Jan 08
LOS ANGELES — An iPod owner is suing Apple Inc., claiming it restricts consumer choice and has monopolized the digital music market because its popular line of music players and its iTunes online music store are not compatible with rival music devices.
The lawsuit, filed Dec. 31 in U.S. District Court in Northern California, seeks class-action status and is the latest of several that claim Cupertino-based Apple has an unfair grip on the online music market.
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Jan 08
On Monday, Intel submitted a formal, written response to the Statement of Objections that the European Commission sent to the company this past July. The contents of Intel’s response have yet to leak out, but the company has confirmed that it has also requested a hearing before the EC in order to orally refute the charges of anticompetitive behavior leveled against it by the EU.
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Oct 14
October 11, 2007 (Computerworld) — A class-action lawsuit targeting Apple Inc. and AT&T Inc., filed last week in federal court, accuses the companies of illegally conspiring to tie iPhone customers to the telecommunications company’s wireless network.
The lawsuit (download PDF), which was filed in court in San Francisco the same day another was filed in a Sacramento state court, slaps the two companies with six charges and claims that they broke numerous state and federal laws and regulations. The suit seeks compensation for $1.6 billion in damages, plus punitive and other damages that could push the total to well over $2 billion. Continue reading »
Oct 11
SAN JOSE, California (AP) — Complaints over Apple Inc.’s use restrictions and recent software update for the iPhone have erupted in two lawsuits alleging Apple and its carrier partner, AT&T Inc., engaged in illegal monopolistic behavior.
Two separate lawsuits were filed Friday in San Jose — one in federal court and the other in state court and both seeking class-action status.
The federal case accuses the companies of unfair business practices and violations of antitrust, telecommunications and warranty laws. The state case raises some of the same allegations. Continue reading »
Oct 05
In its first courtroom challenge after four years of lawsuits, the music industry scored a legal victory for its practice of suing alleged file sharers.
In the case in federal district court in Duluth, Minn., a Minnesota woman was found liable for willful copyright infringement. The jury awarded the music companies a total of $220,000, or $9,250 for each of the 24 works the music industry said the woman uploaded. The decision will likely reinvigorate the music industry’s strategy of suing U.S. file sharers — even as the practice of file sharing continues to increase.
Jammie Thomas was fighting charges she illegally uploaded songs, ranging from Green Day’s “Basket Case” to Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’.” The four major record labels that brought the case said she was the person using a computer address on Feb. 21, 2005, that was traced back to a user of the Kazaa file-sharing service who was making nearly 2,000 songs available for sharing. Ms. Thomas said she isn’t the culprit. Continue reading »
Oct 02
SAN JOSE, Calif. - A New York woman is so angry at Apple Inc. for lopping $200 off the price of the iPhone that she’s filed a lawsuit seeking $1 million in damages.
Dongmei Li of Queens, N.Y., claimed the company violated price discrimination laws when it slashed the price of the 8-gigabyte iPhone by a third, from $599 to $399, within two months of the gadget’s June debut.
Apple lowered the iPhone’s price on Sept. 5 and also said it would stop selling the $499 4-gigabyte model. Hundreds of early customers who paid full price didn’t expect a reduction so soon and complained. Continue reading »
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