allegations of sexual misconduct by one of its employees.
Qualcomm has filed a lawsuit against Apple, claiming that the company infringes upon its patents without paying royalties. As such, it seeks to ban the sale of iPhones which use these patents.
A civil rights organisation called the Equal Rights Center has filed a lawsuit against ride-sharing company Uber, for failing to provide wheelchair-accessible vehicles for riders in Washington DC.
A smaller ISP formerly operating in the state of Texas has accused its larger competitor of cutting its cables, thereby sabotaging its business and stealing its customers due to interrupted service.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has alleged that Apple has wronged its customers in the infamous "Error 53" incident, which killed the iPhones repaired by third parties.
A man in Switzerland was convicted of defamation today for simply clicking the "Like" button on several Facebook posts. Courts say his intent was clear, but it's a stern reminder for the rest of us.
It was only a couple months ago that LG was hit with a class-action lawsuit. Now, it appears that the firm has extended the warranty on affected Nexus 5X, causing one of the lawsuits to be retracted.
Just over seven months after having changed its logo, Pandora has been slapped with a lawsuit by PayPal amidst claims that the music streaming service "adopted a blatantly infringing logo."
After having dragged each other through the courts numerous times over the years, Apple and Nokia have buried the hatchet after signing a patent license and business collaboration agreement.
The heated legal battle between Apple and Qualcomm is now turning worse, as the latter has filed lawsuits against four contract manufacturers which stopped paying patent royalties to the chipmaker.
The heated legal battle between Apple and Qualcomm will now begin affecting the latter's financials in a big way, as Apple has stopped paying for royalties to its contract manufacturers.
Qualcomm alleges Apple intentionally hobbled its modem chips in the iPhone 7 so they wouldn't outperform those made by Intel. The lawsuit comes after several filed by Apple earlier this year.
A class-action lawsuit filed last month concerning the hardware bootloop defect in LG's G4 and V10 flagships has been amended to include LG's flagship G5, V20, and Nexus 5X devices.
Chinese smartphone-maker, Huawei, took a patent victory over its South Korean rival, Samsung. A court has ordered Samsung to pay $11.6 million for infringing upon Huawei's smartphone technologies.
Three people have sued Microsoft over claims that Windows 10 destroyed their data and damaged their PC's hardware as well. The company has dismissed the case as being "without merit".
If you own or have owned an LG G4 or V10, you might be aware of a bootloop problem, rendering these devices useless. Now, LG is facing a class-action lawsuit over its handling of the issue.
In a court settlement agreement, sex toy maker Standard Innovation has agreed to pay $3.75 million in line with its privacy issues. It has also agreed to delete all the intimate data it has collected.
Following the lawsuits filed in the US and China, Apple is now suing Qualcomm in the UK as well. This newest legal battle involves patents and registered designs, although it is unclear which ones.
A man in France has taken Uber to court after the app continued sending his locations to his wife, who eventually divorced him over infidelity accusations. He is demanding $48 million in damages.
A patent troll company called BlackBird Technologies has taken Netflix to court after it contended that its offline download feature introduced back in November was in violation of a patent it owned.
Tesla has filed suit in California against former Autopilot head, Sterling Anderson. The electric vehicle manufacturer claims Anderson illegally recruited engineers and stole data for his new startup.
After alleging Qualcomm of patent abuse and suing the company in the US, Apple has now filed a lawsuit against the chipmaker in China for abusing its nearly monopolistic position.
Earlier this week, the FTC sued Qualcomm over anti-competitive business practices and it looks like Apple is following with a suit of its own. Apple claims that the company owes it $1 billion.
The FTC says the chip maker forced companies to use its baseband processors by punishing those that chose products from competitors with unfair patent licensing deals. Even Apple was a victim.
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, overturning a prior decision, has ruled that a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging Apple's App Store constitutes a monopoly shall proceed.
Two Microsoft workers have taken the company to court after it made them watch disturbing videos of murder, bestiality, and child pornography, claiming they suffered post-traumatic stress disorder.
Responding to a defamation lawsuit demanding $15 million, Techdirt opens up the case itself, the backstory, and the potential implications in regards to its future and the First Amendment.
Apple is being sued after the death of a couple's daughter, caused by a car crash involving a man using FaceTime. They contend that Apple should have implemented its safety feature patent for the app.
Apple filed a lawsuit in California on Tuesday which indirectly accuses Nokia of conspiring with patent trolls to "extort exorbitant revenues unfairly and anticompetitively" from the tech giant.
Finnish telecom giant Nokia has sued Apple in the US and Europe for infringing upon 32 of its patents related to smartphone hardware and software, and for declining to accept licensing offers.
Google could find itself in hot water for its internal confidentiality policies that all of its employees are required to sign, as it encourages violations of Californian labor laws and spying.
Some Facebook users have woken up to find they've received small checks from the company. Surprisingly enough, the checks are legitimate, and they're part of Facebook's settlement from a 2011 suit.
As Samsung continues its recall of all remaining Note7 smartphones, the company may have to face a class action lawsuit, with several Note7 users claiming "economic injuries".
Three women are suing Microsoft for gender-bias in the way the company promoted, paid, and evaluated its employees, saying that Microsoft consistently discriminated against women in the workplace.
Patent-licensing entity MobileMedia Ideas has recently won a lawsuit against Apple, after it was decided that the Cupertino giant infringed its ring-silencing patent. It got $3 million in damages.