Apple Starts Lawsuit Against Samsung For Siri Patent
Judge Lucy Koh has just ruled that she will not suspend Apple’s lawsuit against Samsung that involves Siri. This lawsuit concerns patents that Apple uses for Siri. Apple claims that Samsung has violated a group of patents, including one related to Siri voice search technology.
The Siri case is scheduled to go to trial in March of 2014.
Google, YouTube Trump Viacom In Lawsuit
In 2007, Viacom sued Google alleging that YouTube knowingly allowed pirated video to be posted online violating copyright. Viacom sought damages of $1 billion. In March 2010, Viacom managers had still been uploading video to YouTube and some had even tried to hide their tracks.
Now Google has won a landmark ruling as a judge threw out a $1 billion lawsuit brought by Viacom.
Psystar Mac Cloner Will Pay Apple $2.7M In Damages
Psystar has agreed to pay Apple $2.7 million in damages ($1,337,500 plus $1,337,500 lawyer fees) rather than continue to trial in federal court in Northern California. This will likely bring the company’s sale of Mac cloned computers to an end.
Psystar, the Mac clone maker recently taken down by Apple has revealed their plan to sell 1.87 million machines in 2011.
From Psystar: Under its conservative projections, Psystar told investors it would sell 70,000 computers in 2009, 470,000 systems in 2010 and 1.45 million machines in 2011. The firm’s aggressive growth model, however, put those numbers at 130,000, 1.87 million and 12 million during 2009, 2010 and 2011, respectively.
Recently, U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup favoured Apple by ruling that the Florida Company Psystar violated Apple’s copyright as well as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) when it installed Apple’s operating system on Intel-based computers.
The rogue company file for bankruptcy indicating that Psystar is more than $259,000 in debt.
Last December, the Psystar latest justification of selling unauthorized Mac systems by claiming Apple does not hold any copyright for its Mac OS X operating system. Psystar also claims that Apple’s Leopard OS, has a stealth code running in the background, which restricts only hardware sold by Apple.
Psystar Tries To Sell 1.45 Million Fake Apple Computers
Psystar, the Mac clone maker recently taken down by Apple has revealed their plan to sell 1.87 million machines in 2011.
From Psystar: Under its conservative projections, Psystar told investors it would sell 70,000 computers in 2009, 470,000 systems in 2010 and 1.45 million machines in 2011. The firm’s aggressive growth model, however, put those numbers at 130,000, 1.87 million and 12 million during 2009, 2010 and 2011, respectively.
Recently, U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup favoured Apple by ruling that the Florida Company Psystar violated Apple’s copyright as well as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) when it installed Apple’s operating system on Intel-based computers.
The rogue company file for bankruptcy indicating that Psystar is more than $259,000 in debt.
Last December, the Psystar latest justification of selling unauthorized Mac systems by claiming Apple does not hold any copyright for its Mac OS X operating system. Psystar also claims that Apple’s Leopard OS, has a stealth code running in the background, which restricts only hardware sold by Apple.
Apple Won: Psystar Guilty Of Mac Cloning
U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup favoured Apple by ruling that the Florida Company Psystar violated Apple’s copyright as well as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) when it installed Apple’s operating system on Intel-based computers.
The rogue company file for bankruptcy indicating that Psystar is more than $259,000 in debt.
Last December, the Psystar latest justification of selling unauthorized Mac systems by claiming Apple does not hold any copyright for its Mac OS X operating system. Psystar also claims that Apple’s Leopard OS, has a stealth code running in the background, which restricts only hardware sold by Apple.
BlueBeat Sued Over Beatles Tracks
A federal court in Los Angeles this week stopped BlueBeat from selling Beatles tracks the company has created using “psycho-acoustic simulation”. BlueBeat CEO Hank Risan recreated and copyrighted the Beatles tracks. EMI claims the company have infringed on songs from The Beach Boys, Coldplay and Lily Allen.
Hank Risan said the psycho-acoustic simulation is a synthetic creation of that series of sounds which best expresses the way he believe a particular melody should be heard as a live performance. What is he talking about?
Source: Judge stops 2 Web sites from selling Beatles songs
Spring Design Sues Barnes & Noble Over Nook
Spring Design has filed a lawsuit against Barnes & Noble alleging it misappropriated trade secrets and violated a nondisclosure agreement when the bookstore company launched its electronic reader Nook last month. The issue lies in the dual screen used by Barnes & Noble closely resembles Spring’s e-reader.
From Spring Design, We showed the Alex e-book design to Barnes & Noble in good faith with the intention of working together to provide a superior dual screen e-book to the market.
Source: Barnes & Noble sued by eReader maker Spring Design
Psystar Says Apple Mac OS X is Not Copyrighted
Mac clone maker Psystar latest justification of selling unauthorized Mac systems by claiming Apple does not hold any copyright for its Mac OS X operating system. Psystar also claims that Apple’s Leopard OS, has a stealth code running in the background, which restricts only hardware sold by Apple. The next trial is in April 2009.
Are there bigger corporations backing up Psystar? Apple think so and in fact they said there are 10 corporations behind this case.
Microsoft Guilty Of XBox 360 Disc Scratching
Microsoft has been plagued with Red Ring of Death (RROD) previously, and now it is official that Microsoft knew about the Xbox 360′s disc-scratching issue. Microsoft knew about this problem prior to launch and did not fix it due to the extra 50 cents per console.
Next time you know why your 360 game would not play, just check the disc surface for scratches.
Source: Lawsuit: Microsoft knew about 360 disc scratching issue
Psystar Throws Copyright Abuse At Steve Job’s Face
In the latest effort for Psystar to be an Apple clone, they have ditched the antitrust lawsuit but instead attacked Apple with copyright abuse. Clone wannabe Psystar says Apple prevent competition via the End User License Agreement (EULA) and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). We do not see this going to dent Apple at all.
Read the full counter claim from Psystar following the link provided.
Source: Psystar vs Apple (PDF)
