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San Francisco axes cellphone warning law in settlement with CTIA

IDGNS staff — Wed, 08 May 2013 21:01:24 +0000

San Francisco killed its cellphone radiation warning law on Tuesday by agreeing to settle a lawsuit by the mobile industry group CTIA.

Spamhaus DDoS suspect extradited to the Netherlands

IDGNS staff — Wed, 08 May 2013 15:56:35 +0000

A 35-year-old Dutchman suspected of participating in a large DDoS attack on antispam organization Spamhaus was extradited from Spain to the Netherlands on Monday evening, the Dutch Public Prosecution Service said Wednesday.

Megaupload's lawyers: DOJ's charges have no basis in law

IDGNS staff — Tue, 07 May 2013 16:37:23 +0000

The U.S. Department of Justice's copyright infringement case against file storage service Megaupload is "prosecutorial overreach" based on a misreading of U.S. law, the site's lawyers argue in a white paper released Tuesday.

EU data protection vote delayed again

IDGNS staff — Tue, 07 May 2013 15:40:57 +0000

An important vote on the future of the European Union's privacy laws has been delayed again.

Apple's privacy policy violates German data protection law, Berlin court rules

IDGNS staff — Tue, 07 May 2013 15:10:49 +0000

Apple violates German data protection law by asking for users' broad, overall consent in its privacy policy, the Regional Court of Berlin ruled.

Operator of German file-sharing site sentenced to almost four years in prison

IDGNS staff — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:49:55 +0000

A 33-year-old man was sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison by a German court for running the torrent site torrent.to between December 2005 and April 2008.

Don't call it a 'hackathon' in Germany

Phil Johnson — Mon, 06 May 2013 14:17:36 +0000

A German company has trademarked the term 'hackathon'

EU says Motorola abused its position by seeking and enforcing injunction against Apple

IDGNS staff — Mon, 06 May 2013 11:52:36 +0000

Motorola Mobility abuses its dominant position in the E.U. by seeking and enforcing an injunction against Apple in Germany on the basis of its mobile phone standard-essential patents (SEPs), the European Commission said in a preliminary antitrust review of the case on Monday.

Facebook gets to keep its 'Timeline' following trademark settlement

IDGNS staff — Fri, 03 May 2013 23:27:18 +0000

Facebook has reached an agreement with the company Timelines Inc. to settle a trademark infringement lawsuit over the social network's use of the name Timeline.

Accused SpyEye creator extradited to the US

IDGNS staff — Fri, 03 May 2013 18:39:03 +0000

An Algerian man accused of helping to develop and distribute the SpyEye computer virus has been extradited from Thailand to the U.S. to face criminal charges, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.

Hedge fund manager sentenced in Dell insider trading case

IDGNS staff — Thu, 02 May 2013 20:20:07 +0000

A former portfolio manager at the now defunct Diamondback Capital Management has been sentenced to 54 months in prison for crimes related to a multimillion dollar insider trading scheme involving computer maker Dell and hardware maker Nvidia.

Dutch bill seeks to give law enforcement hacking powers

IDGNS staff — Thu, 02 May 2013 10:47:28 +0000

The Dutch government today presented a draft bill that aims to give law enforcement the power to hack into computer systems -- including those located in foreign countires -- to do research, gather and copy evidence or block access to certain data.

P2P piracy putting pressure on Chinese video sites

IDGNS staff — Thu, 02 May 2013 09:17:32 +0000

After spending millions to buy licensed TV shows and movies, China's top online video site is facing a surge in piracy from a new crop of offenders threatening to cut into its business.

SAP loses bid to overturn $345 million patent judgment

IDGNS staff — Wed, 01 May 2013 21:32:34 +0000

An appeals court has rejected SAP's attempt to overturn a US$345 million judgment awarded to Versata Software, which had brought a patent-infringement case against the software maker.

Senator introduces legislation targeting patent trolls

IDGNS staff — Wed, 01 May 2013 19:42:34 +0000

A U.S. senator has introduced legislation allowing the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to review and invalidate controversial patents challenged by technology startups in an effort to discourage so-called patent trolls.