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Last month Crytek filed suit against Cloud Imperium and Roberts Space Industries for violating their contract for CryEngine. CIG filed a motion seeking dismissal, and today Crytek responded. Crytek pulls no punches in its response, fully outlining the broken promises from CIG. Some of the...

The makers of Dragon Box have just joined the club of set top box makers that are being sued by Amazon and others for providing a means to stream unauthorized content across the internet. The Dragon Box CEO sees it differently and says his company is only providing the means to stream content...

When it comes to digital doorbells, Ring products have dominated the marketplace, no questions about it. Skybell Technologies have filed a lawsuit against Ring that claims it stole a bunch of its tech and then simply did a better job at marketing and advertising to corner the market. Seems...

Sometimes lawyers just amaze me with how fast they can put a lawsuit together. As a matter of fact three different sets (so far) of lawyers have already filed suit against Intel since the news came out this week that their processors had significant vulnerabilities and the fix will slow them...

The full bench of the Australian Federal Court has dismissed two appeals that Valve made against a $3 million fine for misleading gamers. This dates back to 2014 when the Australia Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) filed suit against Valve for engaging in misleading or deceptive...

You knew it was coming, but who knew it was going to start this fast? Yes, a class action lawsuit (WARNING auto play video) has been filed in California after Apple admitted they were intentionally slowing down older iPhones to keep them running longer. I just don't understand why Apple...

Kaspersky Labs has filed a lawsuit against the US government for banning use of their software without due process. Kaspersky is suspected of colluding with Russian spy agencies and as a result of their activities the US government elected to ban their products from use within the government...

Richard Jacobs, a former manager at Uber, admitted to prosecutors about a secret messaging system that was used to destroy potentially sensitive information as soon as it was read. Additionally, he stated that Uber had a special unit that was involved in the business of stealing trade secrets...

Qualcomm has filed a lawsuit against Apple for allegedly failing to abide by the terms of a software license and giving Intel access to that code. This one should be pretty good because Apple says Qualcomm is 'unfairly' charging too much and Qualcomm says Apple lied to regulators in an attempt...

Last year YouTube-ripping site YouTube-mp3.org was sued by record labels who were seeking the website's permanent shutdown and $150,000 per violation. Today court filings are pointing towards a settlement between the record labels and YouTube-mp3.org. The website's owner has agreed to pay a...

A decision was handed down after almost six years after the complaint was filed by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), with support from Finnish anti-piracy group Copyright Information and Anti-Piracy Center (CIAPC). Two founder members of the site, were ordered by...

A 72 year old man from Hawaii has received a letter from an attorney claiming he has illegally downloaded a movie, and over 1000 other downloads. He received a letter offering an easy $3,900 settlement, which would increase to $4,900 if he failed to respond before August 7th. These "illegal...

Nintendo is being sued (warning, auto-play video) by mobile gaming accessory company Gamevice, claiming the detachable controllers for the Switch infringes on a patent it owns. Gamevice was created under the name Wikipad in 2008 and co-founded by the current CEO of Oculus VR Brandon Irbe. was...

On the heels of all the legal wrangling going on between Apple and Qualcomm, we get to see Qualcomm profits fall 40% in Q3. San Diego-based Qualcomm Wednesday reported $866 million in net income, or 58 cents per diluted share, in the third quarter of its fiscal year, compared to $1.4 billion...

Typically when using a set of headphones, a consumer tends to listen to their music or multimedia. If you ask Illinois resident Kyle Zak and his representation, Bose has been “listening” to customers of their headphones and Bose Connect mobile app via data collection and distribution. Users are...

The Zenimax vs Carmack saga rolls on as John Carmack was denied the right to receive the remaining $22.5 million in cash owed to him for the sale of id Software to Zenimax in 2009 or convert it to Zenimax stock according to a legal challenge filed in Dallas, TX court on March 7, 2017. Zenimax...

Saw t his over at RPS https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/02/27/zenimax-oculus-rift-sdk-injunction/#more-431823 Was waiting for something like this, very interesting they are seeking an injunction for the SDK and not the Rift headset itself.. Which really brings to light the real issue...

TorrentFreak has a report up today about a Seattle District Court judge with a refreshing take on piracy suit damage awards. Like in most of these cases, the defendants never showed in court, so the plaintiff requested default judgments of $2,500 from each defendant, plus attorneys fees. The...