All the stories tagged with: legal
Ubisoft files complaint against author that sued them over alleged Assassin’s Creed copyright infringement
06/01/2012, A couple of days ago, we reported that a lawsuit against Ubisoft would be dropped. For those unfamiliar, the lawsuit involved the Assassin’s Creed franchise in which author John Beiswenger claimed stole ideas from his book, Link. According to Beiswenger, [...]
Court rules that Java APIs are not copyrightable in Google vs Oracle case
06/01/2012, A little over a week ago, we reported that in the legal battle between Google and Oracle, the jury ruled that while Google was guilty of infringing upon Oracle’s copyright, they did not infringe upon any of the company’s patents. [...]
Blizzard raided by South Korean Fair Trade Commission over Diablo 3 complaints
05/31/2012, The South Korean Fair Trade Commission isn’t backing down on its investigation on the numerous complaints about Blizzard’s hot-selling game – Diablo 3. Last week, we said that the South Korean authorities launched an investigation to probe the issue. But [...]
Leisure Suit Larry’s creators sues Wisecrack Games over Sam Suede Kickstarter project
05/31/2012, For those who might remember Leisure Suit Larry, you guys might recall that it wasn’t too long ago that the game was announced for a revival after successfully funding it via Kickstarter. Now it looks like Leisure Suit Larry’s creator, [...]
Google reportedly raided by Korean Fair Trade Commission over anti-trust concerns
05/30/2012, Oh dear Google, what have you done in Korea? The Korea Fair Trade Commission reportedly raided Google’s offices in Seoul on Monday this week. This marks as the second time that the search engine giant’s headquarters in South Korea have [...]
Apple allegedly acquired audio software company Redmatica [Rumor]
05/30/2012, Rumor has it that Cupertino-based tech giant Apple has acquired a startup company in Italy that specializes in developing digital music-editing apps. Redmatica is a company focused on developing software products that enhances the capabilities of audio samplers similar to [...]
Lawsuit against Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed franchise dropped
05/30/2012, About a month ago, we reported that Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed franchise, along with Gametrailers, was sued by author John Beiswenger who claims that the game’s storyline and elements of it was taken from his novel, Link. As we have yet [...]
Apple Patent Shows Off Safari 3D
05/25/2012, A few patent applications filed by Apple were discovered by the folks over at PatentlyApple and they apparently show a 3D version of the Apple web browser Safari that will allegedly allow its users to stack bookmarks, emails, docs and [...]
Samsung Accuses Apple of Withholding Evidence
05/24/2012, Just yesterday, we reported a story about how an unnamed source allegedly told the Korea Times that absolutely nothing had been agreed upon during the court-appointed mediated talks between both the CEOs of Samsung and Apple respectively. Now however, we [...]
Apple hit with patent infringement lawsuit over iTunes, iCloud and App Store
05/24/2012, Nowadays with patents used more as weaponry rather than a shield, we guess we can’t say we’re too surprised to learn that Apple is the target of yet another patent lawsuit by a company called STEC IP (not to be [...]
Jury rules that Google did not infringe upon Oracle’s patents
05/24/2012, For those who might have been following the news, you guys are probably aware that one of the more prominent legal battles currently waged is between Oracle and Google, with the former accusing the latter of copyright infringement pertaining to [...]
Apple and Samsung Agree to Absolutely Nothing During Court Appointed Mediated Talks
05/23/2012, A couple of days ago, we reported the start of court-appointed mediation between the CEOs of Samsung and Apple with regards to patent infringement issues on both sides along with other things. While Samsung exec JK Shin was considering cross-licensing [...]
Texting someone who is driving could end up being illegal one day
05/23/2012, We’ve all heard of the saying, “don’t text while driving”, but now it could be changed to “don’t text those who are driving”. Yes it seems that sending text messages to those who are driving could make you as guilty [...]
