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Legal Eye: Europe's copyright controversy
Comment The EC move is being heralded as the end to a feud between consumer electronics companies and rights owners that dates back to the 1960s. But what is certain is that the feud is far from over and, if... [18 Jun 2008]
Microsoft to open Canadian development centre
News But so far, a broader feud has killed two attempts by the US Senate to overhaul the immigration system, including a bump in the H-1B quota from a base level of 60,000 to at least 115,000. Amid challenges getting enough... [06 Jul 2007]
Verizon to Vonage: 'Patently no cause for retrial'
News Verizon has asked a federal appeals court to throw out Vonage's request for a retrial in an ongoing feud over internet-phone-related patents. Vonage, the struggling internet phone provider, had argued in a recent court... [03 May 2007]
Steve Jobs and Beatles make trademark peace
News This marks an end to the long-running copyright feud between the two similarly named companies. Apple Inc has reached an agreement with Apple Corps, the record label started by The Beatles in 1968, concerning the use of... [05 Feb 2007]
Verizon exec attacks net neutrality tug-of-war
News The feud over whether to prohibit network operators from making deals to prioritise certain internet content is puzzling because it "amounts to holding a congressional vote on hypothetical business plans," Thomas Tauke,... [12 Jul 2006]
Microsoft v Google: Ex-exec feud returns to court
News Microsoft and Google are heading back to court today in an ongoing dispute over Kai-Fu Lee, a former Microsoft executive that quit in July to work for Google. Microsoft sued Google for hiring Lee to run its operations in China, alleging... [14 Oct 2005]
US moves to keep control of net names
News Members of the US House of Representatives said this week the US should resist international pressure to give up authority over key internet functions amid a mounting feud over the issue. In a letter to Commerce and... [10 Oct 2005]
Feud erupts between network firms
News Two major internet backbone companies are feuding, potentially cutting off significant swaths of the internet for some of each other's customers. On Wednesday, network company Level 3 Communications cut off its direct "peering"... [06 Oct 2005]
First blood to Microsoft in Google hiring feud
News Microsoft proposed on Tuesday settling its lawsuit with Google over the hiring of a former executive in China by asking Google to agree to limit the exec's duties until July 2006 when the non-compete agreement that he signed with... [14 Sep 2005]
iPod update shuts out RealNetworks
News The high-tech feud may be as grounded in public relations as it is in genuine technology development, but it highlights what remains a serious issue in the digital music business. Apple has quietly updated its iPod... [15 Dec 2004]
Web services standard: how it works
News Sun has been embroiled in a bitter feud with Microsoft and IBM over Web service standards, including a year-long dispute over Sun's desire to join a Web services coalition that Microsoft and IBM created to promote the... [12 Sep 2002]
Robbie Williams triumphs in cyber squatting row
News An arbitration panel decided the site had been bought and used in bad faith as Taylor attempted to play his part in fuelling a feud between Williams and the Gallagher brothers who front Oasis. Pop star Robbie Williams... [19 Aug 2002]
Peace Breaks Out in Franco-Prussian mobile war
News Gerhard Schmid has finally agreed to sell his stake in German mobile operator MobilCom, ending a long-running feud with France Telecom. Schmid, founder and chairman of MobilCom, will leave the company and sell his stake... [26 Mar 2002]
More doubts on Compaq-HP merger
News Hewlett adds fuel to HP 'feud' http://www.silicon.com/a49254 The Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), which advises big institutional investors, has come out against the Compaq/HP merger. Richard Ferlauto, vice... [06 Dec 2001]
Hewlett adds fuel to HP 'feud'
News Last week HP boss Carly Fiorina hit out at the press for "lazy" journalism - claiming the media have created a feud between the family and the company just to sell papers (or gain clicks). Walter Hewlett, son of HP... [19 Nov 2001]
