Arbitration
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Aimster loses domain name battle with AOL
News An independent panel of the National Arbitration Forum decides that several Aimster-held Net addresses violate AOL's "AIM" trademark.
Storm brewing over new domain names
News The World Intellectual Property Organisation is preparing itself for a possible flood of complaints over the new .biz and .info domain names.
Radio stations sue to avoid paying for music on Web
News CBS's Infinity Broadcasting and other radio station owners sued to overturn a US Copyright Office ruling that requires thousands of broadcasters using the Web to pay fees for playing music.
McAfee seeks gag on exec ousted over options
News Former McAfee President Kevin Weiss wants to clear his name after being awarded damages over his firing, but McAfee wants the information to remain confidential.
Tags: Antivirus software, Stock, Dallas, McAfee Inc., arbitration, SEC, Texas, tax, president, stock option
Yahoo has escape clause in Microsoft search deal
News Yahoo has reserved the right to terminate its search deal with Microsoft, if it doesn't maintain an unspecified amount of revenue per search and query market share.
Tags: Web browsers, Web 2.0, Web services, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search Advertising, Compensation, Associated Press, arbitration, ComScore Networks Inc.
iPhone battery lawsuit dismissed
News Apple is off the hook after a judge rules the company provided sufficient disclosure on the iPhone's package that the battery could not be replaced by the user.
Tags: Smart phones, Mac OS, 3G (Third Generation), Lawsuits, Battery, Apple Inc., Lawsuit, Bloomberg L.P., AT&T Corp., Apple iPod
Apple, Psystar agree to dispute resolution process
News The two companies have agreed to pursue a mediated settlement process before resorting to a trial, which could keep the eventual outcome of the case under seal.
Tags: Mac OS, Personal Computers, Desktops, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, operating system, Computer, antitrust
Hacking online games a widespread problem
News With real money on the line in online games and virtual worlds, publishers need to get a handle on how many different exploits are being implemented every day.
Tags: Hacking, Security, Player, Bot, EULA, Gary McGraw, Bragg, Online Game, computer, hacking
BT to claim compensation from Vivendi, Vodafone
News British Telecommunications Plc plans to make a multimillion pound compensation claim against Vodafone Group Plc and Vivendi SA for being excluded from their Internet alliance in France.
Short Take: Cyber justice comes to S'pore Nov 15
News On November 15, a new policy will kick to help settle .sg domain name disputes out of court, for as little as S$2,750.
Nokia-Qualcomm license deal runs out
News Following the expiration of the licensing agreement Monday, Qualcomm files an arbitration demand asking for continued payments from the handset maker.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Software licensing, Patents
Domain policy aims to keep fights out of court
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New York investigating Blodget?
News The state is investigating whether analysts have operated under conflict of interest. Merrill Lynch's Henry Blodget may be among those under scrutiny.
US govt unveils copyright-search Web tool
News The US Copyright Office has launched a Web tool to help identify who owns copyrights to movies, books and other works.
Online search tool finds copyright owners
News The US Copyright Office launches a Web tool to help identify who owns copyrights to movies, books and other works.
