Qualcomm on Thursday escalated its legal battle with Apple, filing a patent infringement lawsuit and requesting a ban on the importation of some iPhones, claiming unlawful and unfair use of the chipmaker’s technology. Qualcomm said it filed two separate legal actions including a complaint asking for the iPhone import ban with the US International Trade … Read more
President Donald Trump is facing a lawsuit over claims he has accepted payments and benefits from foreign governments through his business empire. Officials in Maryland and Washington DC are using the so-called emoluments clause which bans US officials from taking gifts or other benefits from foreign governments, according to reports. An NGO that centers on … Read more
Officials in Maryland and the US capital Washington will sue President Donald Trump for accepting payments and benefits from foreign governments through his business empire, news reports said Sunday night. The suit to be unveiled Monday centers on the so-called emoluments clause, which bans US officials from taking gifts or other benefits from foreign governments. … Read more
Uber on Tuesday confirmed that it has fired an engineer accused in a trade secrets suit involving files he purportedly purloined from Alphabet’s self-driving car unit Waymo. The firing of Anthony Levandowski came just ahead of a date set by a judge for Uber to return files taken from Waymo. Levandowski missed a company deadline … Read more
A judge on Monday has ordered an Uber engineer at the center of a self-driving car trade secrets suit sidelined and files taken from Alphabet-owned Waymo returned. A partial injunction issued by US District Court Judge William Alsup, the text of which was released Monday, fell short of the compete shut-down of Uber’s self-driving car … Read more
The FBI translator who went rogue and married an ISIS terrorist Daniela Greene went rogue and married Denis Cuspert, known in Syria as Abu Talha al-Almani An FBI translator with a top-secret security clearance traveled to Syria in 2014 and married a key ISIS operative she had been assigned to investigate, CNN has learned. The … Read more
A federal judge on Tuesday approved a $97 million settlement in a lawsuit over drinking water contamination in the US city of Flint, Michigan, requiring that all lead pipes be replaced. The agreement comes almost three years after lead first began to contaminate the drinking water of the hard-scrabble Midwestern city near the US automotive … Read more
President Donald Trump has said he has “no doubt” his administration will win legal challenges to his travel ban. But he told reporters on Air Force One he is considering a “brand new order” as his old one flounders in the courts. The action barred entry from refugees and citizens from seven mainly Muslim countries, … Read more
A US court has ordered Facebook and other defendants to pay $500m (£395m) after finding they unlawfully used a firm’s virtual reality technology. The jury found Oculus, which Facebook bought in 2014, used computer code belonging to video game developer Zenimax to launch its own VR headset. Oculus said it was “disappointed” and would appeal … Read more
A US court has put Facebook on the hook for $500m (£395m) in damages over claims it unlawfully used another firm’s virtual reality technology. The jury found Oculus, which Facebook bought in 2014, used computer code belonging to video game developer Zenimax to launch its own VR headset. Oculus said it was “disappointed” and would … Read more
The office of the National Chief Imam, Sheikh Dr. Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu says the order by the US President, Donald Trump, banning immigrants from seven Muslim countries is not a warrant for Muslims to embark on terrorism. The Public Affairs Director of the Office, Sheikh Aremeyaw Shaibu, said “there is no justification for any Muslim … Read more
The office of the National Chief Imam, Sheikh Dr. Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu says the order by the US President, Donald Trump, banning immigrants from seven Muslim countries is not a warrant for Muslims to embark on terrorism. The Public Affairs Director of the Office, Sheikh Aremeyaw Shaibu, said “there is no justification for any Muslim … Read more
A member of pioneering rap group Run-DMC has filed a $50m (£40.7m) lawsuit accusing retailers of unlawfully using the group’s name on items of clothing. Darryl “DMC” McDaniels said that products sold by Amazon, Walmart and other stores violated federal trademark and New York competition laws. McDaniels, who owns a firm named Run-DMC Brand, made … Read more
The lawsuit alleges a facility manager at the social networks’ North Carolina data center used racial slurs when referring to black employees. Facebook was struck with a racial discrimination lawsuit after two black employees at the social network’s North Carolina data center alleged the company didn’t respond promptly to repeated complaints of harassment. The suit, … Read more