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RSS courtCourt forces domain name scammers to quit
News A UK domain name registrar has quit the business after court action was brought against it for cold-calling customers and pretending to be associated with Nominet, the body that governs the .co.uk domain. [21 Oct 2003]
Court ruling silences screaming.net rival
News Localtel, the ISP behind screaming.net, has won a High Court victory against rival Telnet. The court ruled that Telnet cannot claim to have been the first to offer nationally available free time online. [07 Sep 1999]
Court orders Oracle to name its price in SAP spat
News A federal court judge ordered Oracle to name its settlement price in its ongoing litigation against archrival SAP over the handling of proprietary maintenance and support information for former Oracle customers who had... [22 Oct 2008]
Court halts spammer's anti-spam company gag
News A district court judge has rescinded a temporary restraining order against anti-spam operation SpamCop, in an early blow to a case brought by self-professed "Spam King" Scott Richter. A Northern California District... [14 May 2004]
Google vs US gov't: Court date delayed
News Google's attempt to fend off the government's request for millions of search terms will move to a federal court in San Jose, California, on 13 March. hand over similar records, Google was the only recipient that chose to... [03 Feb 2006]
No iPod tax for Canada, court rules
News The Canadian Supreme Court won't hear a case involving extra fees for iPods and other MP3 players in that country, ending a dispute over a so-called iPod tax but rekindling debate over the legality of file swapping. [29 Jul 2005]
AT&T-Microsoft patent spat: Court weighs in
News The US Supreme Court has agreed to wade into a patent case involving AT&T and Microsoft. The case dates back to 2001, when AT&T sued Microsoft in federal court. Last July, a majority on a three-judge... [30 Oct 2006]
Court stops anti-spam firm from blocking junk email
News A Northern California District Court judge has issued a temporary restraining order to prevent SpamCop, an anti-spam operation, from interfering with messages sent by alleged junk emailer OptInRealBig.com. [12 May 2004]
Airline passenger data deal illegal, court rules
News A 2004 deal between the European Union and the US has been deemed illegal by the European Court of Justice in Luxemburg. The Luxembourg Court has now ruled the original deal falls outside European... [30 May 2006]
Ballmer vowed to "kill" Google CEO, court hears
News Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer vowed to "kill" Google in an expletive-laced, chair-throwing tirade when a senior engineer told him he was leaving the company to go to work for Google, the engineer claimed in court documents... [05 Sep 2005]
Court overturns US encryption export ban
News A US court has ruled that restrictions on the export of strong encryption technology are unconstitutional. Judges at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in California have ruled that source code is a form... [07 May 1999]
Texas singles spammer was wrong, court rules
News An online dating service does not have the right to blast unsolicited email at thousands of University of Texas email addresses, a federal appeals court has ruled. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals said... [04 Aug 2005]
Court database tracks down missing offenders
News Magistrates' courts across England and Wales are getting electronic access to one of the country's largest databases to track down offenders who ignore fines and other court penalties. Court staff will... [21 Jul 2005]
Microsoft appeals to delay court battle
News The company has asked a federal appeals court to allow five months for itself and the DoJ to file appeal case documents, and for filings to be four times the usual length, because of the "monumental" scope of the case. [03 Oct 2000]
NSI seeks more solutions in court
News Domain name registrar Network Solutions (NSI) faces a fresh court battle this week, less than a month after the US Department of Justice (DoJ) dropped its anti-trust investigation into the company. NSI, which was bought... [20 Mar 2000]
