Mobile operator Vodafone has initiated legal proceedings against Telecom New Zealand, alleging the Kiwi incumbent's new XT mobile network was causing interference to Vodafone's own.
Telstra is keeping its lawyers busy: the telco has decided to take the government to court once again, this time over the planned closure of its CDMA network.
Symantec has launched a suit charging Microsoft with misappropriating its intellectual property and with violating a licence related to data storage technology.
Internet phone company Net2Phone has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against rival Skype Technologies and its parent company, eBay.
Two large institutional investors have filed suit against Hewlett-Packard, alleging that the computer maker violated its own severance cap when it doled out a multimillion-dollar payment to ousted CEO Carly Fiorina.
Australian telecoms is increasingly resembling the US during Prohibition, with Telstra as Al Capone and the ACCC as Eliot Ness.
If there was ever evidence that the stoush over broadband had gotten personal, it came when Telstra's sour-grapes mentality led it to sue Helen Coonan, personally, for claimed procedural flaws in the OPEL contract.
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It's time for Microsoft to seek an annuity base that isn't as tied to the upgrade cycle as its current revenue model is.
When you're the industry's 800-pound gorilla, what's a few billion dollars to pay for problems to disappear?
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Developers wanting to use Microsoft's Office Open XML specification will need to brush up on their legal skills.
Parents and students attending an Illinois school district are suing over the use of Wi-Fi technology in classrooms, alleging that exposure to the low-level radio waves may be damaging to students' health.
The latest lawsuit against Intel could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars and eventually have an impact on every PC maker that uses Pentium processors.
Studio 321 is pushing ahead with new DVD-copying software despite an imminent ruling on its legality under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
America Online has quietly secured a patent that could shake up the competitive landscape for instant messaging software.
Apple learnt its lesson when it tried - and failed - to sue Microsoft for copyright infringement of its interface. It has since turned its attention to patents but should not be allowed to succeed here either.
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