News tagged with district court

US seeks injunction on Indian drug firm Ranbaxy

US officials sought a "groundbreaking" injunction against Indian drug giant Ranbaxy on Wednesday, saying the maker of the first generic version of cholesterol-lowering Lipitor has failed to meet US safety guidelines.

Medicine & Health / Medications

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Suit filed in US over Twitter feed in test case

A former blogger for a US mobile phone news site is being sued by his erstwhile employer over ownership of his Twitter feed in a social media test case for the Internet age.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 27, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 3

UCSF to receive tobacco papers, funding to improve public access to the documents

The U.S. Department of Justice filed a proposed consent order today with a federal district court that finalizes requirements for three major tobacco companies to make internal documents public in accordance with an earlier ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US fines Hitachi-LG disk drive firm for price fixing

US justice authorities hit a Japanese-Korean producer of optical disk drives with a $21.1 million fine for bid-rigging and price fixing, the Justice Department announced.

Technology / Business

created Sep 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Google, publishers near settlement in books case

Google and publishers told a US judge Thursday they are close to settling a lawsuit over the Internet giant's controversial book-scanning project.

Technology / Internet

created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

5 years in US prison for Cisco counterfeiter

The US representative of a Chinese company was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday for importing counterfeit Cisco-branded computer networking equipment, money laundering and other offenses, the Justice ...

Technology / Other

created Sep 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

$1.3B award against SAP overturned in Oracle case

A federal judge on Thursday threw out a "grossly excessive" $1.3 billion verdict that Oracle won against SAP in a landmark intellectual property case, possibly setting the stage for another circus-like showdown ...

Technology / Business

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

HTC accuses Apple of patent infringement

Taiwan's HTC Corp. accused Apple of patent infringement on Tuesday in the latest salvo in an ongoing legal battle between the smartphone giants.

Technology / Business

created Aug 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 5

Apple, publishers sued for alleged price fixing: report

Five book publishers and computer manufacturer Apple have been sued for allegedly colluding to drive up the price of e-books, lawyers for the plaintiffs said.

Technology / Business

created Aug 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Judge nixes Winklevoss twin's Facebook lawsuit

A US judge on Friday blocked the latest courtroom campaign by Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss to undo a deal they made to settle a squabble over who came up with the idea for Facebook.

Technology / Business

created Jul 23, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Oracle targets Larry Page in Google patent lawsuit

Oracle is asking a US judge to order Google co-founder Larry Page to undergo questioning in a patent suit pitting the business software titan against the Internet giant.

Technology / Business

created Jul 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

WikiLeaks Julian Assange fights extradition

(AP) -- Lawyers for Julian Assange on Wednesday focused their fight against the WikiLeaks chief's extradition to Sweden on technicalities - trying to punch holes through the warrant seeking his arrest.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

US 'hacker next door' gets 18-year sentence: report

A US man who hacked into his neighbors' Wi-Fi network and tried to frame them with child pornography and threatening emails to the US vice president has been sentenced to 18 years in jail.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Apple App Store downloads cross 15 billion mark

Apple announced on Thursday that more than 15 billion applications for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch have been downloaded from its App Store.

Technology / Software

created Jul 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Judge unimpressed with Apple 'App Store' claim

A federal judge on Wednesday denied a bid by Apple to immediately stop Amazon.com from calling its online shop for smartphone programs an "App Store."

Technology / Business

created Jul 07, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 6