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You Know Who Really Loves Smartphones? Divorce Lawyers.

Ina Fried in Mobile on February 8 at 10:19 am PT

Data from smartphones — everything from text messages and email to GPS data and Internet search history — is increasingly being used as evidence in divorce court.

With Burn Note, Self-Destructing Emails Vanish After They’ve Been Read

Lauren Goode in News on January 31 at 10:03 am PT

A new email service promises to expunge any trace of email exchanges after a note has been read. But, in the age of digital data, is anything ever really erased?

Samsung Appeals Injunction Against Galaxy Tab

David Fickling, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 27, 2011 at 8:30 am PT

An Australian court decision banning a Samsung Electronics Co. tablet computer from the local market due to alleged infringement of patents held by Apple Inc. made errors of law and should be overturned, lawyers for Samsung argued Thursday.

Samsung Fires Back at Apple iPhone 4S

Jung-Ah Lee, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on October 17, 2011 at 2:55 am PT

Samsung Electronics Co. said it is seeking to stop the sale of Apple Inc.’s new iPhone 4S in Japan and Australia, further ramping up a legal clash with the U.S. company after a series of setbacks in courts around the world in recent days.

Why the MP3Tunes Case Is a Big Deal You Won’t Notice

Peter Kafka in Media on August 23, 2011 at 7:26 am PT

Had it gone the other way, EMI’s lawsuit against Michael Robertson and his music locker could have been a problem for Google and Amazon. And maybe YouTube and Tumblr and lots of other Web services. But since it didn’t …

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Case Closed: LimeWire Settles With Labels For $105 Million

Peter Kafka in Media on May 12, 2011 at 3:25 pm PT

And now the long-running LimeWire saga is really over: The file-sharing site, forced to shut down by a Federal court order last fall, has agreed to pay the big music labels $105 million to settle a copyright case. The two sides had spent the past couple weeks in a New York courtroom, where a jury was set to decide damages; LimeWire agreed to a separate settlement with music publishers in March.

Headless Lawsuit in Topless Blog!

Kara Swisher in News on April 14, 2011 at 8:46 am PT

On some level of journalism, I guess anything could happen. But does that mean it should? Some sensational stories in tech of late have led to some even more sensational reporting.

Winklevii: How Can We Miss You If You Won't Go Away? (Plus the Full Court Ruling)

Kara Swisher in News on April 11, 2011 at 11:27 am PT

It seems Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the Don Quixote twins of the digital age, have tilted at yet another legal windmill unsuccessfully. So now, after losing another court challenge to overturn a previous court challenge, they’ll have to settle for $65 million. Actually, $100 million, which is how much shares in Facebook have appreciated since the pair and also Divya Narendra settled with the social networking giant.

Irony Alert: Microsoft Files Formal Complaint Against Google With EC

Kara Swisher in News on March 31, 2011 at 1:25 am PT

Microsoft’s legal eagle Brad Smith didn’t even bother to pretend the software giant’s filing of a formal antitrust complaint against Google with the European Commission wasn’t a wee bit ironic. Wrote Smith in a blog post late last night: “There of course will be some who will point out the irony in today’s filing.” You think?

Winklevii Keep the Dream Alive With Media Blitz

Liz Gannes in Social on February 9, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, who are waiting to see if an appeals court will invalidate their settlement with Facebook, flex their muscles and try to justify their use of the site.