A class-action lawsuit against Apple (read it below) accuses the tech giant of double billing customers for downloads made from the company's iTunes Store. The lawsuit filed by New York resident Robert Herskowitz alleges that Apple charged him twice for purchasing a single pop song, "Whataya Want from Me?" (Note: if you're…
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"Trust me, my pungent friend. You'll get what's coming to you!" Disney's new copyright infringement lawsuit against an alleged eBay purveyor of counterfeit movies appears to be dispensing advice from Aladdin's Jafar. According to the lawsuit (read it below), Atlanta resident Michael Jones has allegedly been selling 'obviously counterfeit' Disney…
Enough already! That's the message from Judge Richard Posner, the federal judge presiding over one of many patent feuds between Apple and Motorola Mobility. Dagnabbit, Apple, Judge Posner is fed up with your legal team's motion practice! "I've had my fill of frivolous filings by Apple," he wrote in a…
Jerald Bovino, the holder of a U.S. Patent (No. 6,977,809) for a portable computer case made of 'resilient material' designed with 'ribs,' is suing Apple and Target, claiming that Apple's manufacture and sale of iPad and iPad 2 cases (inset, right), and Target's sale of the iPad Smart Cover, infringe…
If you think that texting is so '90s, guess again. A new criminal case against former BP employee Kurt Mix is an important reminder that, while social networks like Facebook and Twitter may be all the rage, deleting work-related text messages from your mobile phone might get you in trouble…
The U.S. International Trade Commission ('ITC') issued a preliminary ruling today concluding that Apple iPhone and iPad wireless devices violate Motorola Mobility's U.S. Patent No. 6,246,697. Patent holder Motorola Mobility — whose acquisition by Android OS maker Google is still pending — holds this more than 10-year-old wireless method and…
Aerosoft GMBH, the German software company that makes the 'Airbus X' game, add-on program to Microsoft's Flight Simulator, sued a host of unknown 'Does' in federal court, claiming the defendants engaged in copyright infringement via peer-to-peer ('P2P') file-sharing of plaintiff's game. The Airbus X might have been a game that…
Facebook's and Mark Zuckerberg's lawyers told a federal court yesterday that convicted felon Paul Ceglia's latest discovery requests should be put on hold, and that Ceglia's lawsuit claiming a fifty-percent (50%) ownership stake in Facebook should be dismissed. Lawyers at Gibson Dunn were emphatic that the court should not "perversely…
Facebook filed its answer and counterclaims against Yahoo! today in the Silicon Valley patent battle between the social networking giant and the fading portal. Yahoo filed its patent lawsuit three weeks ago, and Facebook fired back a salvo of patent infringement counterclaims right back at the portal. Facebook claims that…
Martha Davis, a founding member of the '80s rock band The Motels, filed a class action lawsuit today against the EMI record label. Davis and her group are known for their 1980's chart topping hits, "Only the Lonely" and "Suddenly Last Summer." The legendary songstress accuses the label that she…