Tag archive: decision

A U.S. court of appeas has overturned a 2006 decision by the Federal Trade Commission that memory and interconnect developer Rambus had violated antitrust regulations by failing to tell a the JEDEC (Joint Electron Device Engineering Committee) standards organizations that it had patented technologies it would advocating for inclusion in new chips designs. According to the appeals court, Rambus would not have engaged in monopolistic practices… Read More

It’s becoming an epic on-again, off-again saga. Manhunt 2, the controversial title from Rockstar Games, looked as if it on was on the way to UKstores following a decision last month by the Video Appeals Committee (VAC) that said the game could be classified and released. In July last year the game had been refused a certificate, a move thateffectively meant in could not be legally sold in Britain.   On Thursday, though, the British… Read More

In a surprising move, software giant Microsoft has decided not to appeal last month's decision by the European Court of First Instance, which upheld the terms of the European Commission's antitrust ruling against Microsoft. By capitulating the to the decision, Micosoft obligates itself to provide information to third party developers—including open source developers—so they can create products which interoperate with… Read More

The European Union on Sunday temporarily suspended a landmark antitrust decision against Microsoft Corp., pending a judge's decision on whether sanctions should be delayed until the company's appeals are exhausted. The decision came a day before an EU order was to take effect requiring Microsoft to make Windows software available to European PC makers without its digital media player. In a statement, the EU head office said it… Read More

The Federal Trade Commission, expected to announce its decision later in the day, said it feared that unscrupulous senders of unwanted e-mails would mine such a registry of e-mail addresses looking for new victims, according to a summary of the FTC's decision obtained by The Associated Press. The commission, which was obligated to consider the proposal under the “can spam” legislation that Bush signed in December,… Read More

The company has suffered a string of loses in the networking space recently, the most recent being a decision by Italian operator Wind, a unit of Enel, to source and install its base stations through German provider Siemens AG. In 2001 Nokia had made much of Wind's decision to use Nokia “as its strategic partner to ensure the network's fast deployment and effective launch of UMTS service in Italy.” It now says that… Read More

In a statement announcing its decision, the agency sought to soften the blow, saying that it nevertheless hoped to apply “only minimal regulations to ensure that it does not interfere with the rapid, widespread deployment of new technologies.” New York is the latest state to weigh in on regulation of so-called voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services, a hot-button policy issue that has some local officials worried… Read More

A settlement decision filed by a federal judge in a separate case the Federal Trust Commission brought against Rambus contains e-mails and other evidence that could help bolster the Department of Justice's price-fixing probe of companies that make dynamic random-access memory. Read the full story at InternetNews.com.

The decision could force the Paris-based software company to surrender its trademark and domain names and to pay nearly $90,000 (U.S.) in damages to the U.S. companies, holders of the rights to the comic strip character Mandrake the Magician. The comic strip marks its 70th anniversary this year. Read more on this story at Globe Technology.

Our friends at HardOCP are pushing the envelope again. This time they are studying and questioning the validity of synthetic benchmarks. Video card companies will try just about anything to get their products into your hands, but just how far will they go? Quote: Bottom line is that no company is beyond reproach when it comes to your money being on the table. You need to be able to make an informed decision about the hardware… Read More

A decision on compensation for Khan will now follow, and may cost Electronic Arts millions of Euro. FIFA World Cup 2002 sold 180,000 copies in Germany according to official figures from market research firm Media Control, which the prosecution claims represents real overall sales of up to 300,000 copies – about 15 million Euro worth of sales, a figure which they are demanding be taken into account in deciding any compensation.… Read More