Tech Law

Electronics retailer Best Buy is being investigated for allegedly using two different Web sites to sell merchandise online, including one that may have led to some consumers paying higher prices. The office of Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is looking into the alleged bait-and-switc...

Google's Book Search project "systematically violates copyright" and deprives content owners of the opportunity to make money from their creations, according to a top Microsoft attorney. In a prepared speech to be given Tuesday to the annual meeting of the Association of American Publishers in New Y...

Intel may have deleted some documents requested by Advanced Micro Devices as part of an ongoing antitrust lawsuit, Intel attorneys said on Monday. In response, AMD accused the leading chipmaker of apparently destroying evidence. In a letter to U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Farnan Jr., Intel said ...

EMI on Friday formally rejected a $4.1 billion takeover bid from Warner Music Group, in the latest music industry attempt to consolidate the few remaining major labels. The world's third- and fourth-largest record labels, EMI and Warner have been flirting with a possible merger for some time. EMI sa...

The European Commission on Thursday stepped up the antitrust penalties Microsoft could have to pay to a whopping $4 million a day for what the Commission says are unreasonable pricing practices. In a statement of objections sent to Microsoft, the commission said the company had failed to comply with...

As the Microsoft v. AT&T case wound its way through the U.S. court system, warnings abounded that an adverse ruling could seriously complicate software companies' global manufacturing and sales strategies. This theory was reinforced by a federal court jury decision, which ordered Microsoft to pa...

As the Microsoft v. AT&T case wound its way through the U.S. court system, warnings abounded that an adverse ruling could seriously complicate software companies' global manufacturing and sales strategies. This theory was reinforced by a federal court jury decision, which ordered Microsoft to pa...

As the Microsoft v. AT&T case wound its way through the U.S. court system, warnings abounded that an adverse ruling could seriously complicate software companies' global manufacturing and sales strategies. This theory was reinforced by a federal court jury decision, which ordered Microsoft to pa...

A federal jury has ordered Microsoft to pay $1.52 billion to Alcatel-Lucent for infringing on two patents that convert audio into the digital MP3 file format. One of the largest patent awards on record, Microsoft has said the ruling could also impact companies that have licensed this technology, inc...

Google, hoping to fend off ongoing criticism and potential legal battles, has decided to tackle copyright issues head on and will soon offer antipiracy technologies to halt unauthorized video-sharing, the company announced this week. YouTube, which Google acquired late last year in a $1.6 billion st...

The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments Wednesday for a patent case that could impact how manufacturers configure and sell computers overseas, and to what extent U.S. patent laws can be enforced in foreign countries. Called Microsoft v. AT&T, the software industry is aligning behind Mic...

The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments Wednesday for a patent case that could impact how manufacturers configure and sell computers overseas, and to what extent U.S. patent laws can be enforced in foreign countries. Called Microsoft v. AT&T, the software industry is aligning behind Mic...

The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments Wednesday for a patent case that could impact how manufacturers configure and sell computers overseas, and to what extent U.S. patent laws can be enforced in foreign countries. Called Microsoft v. AT&T, the software industry is aligning behind Mic...

The United States is considering taking legal action against China for continued violations of intellectual property rights, as well as the use of subsidies in a broad array of manufactured goods. The U.S. may pursue its case to the World Trade Organization -- an action it has previously threatened ...

Most of us are quite aware of a new, brewing scandal -- the stock option scandal. It has been revealed that some companies have "cooked the books" when it came to reporting dates of stock option grants. The purpose of misdating the stock option was to accommodate executives by giving them the possi...