Samsung’s moved — successfully — to have its preliminary injunction against Apple converted into a final injunction, although the hearing for that injunction won’t be until March next year. More »
Federal Court Justice Annabelle Bennett has just delivered her verdict on the temporary injuction against Samsung selling the Galaxy Tab 10.1. Apple has won the injunction, with the comment from the judge being that it was “appropriate” to grant a temporary injunction. Samsung’s issued its statement on the ruling, and Apple’s repeated its position from earlier in the case as its statement. More »
Apple and Samsung are back in court in Sydney today, contesting the fate of the Galaxy Tab 10.1. Apple says Samsung is “crashing through” its patents, but Samsung states that design should have nothing to do with the patent case. More »
The Supreme Court sided with the video game industry today, declaring a victor in the six-year legal match between the video game industry and the California lawmakers who wanted to make it a crime for anyone in the state to sell extremely violent games to kids. More »
Oh, the hilarity! Last year, in a barely contained hissy-fit of Telco proportions, Optus took Vodafone to court over misleading advertising in its “infinite” mobile cap plans, to try and make itself feel better after being spanked by the ACCC for falsely advertising “unlimited” broadband for plans that had data caps. This week, Optus has been ordered to pay Vodafone’s costs for the lawsuit. More »
Considering how much of their rhetoric is complete and utter BS, it isn’t really surprising that AFACT has taken their second straight loss to iiNet poorly. The Australian is reporting that the anti-piracy lobby group has applied to take its case to the High Court in the hope of proving that iiNet is somehow responsible for its customers’ piracy. More »
In what could signal a worrying trend, some US prosecution and defence lawyers have discovered that social media sites such as Facebook and MySpace may provide valuable clues about the personality of a particular Jury person. More »
This case is a bit Jerry Springer, but interesting nonetheless. Rochester Hills man Leon Walker has been charged with unlawfully reading his wife’s emails—which showed she was having an affair with her violent second husband. More »
RIAA member Universal Music Group was forced to settle a piracy suit it had brought against Mavis Roy after suffering a bit of a setback in their prosecution: Mavis Roy did not own a computer when UMG first brought suit. More »
