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  IBM slapped with 3rd mainframe antitrust complaint in Europe

  The third antitrust complaint against IBM's mainframe business was filed with the European Commission Tuesday, compounding the firm's regulatory problems in Europe.

  By Paul Meller | 24 March, 2010 02:33

  Tags: antitrust, IBM, lawsuit, mainframe

• Dell sues five LCD makers for alleged price-fixing

  Dell has filed a lawsuit against five LCD makers that charges them with colluding to fix prices for products, a Dell spokesman said Monday.

  By James Niccolai | 16 March, 2010 12:29

  Tags: dell, Epson, HannStar. LCD, hitachi, lawsuit, price fixing, sharp, toshiba

• Apple's lawsuit against HTC is working

  Apple is already reaping the benefits of its patent infringement lawsuit against HTC, according to one analyst.

  By Jared Newman | 10 March, 2010 09:13

  Tags: Apple, htc, lawsuit

• HTC says it uses own technology, not Apple's

  Smartphone maker High Tech Computer (HTC) on Wednesday defended itself against accusations of patent infringement by Apple, saying it develops its own technology.

  By Dan Nystedt | 03 March, 2010 20:55

  Tags: Apple, htc, lawsuit, smartphones

• Sony, LG, Samsung, Hitachi, Toshiba accused of price fixing

  A home electronics retail store has filed a class-action lawsuit against Sony Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Toshiba Corp., LG Electronics Inc., Hitachi Ltd. and several subsidiaries, accusing the electronics manufacturers of colluding to fix prices in the U.S. optical disc drive (ODD) market.

  By Lucas Mearian | 27 February, 2010 08:06

  Tags: hitachi, lawsuit, lg, optical disc, samsung, sony, toshiba

• Xerox sues Google, YouTube and Yahoo over search patents

  Xerox has filed a lawsuit against Yahoo, Google and YouTube alleging infringement of Xerox patents on search and integration technology.

  By Owen Fletcher | 24 February, 2010 13:40

  Tags: Google, google adwords, lawsuit, xerox, Yahoo, youtube

• Setback for SAP in Oracle suit

  Oracle has won a battle regarding the way damages can be calculated in its intellectual property lawsuit against SAP, according to a ruling filed Jan. 28 in US District Court for the Northern District of California.

  By Chris Kanaracus | 02 February, 2010 08:30

  Tags: lawsuit, oracle, sap

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  Bank files lawsuit against victim of $800,000 cybertheft

  A Texas bank is suing a customer hit by an $800,000 cybertheft incident in a case that could test the extent to which customers should be held responsible for protecting their online accounts from compromises.

  By Jaikumar Vijayan | 27 January, 2010 09:41

  Tags: lawsuit, security, theft

• Judge nixes class-actions in Microsoft WGA lawsuit

  A federal judge has killed class-action allegations in a lawsuit that accused Microsoft of misleading consumers when it fed them anti-piracy software under the auspices of a critical security update, according to court documents.

  By Gregg Keizer | 22 January, 2010 01:53

  Tags: anti-piracy, lawsuit, Microsoft, wga

• Nokia fires new patent lawsuit at Apple in growing battle

  Mobile phone maker Nokia has filed a new U.S. lawsuit accusing Apple of patent infringement, according to court documents, escalating the legal battle between the companies.

  By Owen Fletcher | 05 January, 2010 21:22

  Tags: Apple, lawsuit, Nokia

• Lawsuit claims HP PCs suffer constant lockups, crashes

  A Colorado man has sued Hewlett-Packard, saying that its Pavilion Elite desktop computers are "inherently defective," and constantly lock up within 10-20 minutes of use.

  By Gregg Keizer | 17 November, 2009 07:45

  Tags: HP, lawsuit, quad-core

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  Microsoft denies it profits from Vista-to-XP downgrades

  Microsoft has denied that it makes money when users "downgrade" Windows Vista to the older XP, as a lawsuit filed last week alleges.

  By Gregg Keizer | 17 February, 2009 14:01

  Tags: lawsuit, vista capable lawsuit

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  Woman sues Microsoft over XP downgrade charge

  A woman has filed a class-action lawsuit against Microsoft over a US$59.25 charge for downgrading her Windows Vista PC to XP.

  By Elizabeth Montalbano | 16 February, 2009 07:28

  Tags: lawsuit, Windows Vista, windows xp

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  'Vista Capable' case could cost Microsoft US$8.5B

  Microsoft would have to come up with as much as $8.5 billion to settle accounts with the customers affected by its 2006 "Vista Capable" marketing program, according to documents unsealed by a federal court.

  By Gregg Keizer | 27 January, 2009 12:06

  Tags: lawsuit, legal, Microsoft, vista

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  SAP wants information about Oracle's deal with partner

  SAP wants a federal court to make Oracle hand over records of its business arrangement with CedarCrestone, an Alpharetta, Georgia, systems integrator that provides third-party support for Oracle PeopleSoft applications.

  By Chris Kanaracus | 21 January, 2009 07:07

  Tags: lawsuit, oracle, TomorrowNow