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14 Aug 2001
The US chip designer Rambus has been sued by a group of its shareholders in a case filed on Friday in the US District Court of California. The lawsuit alleges that during the course of Rambus’ legal dispute with German chip maker Infineon, it became...
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14 Aug 2001
A draft Code of Practice on Accessing Communications Data that will govern the conduct of law enforcement and public bodies when obtaining communications data under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Act 2000 was released yesterday, as required...
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14 Aug 2001
The internet portal Yahoo! will later this month contest in a US court an order imposed by a French court which required it to block access by French nationals to certain auctions hosted on a US-based Yahoo! site selling Nazi memorabilia. Business organisations...
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13 Aug 2001
The UK Government on Friday launched a formal consultation on implementation of the E-commerce Directive, required under EU law by 17th January 2002. The new rules, intended to encourage e-commerce across Europe, were agreed in May 2000 by the European...
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13 Aug 2001
US Government lawyers have urged the federal appeals court to reject Microsoft’s calls for a delay in its antitrust case. The US Justice Department argued on Friday that the granting of any delay in the case would produce an unnecessary disruption...
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10 Aug 2001
Napster has submitted a complaint to the US Court of Appeals about the way in which certain aspects of the copyright infringement case against it were conducted. Amongst other issues, the company behind the file-swapping service asserts that the court-appointed...
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10 Aug 2001
US judges sitting on the ninth Circuit Court of Appeals have requested a judicial review of surveillance measures taken to monitor their on-line and e-mail activities. Earlier this year, they asked for in-house monitoring practices to stop arguing that...
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09 Aug 2001
According to CNET News, Apple has settled a lawsuit against one of its former employees who posted Apple trade secrets on a web site under the pseudonym “Worker Bee”. The action was initially brought in August last year.
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09 Aug 2001
German furniture and tile maker Villeroy & Boch has been criticised by the panellist in a domain name arbitration for wasting its money in bringing legal action for $1,500 when it could have obtained the disputed names by paying the owner around £390....
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09 Aug 2001
According to a new report by analysts Jupiter Media Metrix, the internet marketplace will continue to develop in the long-term, even though current market conditions will temporarily hinder the more immediate possibilities for growth.
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