A few weeks ago, Microsoft exec Sarah Bond said that in November, “players will be able to play and purchase Xbox games directly from the Xbox App on Android.” It’s almost December and the feature still isn’t live, but Bond… Read More
Tag: Legal
Apple Wins $250 But Little Else At Trial On Watch Patents
A federal jury in Delaware awarded Apple Inc. $250 on Friday, finding the original designs of Masimo Corp’s smartwatches infringed Apple Watch design patterns, Bloomberg Law reported. The jury’s mixed verdict marks the latest chapter in a long-running clash over… Read More
Google Allegedly Monopolized Internet Search For A Decade
The watershed antitrust trial pitting the US Government against Google began on Tuesday in a Washington district court, as the government started to argue its case that the tech giant illegally abused its power to monopolize internet search, The Guardian… Read More
Appeals Court Rules Government May Have Violated 1st Amendment
A U.S. appeals court on Friday ruled several government entities including the White House, the FBI, the Surgeon General and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention likely violated the First Amendment by pressuring social media companies to moderate their… Read More
FTC Loses Appeals Court Bid To Temporarily Block Microsoft-Activision Deal
In a victory for Microsoft, the U.S. Appeals Court for the 9th Circuit late on Friday denied the Federal Trade Commission’s motion to temporarily stop Microsoft from closing its $68.7 billion acquisition of video game publisher Activision Blizzard, CNBC reported…. Read More
Microsoft-Activision Deal Approved By Judge
A federal judge in San Francisco has denied the Federal Trade Commission’s motion for a preliminary injunction to stop Microsoft from completing its acquisition of video game publisher Activision Blizzard, CNBC reported. The deal isn’t completely in the clear, though…. Read More
California Court Affirms Right To Treat Uber And Lyft Drivers as Contractors
Uber Technologies Inc., Lyft Inc. and other companies scored a victory with a California court ruling that preserves their independent contractor model in the state and could boost their efforts to maintain that model elsewhere, The Wall Street Journal reported…. Read More