http://www.eweek.com Legal - RSS Feeds en-us Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:40:01 -0400 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:40:01 -0400 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:29:31 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Legal/Watchdogs-Claim-NebuAd-Hijacking-Sites/?kc=rss - Two watchdog groups accused Silicon Valley startup NebuAd June 18 of hijacking Web sites and intercepting users' browsers. NebuAd is an online advertising company that provides targeted advertising for ISPs. According to a new technical report (PDF) by Free Press and Public Knowledge, NebuAd use...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Legal/Watchdogs-Claim-NebuAd-Hijacking-Sites/?kc=rss Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:44:16 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Legal/Novells-WordPerfect-Lawsuit-against-Microsoft-to-go-Forward/?kc=rss - For more than a year now, Microsoft and Novell have appeared to be best buddies. While it is true that two former enemies are now on good terms, they'd never agreed to settle one issue: Novell's lawsuit against Microsoft for illegally crushing WordPerfect. Now, the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appe...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Legal/Novells-WordPerfect-Lawsuit-against-Microsoft-to-go-Forward/?kc=rss Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:25:00 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Legal/Patent-Reform-Stalling-in-Senate/?kc=rss - While patent reform legislation stalls in Congress, infringement lawsuits continue to pile up like cordwood in the technology sector. Since the House approved a version of patent reform that was strongly supported by the technology industry Sept. 7, Apple, Gateway, Hewlett-Packard and Intel have all...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Legal/Patent-Reform-Stalling-in-Senate/?kc=rss Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:14:00 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Legal/Clock-Ticks-on-QTEoneclickQTE/?kc=rss - Recently the Internet has started to seem like a lighter, happier place. Web pages have been clearer, graphics have looked snappier, Flash advertisements have seemed a tiny bit less annoying. It's almost as if a great darkness has begun to lift. What has been the cause of all of this good cheer? ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Legal/Clock-Ticks-on-QTEoneclickQTE/?kc=rss Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:57:30 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Legal/Microsofts-Loss-Helps-Google-Or-Does-It/?kc=rss - A European courts decision to uphold complaints about Microsofts anti-competitive behavior means customers could end up with more choice in a number of areas, such as servers and security, and opens the door for competitors such as Google. But Google ma Why the decision helps Google: Whats bad for m...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Legal/Microsofts-Loss-Helps-Google-Or-Does-It/?kc=rss Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:27:50 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Legal/Microsoft-EU-Antitrust-A-Case-History/?kc=rss - The European Unions challenge to Microsofts desktop hegemony has been history-making from the start nine years ago. Heres a look at the highlights from Microsoft Watchs Joe Wilcox. Sun files complaint about server interoperability. EU conducts an investigation of Microsoft, including legal filings a...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Legal/Microsoft-EU-Antitrust-A-Case-History/?kc=rss Mon, 07 May 2007 11:12:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Legal/Another-Bad-Technology-Bill/?kc=rss - Earlier this year I came up with a list of the worst technology bills of all time, but it looks like I already need to update it, as a whopper of a bad technology bill is right on the horizon. In that list, I included the CAN-SPAM Act, which has really lived up to its name, if not its proposed inte...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Legal/Another-Bad-Technology-Bill/?kc=rss Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:19:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Legal/Broad-Patents-Threaten-to-Stifle-Innovation/?kc=rss - My Microsoft Watch colleague Joe Wilcox recently blogged about a Microsoft advertising campaign for its beginning developer-oriented Visual Studio Express Edition, in which a picture of a young Bill Gates sits beside a caption that reads, Inspiration Starts Somewhere. However, in light of the p...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Legal/Broad-Patents-Threaten-to-Stifle-Innovation/?kc=rss Wed, 28 Mar 2007 12:09:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Legal/Law-Firm-Makes-Case-for-eRoom/?kc=rss - DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP is the second-largest law firm in the world, and its attorneys needed a way to collaborate and share documents with one another as well as with clients and co-counsel. The verdict: Use of EMCs Documentum eRoom, a Web-based collaboration platform that allows for sec...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Legal/Law-Firm-Makes-Case-for-eRoom/?kc=rss Thu, 25 Jan 2007 14:00:00 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Legal/The-Buzz-%5B34%5D/?kc=rss - LAWSUIT Intel countersues Transmeta THREE MONTHS AFTER TRANSmeta sued Intel claiming patent infringements, the chip giant fired back, alleging Transmeta is infringing on seven Intel patents. In the suit filed Jan. 9 in U.S. District Court in Delaware, Intel is charging that Transmetas Crusoe, Eff...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Legal/The-Buzz-%5B34%5D/?kc=rss Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:44:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Legal/eWEEK-EDITORS-CHOICE-CONTEST-RULES/?kc=rss - eWEEK EDITORS CHOICE CONTEST RULES NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. To enter the contest, visit http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2008232,00.asp. A completed entry form must have your first and last name, e-mail address, telephone number and age (you must have a valid email address to participate ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Legal/eWEEK-EDITORS-CHOICE-CONTEST-RULES/?kc=rss Mon, 24 Oct 2005 18:30:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Legal/ICANN-Verisign-Settle-Lawsuit/?kc=rss - A settlements been reached in a federal lawsuit that VeriSign filed claiming that an Internet oversight agency had overstepped its boundaries. The settlement must be approved by the boards of VeriSign Inc., a company whose operation is fundamental to the Internet, and ICANN (The Internet Corporat...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Legal/ICANN-Verisign-Settle-Lawsuit/?kc=rss Thu, 28 Jul 2005 10:02:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Legal/Roberts-Nomination-Highlights-Webs-Influence/?kc=rss - Youd think, by listening to all the public worrying, that Washington, D.C. was expecting an attack by Martians: An invasion of strange creature intent on disturbing the Capitols treasured way of life. But, no, as reporters and lobbyists contemplate the confirmation hearings of Judge John G. Rober...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Legal/Roberts-Nomination-Highlights-Webs-Influence/?kc=rss Thu, 21 Jul 2005 14:56:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Legal/FTC-Targets-XRated-Spam/?kc=rss - The Federal Trade Commission has charged seven companies with violating federal laws that require labels on e-mail containing sexually explicit content. Suits filed in U.S. District Court Wednesday seek civil penalties against TJ Web Productions, Cyberheat Inc. and Impulse Media. The other four c...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Legal/FTC-Targets-XRated-Spam/?kc=rss Mon, 27 Jun 2005 20:37:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Legal/Expert-Grokster-Decision-Wont-Negate-Sony-Fair-Use-Law/?kc=rss - The Supreme Courts decision Monday that Grokster and other file-swapping services can be held liable for illegal downloading doesnt overturn the fair use doctrine established in the early 1980s when consumers started buying videocassette recorders to copy television shows and movies, according to ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Legal/Expert-Grokster-Decision-Wont-Negate-Sony-Fair-Use-Law/?kc=rss