As part of the plan to protect “Creative Britain”, the Intellectual Property Office of UK government is proposing a massive increase in the maximum fine for online copyright infringement. This is an increase of 1000% over the current limit of £50,00.
This came in response to the Gower’s review of Intellectual Property reported in 2006. Submissions [...]
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UK pushing for £50,000 fines for online copyright infringement
Apple sued for overworking employees
Apple faces legal action as David Walsh, an ex Apple employee, files a lawsuit in the US District court for Southern California. The complaint claims that Apple employees are routinely subject to working conditions resembling indentured servitude and that Apple denies technical staffers required overtime pay and meal compensation in violation of state law.
Lead plaintiff [...]
Rambus files patent infringment suit against nVidia
Rambus Inc., memory technology licensing companies specializing in high-speed memory architectures, today announced that it has filed suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California against NVIDIA Corporation for patent infringement.
The lawsuit alleges that a number of NVIDIA products with memory controllers for SDR, DDR, DDR2, DDR3, GDDR, and [...]
