Posts Tagged ‘defendants’

Court order fails to sink Pirate Bay torrent ship

Monday, March 1st, 2010

A court order to rid Pirate Bay of all copyright-infringing torrents has been ignored, despite the promise of hefty fines if the links stay on the site. The ruling stems from owners of The Pirate Bay losing an appeal back in October , against Dutch anti-piracy lobbyists BREIN, which meant that the site had to be blocked from the Netherlands and all offending links cleared. This was to be done by 1 March, but it seems that the site is exactly the same as it has always been. Currently, there are links to all the latest episodes of 24 and FlashForward

The full story can be found on Tech Radar

Nokia Sues Samsung, Other LCD Makers for Price Fixing

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

The LCD price fixing shenanigans continue, at least according to Nokia, the world’s largest mobile phone maker who has filed suit against Samsung, LG, AU Optronics, and other LCD manufacturers over allegedly colluding to fix prices, Bloomberg reports. Filed on November 25, the lawsuit is based on both federal and state antitrust claims and makes essentially the same arguments as AT&T did last month when it filed a suit in the same court, also against LCD manufacturers. According to Nokia, Samsung and more than six other LCD makers conspired to raise the price of displays. “The liquid-crystal displays were incorporated into Nokia mobile wireless handsets,” according to the complaint

For the full story, go to Maximum PC