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31 Aug 2007
Microsoft has settled a long-running patent infringement suit with Eolas and the University of California in a case which has been running since 1999. Microsoft will make an undisclosed payment to Eolas.
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31 Aug 2007
UPDATED: Company directors have a duty to run a company in the interests of a wide group of stakeholders and not just the company's owners, according to a new law which will come into force on 1st October.
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31 Aug 2007
A software developer responsible for a copyright infringement described even by the copyright owner as insignificant still broke the law, a court has ruled. An injunction has been served even though the infringer has stopped using the technology.
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30 Aug 2007
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) published new guidance yesterday that explains its view of what counts as personal data under the Data Protection Act (DPA). Information that is not personal data today may become personal data as technology...
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29 Aug 2007
The biggest names on the internet have been sued by a patent holding company which claims the firms are violating its rights by automatically routing email messages.
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29 Aug 2007
Sony technology is being accused for the second time of opening up users' computers to possible hacks without their knowledge or permission. Security researchers claim that Sony memory stick software could be dangerous.
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29 Aug 2007
The world's 500 biggest companies have all fallen victim to typosquatting. OUT-LAW research has found that the fast-growing trend of making ad money from web domains similar to famous brands affects all the world's biggest firms.
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29 Aug 2007
Just placing music files in file-sharing software folders is enough to break US copyright laws, according to a court. A husband and wife who defended themselves in an Arizona court have lost their case.
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28 Aug 2007
A man who admitted using his computer to view pornographic images of child abuse cannot go free just because he did not deliberately save the images, a US court has said. The ruling overturns a previous acquittal of the man.
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28 Aug 2007
A Northern Ireland company that claims it can make Apple's iPhone work on any mobile network in the world says that it has shelved its proposed solution after receiving a threatening phone call in the middle of the night from a Silicon Valley law firm....
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