Yahoo and NCR (founded in 1884 as National Cash Register Company) are battling over computer patents and associated licensing fees in the District Court in San Francisco. On December 13, Yahoo filed suit against NCR (4:02-cv-05813, Yahoo! Inc. v. NCR Corporation
Saundra Brown Armstrong, presiding) claiming it is not infringing NCR’s patents.
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Daily Archives: December 30, 2002
Lindows v. Windows
This New York Times article reports on the anticipated trail in the Western District of Washington that pits the 50 person Lindows.com against the Microsoft behemoth in an effort to revoke the Windows trademark and protect against Microsoft’s claims of copyright infringement. Judge John C. Coughenour’s March 15, 2002 30 page ruling in this ongoing… Continue Reading
Verizon and Privacy Rules
Washington state and telecom provider Verizon are involved in a lawsuit, in the U.S. District Court Western District of Washington, over the collection and distribution of customer data to third parties for marketing purposes. The state’s position is that customer privacy should prevail over sale of their data, while Verizon is pushing the FCC to… Continue Reading
Supreme Court and DVD Case
On December 26, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor issued an order granting a temporary stay in DVD Copy Control Association v. Matthew Pavlovich (S 100609), pending receipt of further documentation relevant to the case. The DVD Copy Control Association has been fighting a three-year long battle to protect the Content Scramble System (CSS), a… Continue Reading
