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monster cable
Monster Cable Sues Monster Mini Golf For, You Guessed It, Name Confusion
If people ever decide to wake up and stop paying the huge markups for Monster Cable for technology that's not even here yet, Monster can go into another business: selling balls. They've sure got an excess, seeing as they're following up a suit against another cable company because the connectors are too similar with a suit against a MINI GOLF COMPANY because their NAMES ARE TOO SIMILAR. More »
apple
Apple's Sparking Power Supply Lawsuit Settled (Verdict: They're Paying)
The class action lawsuit brought against Apple for PowerBook and iBook power bricks with the potential to spark has been settled. If the final approval for the settlement goes through, Apple will pay $25 to $79 to customers who "bought an adapter made by Apple or another company to replace a failed one." [LA Times, photo from Don Ramsey]
video sharing
Flip Camcorder Stole 13% of Market, May Have Also Stolen Software
The Flip camcorder won our hearts with a stripped down, value priced approach to home video. However, a company called Advanced Video Technologies (AVT) has filed suit claiming that the company behind the Flip stole their patented Full Duplex Single Chip Video Codec compression software. Fortunately for consumers, AVT is not seeking to block sales of the Flip, but I bet they would love to get their hands on some of the gravy from that 13% share. [Reuters]
apple
Apple Sued for iMac Display Deception, Steve Jobs Suspected Closet Megatron
The hyenas are grouping again to grab some chops off Apple with yet-another-class-action suit. This one claims that the iMac's 20-inch display has been marketed as having the same features as the iMac 24-inch. Looking at Apple's site, their case seems without much merit (the technical term, I believe, is "bloodyfrikkinstupidtastic"). Here's Apple description and the lawyers' press release:
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lhc
Contrary to the somewhat feverish claims laid out in an recent lawsuit, when our favorite particle-smashing, Force-finding Large Hadron Collider is switched on soon it will not result in the destruction of life as we know it. Such claims are "complete nonsense" say the scientists at CERN (and everywhere else,) in response to the suit. They should know: it's their machine, they designed it and they've been telling everyone for a while that their research shows it's safe.
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CERN to Morons: Large Hadron Collider Won't Destroy Earth. Morons.
Contrary to the somewhat feverish claims laid out in an recent lawsuit, when our favorite particle-smashing, Force-finding Large Hadron Collider is switched on soon it will not result in the destruction of life as we know it. Such claims are "complete nonsense" say the scientists at CERN (and everywhere else,) in response to the suit. They should know: it's their machine, they designed it and they've been telling everyone for a while that their research shows it's safe.
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apple
Apple Sued for Time Machine Patent Infringement
Another day, another patent lawsuit for Apple. This time they're being sued by the firm Mirror Worlds. The patents at issue deal with a "document stream operating system," which means files are stored in a chronologically ordered stream, and whoa, are archived automatically. Sounds like Time Machine, even though the suit doesn't name Time Machine explicitly. In fact the whole suit's rather vague, except they say that Apple knew about their patents back in 2001. But like most patent suits, this one will probably go quietly into the night. [Ars, USPTO]
windows vista
Vista Capable Sticker Lawsuit Becomes Class Action
Remember the lawsuit filed a little while ago against Microsoft because PCs with "Windows Vista Capable" stickers weren't actually all that Vista Capable? A federal judge just granted that suit class action status, meaning that if you bought a Vista "Capable" PC during the 2006 Holidays, you might be in store to get a little bit of cash back. More »
objection
Woman Sues Best Buy For $54 Million After They Lost Her Laptop
Stories like this pop up from time to time, but it never ceases to amaze how crazy ass lawsuits end up tying up our legal system. In this case, Best Buy customer Raelyn Campbell purchased a $1100 laptop from a DC area store along with the absurd $300 extended warranty. When her on/off switch broke later that year, she returned to the store to get a repair. More »
roundup
Afternoon News: Apple's Patent, Cashwrap, and Lawsuit
• An Apple Patent that refers to wobbling icons is strikingly similar to the same feature found in the leaked iPhone 1.1.3 firmware, confirmation? [Mobile Mag]• Apple stores that still have "cashwrap" counters, aka cash register counters, will soon be moving to those portable credit card-transaction computers. But don't worry you cash lovers, the Genius Bar will handle all cash transactions, and the flagship stores are keeping their "cashwrap" counters. [ifo Apple Store]
•An anti-trust lawsuit has been filed against Apple with charges of holding a monopoly on the digital music market. The major complaint in the charge is Apple's inability to support Windows WMA format, which we can't argue with. [Information Week]
Apple Backdated Stock Options Suit Dismissed, Fanboys Rejoice
Steve Jobs' options case has been thrown out of court. The judge let the case go since there's been no drop in the stock price as a result of the backdating. [Apple Insider]
Steve Jobs' options case has been thrown out of court. The judge let the case go since there's been no drop in the stock price as a result of the backdating. [Apple Insider]
cellphones
T-Mobile Lawsuit Questions the Fairness of Phone Locking, Early Termination Fees
Against T-Mobile's formal protests, the California Supreme Court cleared the way for a class-action lawsuit that seeks to stop the carrier from collecting early service termination fees of $200. According to Wired:The plaintiffs also seek an order requiring T-Mobile to disclose the existence and effect of the software locks it places on the phones it sells, and to offer to unlock the handsets so consumers can switch to a different carrier without buying a new phone.Finally, someone is making real headway in finding out whether these restrictions are legal or fair. We've lived with them for so long, they seem like a permanent reality, but this raises the prospect of free and unfettered mobile-phone choice—at least among four giant, greedy corporations. [Wired]
6:10 PM on Fri Oct 12 2007
By Wilson Rothman
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Latest by Naikrovek: the only outcome of this is that you will no longer be able to buy your phone - you will rent or license it from the carrier instead. unfortunately, it'll solve little. more »
steve jobs
A lawsuit has been filed against Steve Jobs and O.J. Simpson, with allegations of Apple hiring O.J. as a hitman, exhibiting prejudice toward political prisoners by slashing iPhone prices, and cloning Dolly the sheep in 1998. The plaintiff also claimed he is in danger of being radio-wave warped by O.J. for possessing old cards of the Hall of Fame wack job.
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Steve Jobs and O.J. Simpson Sued For Aiming Missiles at Prisoner's Brain
A lawsuit has been filed against Steve Jobs and O.J. Simpson, with allegations of Apple hiring O.J. as a hitman, exhibiting prejudice toward political prisoners by slashing iPhone prices, and cloning Dolly the sheep in 1998. The plaintiff also claimed he is in danger of being radio-wave warped by O.J. for possessing old cards of the Hall of Fame wack job.
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vista capable
Did Microsoft Deceive With 'Vista Capable'?
A judge has ruled that a trial against Microsoft can proceed to decide whether they misled people with their "Vista Capable" advertising campaign. Two PC buyers have started a class action, and are arguing that they bought machines that weren't capable of running Aero, even though they were marked as "Vista Capable." More »
cellphones
Death of Innovation: Hop-on Gets Patent for MP3 Phones, Plans to Sue Everyone
You may not be familiar with Hop-on, a company based in both Irvine, CA, and China, but you're going to hear a lot about them soon. Why? Because they've just been granted a patent for an "MP3 phone with speakers on the side, in addition to front and side buttons to activate its camera/video features." Doesn't that describe just about every phone that plays MP3s? Yes. Yes it does. More »
home entertainment
Google is not easily intimidated. If a gigantic corporation sued me for $1 billion, I would probably drop a load in my pants and offer to do anything — and I mean anything — to get out of it. But Google? They aren't scared of Viacom or their attention-grabbing lawsuit.
Google: "What Lawsuit?"
Google is not easily intimidated. If a gigantic corporation sued me for $1 billion, I would probably drop a load in my pants and offer to do anything — and I mean anything — to get out of it. But Google? They aren't scared of Viacom or their attention-grabbing lawsuit."This is an area of law where there are a bunch of really clear precedents, so Amazon and eBay have both been found to qualify for the safe harbor and there are a whole bunch more. We will continue to innovate and continue to host material for people, without being distracted by this suit."Cold-blooded! More »
riaa boycott
RIAA Tires of Suing Babies and Elderly; Moves on to Paralyzed Stroke Victims
John Paladuk, a retired railroad employee whose left side was completely paralyzed by a stroke last year and uses the resulting disability check as his sole means of income, is being sued by the RIAA for copyright infringement. Also, he lived in Florida during the time period the RIAA is accusing him of engaging in nefarious acts of piracy. In Michigan. More »
home entertainment
