Courts and lawsuits
Microsoft raids two office buildings to gather evidence
Last Friday, in a highly-secret operation, Microsoft raided two offices, one in Pennsylvania and the other in Illinois, on a search and destroy operation. They were assisted by United States marshals. A Judge signed an order that allowed Microsoft’s lawyers and technical gurus to gain access to the ...
Court gives OK for law enforcement to search cell phones
Everyone has been concerned with how their SMS text messages can be saved and revealed to the law enforcement community. People have been up in arms when they found out that location information can be given to the police. On top of all that, the Carrier IQ program that helps carriers ...
Push email not available in Germany for iOS devices
Recently, Apple was sued in Germany by Motorola Mobility for infringement of its push email patents. The German courts have ordered Apple to stop the using push email within Germany. Users will no longer have the convenience of getting email pushed to their devices. All is not lost, however, as the ...
Is it possible that consumers can force AT&T to stop throttling their unlimited data plan?
If you have an AT&T unlimited data plan and use more than 2 Gigabytes of data, you will be throttled back to 1G speeds. That means you will not even be able to watch a YouTube video. You will probably give up on web browsing when every page takes more ...
Proview brings iPad lawsuit to the United States
Proview has been suing Apple and trying to block the sales of the iPad in various cities in China. They are claiming they own the trademark rights and have successfully blocked the sale in at least one city. Most courts in China have delayed enforcement of the sales ban until a ...
Safari user sues Google over privacy rights
Matthew Soble has decided to sue the giant search engine company for violating his privacy rights. In a David vs. Goliath move, Matthew paid his $350 filing fee and filed suit against Google in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware located in the city of Wilmington. Matthew uses ...
FTC tells EPIC to get lost and go away
If you think you can change government through watchdog and consumer groups, think again. At least that seems to be the case when the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) is involved. EPIC (the Electronic Privacy Information Center) filed suit against the FTC demanding that the FTC investigate Google and the ...
Motorola Mobility still fighting Apple despite temporary suspension won by Apple
Broadband Expert covered Motorola’s big win last week in Germany. Apple had to pull its iPhone 4 and 3G models from store shelves throughout the country. This was short lived as Apple was granted a temporary suspension of the order. It has been revealed that Motorola is asking for 2.25% of ...
Apple pulls iPhones from German stores over Motorola court wins
Today, Apple has pulled all of its iPhone 3G and iPhone 4 models from its store shelves in Germany. Those phones use GPRS which is covered under FRAND (Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory) licensing. According to the German courts, Apple may be breaking that standard by attaching conditions to its use. These ...
Motorola goes after Apple
Motorola Mobility has just filed a lawsuit today in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida against Apple, charging them with patent infringement. The charges cover Apple’s recent products, the iPhone 4S and its iCloud services. Apple may be infringing on six separate patents that are owned ...
