preliminary injunction

Court Kills Preposterous Pirate Beatles Site

Peter Kafka in Media on November 18, 2009 at 4:05 pm PT

It’s official: You still can’t buy the Beatles’ songs on the Web, despite the efforts of a site that attempted to do so by rewriting copyright law on the fly. In other news: Have you seen this clip of Richard Pryor reading the alphabet on Sesame Street? Awesome.

When Entrepreneurs Attack! All 10 New Skype Lawsuit Filings!

Kara Swisher in News on October 14, 2009 at 8:05 am PT

Earlier today, Joost and Joltid attacked! The pair of companies, which are controlled by Skype co-founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, filed a motion for preliminary injunction against former Joost CEO Michelangelo Volpi and Index Ventures, where Volpi now works as a partner, asking that he not use knowledge or confidential information he got at the video start-up in current dealings with the Internet telephony giant. Here are 10 filings made today related to the injunction!

Exclusive: Skype Founders Keep on Punching–File Injunction Against Volpi and Index

Kara Swisher in News on October 14, 2009 at 7:04 am PT

Joost and Joltid filed a motion for preliminary injunction against former Joost CEO Michelangelo Volpi and Index Ventures, where Volpi now works as a partner, asking that he not use knowledge or confidential information he got at the video start-up in current dealings with Skype. The move is yet another legal attack from the founders of Skype, who were on the losing side of the $2 billion deal to buy the Internet telephony giant from eBay.