Tag: Lawsuit

August 26, 2022

If you watch the news at all, you’ve heard those three initials that should strike fear in the heart and minds of U.S. citizens: DOJ. So what is this DOJ anyway? Well, it is the Department of Justice aka “The […]

July 8, 2021

36 US states have filed a lawsuit against Google over engaging in monopolistic activities in app distribution and payments on the Play Store. The suit at the US District Court for the Northern District of California claims Google is violating […]

February 6, 2020

Huawei has filed a lawsuit with the Eastern and Western District courts in Texas against Verizon for patent infringement. The allegations against the carrier consist of the unauthorized use of 12 Huawei patents in the field of computer networking, download […]

February 3, 2017

You might recall that a patent infringement suit that was originally filed by VirnetX against Apple back in 2010 reached its most recent conclusion last October with a jury ruling that Apple had to pay the plaintiff $302.4 million. As […]

August 3, 2016

BlackBerry has filed a lawsuit against Avaya, accusing the multi-national tech company of infringing on eight of its U.S. patents related to mobile communications. The patents allegedly used by Avaya were filed between 1998 and 2011, and include 9143801, 8964849, […]

July 13, 2016

A company called Somaltus LLC has filed a suit against Apple in the U.S. District Court for Eastern Texas. The company claims that the fast- charge technology used on the Apple iPhone 6s and “any similar device” sold by Apple, […]

April 20, 2016

Apple has agreed to pay $24.9 million to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to settle a lawsuit over the creation of Siri. The virtual voice activated personal assistant debuted in October 2011 with the unveiling of the Apple iPhone 4s. The lawsuit […]

April 15, 2016

SAN FRANCISCO — In the latest clash over privacy rights in the digital age, Microsoft is suing the U.S. government over a federal law that allows authorities to examine customer emails or online files without the individual’s knowledge. The lawsuit […]

March 29, 2016

Back in December, we told you that with Android N, Google would switch to the open source version of Oracle’s Java Development Kit. That’s because Oracle and Google have already been battling each other since 2010 when Oracle accused Google […]

February 15, 2016

For many people, Google Maps is the first-stop when it comes to pinpointing places and getting directions, but. Now one of the first mapping services to appear online has lost a High Court action where it accused Google of abusing […]

February 5, 2016

Samsung is trying to push the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its appeal of the patent suit Apple won against the company. In its filing, Samsung says that U.S. patent laws are archaic and are from an outdated time period […]

November 25, 2015

A lawsuit against Microsoft that charged it with entering into restrictive hiring agreements with other companies has been dismissed by a court in California, with the judge declaring that the employees had waited too long to file the suit. The […]