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<blockquote><p>A class action lawsuit has reportedly been filed against Apple Inc. (“Apple”), Hachette Book Group, Inc. (“Hachette Book”), Harpercollins Publishers, Inc. (“Harpercollins”), Macmillan Publishers, Inc. (“Macmillan”), Penguin Group (USA) Inc. (“Penguin”) and Simon & Schuster, Inc. (“Simon & Schuster”) (collectively “Defendants”) in the United States District Court for the Northern District Court of California (styled Anthony Petu and Marcus Mathis v. Apple Inc., Hachette Book Group, Inc., Harpercollins Publishers, Inc., Macmillan Publishers, Inc., Penguin Group (USA) Inc. and Simon & Schuster, Inc.) alleging, among other things, that Defendants unlawfully contracted, combined and conspired to unreasonably restrain trade in violation of section 1 of the Sherman Act by agreeing to switch to the Agency model of eBook pricing by coordinating their pricing to directly set retail prices higher than had existed in the previously competitive market and by agreeing to restrict the price range of eBooks, according to the Apple, Hachette Book, Harpercollins, Macmillan, Penguin & Simon & Schuster eBook antitrust class action lawsuit complaint.</p></blockquote> that's a long sentence

Japan remains the only country in the Group of Eight that requires married couples to register a common surname. Men are permitted to take their wives’ name, but it is rare. And although women have more leeway in using their maiden names at work, they must use their registered surnames for official documents like passports and health insurance cards.

what is in a name.

According to TMZ, legendary blues singer Syl Johnson filed a lawsuit against the hip-hop band claiming the music from his 1969 record "Is It Because I'm Black" were used without permission on Hill's "Lock Down (Interlude)."

A charity operated by "Get Smart" actress Anne Hathaway's boyfriend is being investigated by New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, the New York Post reported. Until recently, Hathaway's beau, 29-year-old Italian businessman Raffaello Follieri, sat on the children's charity's board of directors, The Post reported. Cuomo's office refused to tell the Post why it was investigating the Manhattan-based charity, which says its programs include vaccinating Third World children. Cuomo's probe comes two months after Follieri was arrested in Manhattan on charges that he bounced a $215,000 check — written against an account that a source said had just $39 in it — to a New Jersey man for services to his real-estate company, the Follieri Group. Charges were dropped in May. Earlier this year, Follieri settled a lawsuit filed by Los Angeles billionaire Ron Burkle, who accused him and the Follieri Group of "systematically misappropriating" at least $1.3 million of more than $55 million that Burkle's company had contributed to a joint venture to buy and redevelop Catholic Church properties. Burkle's suit said Follieri used the money to fund an extravagant lifestyle that included private jet travel for himself and Hathaway, as well as for loans of hundreds of thousands of dollars to the foundation.

"Microsoft Corp. offered $40 a share for Yahoo! Inc. in January 2007, according to court papers unsealed in a lawsuit over Yahoo's refusal to accept the bid."

The lawsuit said all the rappers used portions of Farrell's 1974 musical composition "Upon This Rock" in three separate songs -- West in "Gone," Common in "Chi-City" and Method Man and Redman in their song "Run 4 Cover."

The documents Apple has produced provide critical details about Apple's backdating practices and confirm that all of Apple's directors were aware of and participated in the backdating scheme

'Vista Capable' lawsuit against Microsoft now a class action By JOSEPH TARTAKOFF AND TODD BISHOP P-I REPORTERS In a blow to Microsoft Corp., a federal judge granted class-action status to a lawsuit late Friday alleging that Microsoft unjustly enriched itself by promoting PCs as "Windows Vista Capable" even when they could only run a bare-bones version of the operating system, called "Vista Home Basic."

Online history: The rise and rise of social networking Mid to Late 1990s First social networking sites emerge, such as sixdegrees.com and classmates.com. By 1999 MySpace is in operation; at the same time Hertfordshire couple Steve and Julie Pankhurst, devise Friends Reunited. 22 March 2002 Friendster is launched by Jonathan Abrams in California. For a while it is considered the No 1 social networking site. March 2003 MySpace, widely held to be the biggest social networking site of them all, is launched by Tom Anderson. 4 February 2004 Facebook is launched by Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg. Initially the network is only for Harvard students. Within two months all the Ivy League schools are included and over the next two years more universities, high schools and corporations are added. 2 September 2004 A lawsuit is filed against Zuckerberg by ConnectU founders Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, alleging that he illegally used the concept and codes for their site after he worked for it as a programmer. January 2005 Bebo launched by UK couple Michael and Xochi Birch. The site quickly climbs to the top of the social networking league. 23 August 2005 The domain facebook.com is purchased for $200,000. March 2006 Facebook reportedly turns down an offer to buy the site for $750m, allegedly claiming it should be able to fetch $2bn. September 2006 'Wall Street Journal' reports Yahoo is in talks with Facebook to buy the site for $1bn. 22 August 2006 Facebook signs a three-year US-based deal with Microsoft to be the exclusive provider of advertising on the site in return for a revenue split. 11 September 2006 Facebook opens to everybody 13 or over with an email address. 28 March 2007 ConnectU's lawsuit is dismissed without prejudice. They immediately refile and are granted a new hearing. 3 August 2007 Six major British firms, among them Vodafone, Halifax and Virgin Media, remove their adverts on Facebook after they appear on a rotating basis on a BNP-related page. October 2007 A Tory aide, Philip Clarke, is suspended from his job after posting pictures of him applying burnt cork to another aide along with racist comments on Facebook. 24 October 2007 Microsoft buys a 1.6 per cent share in Facebook for $240m and will now begin to sell advertising for Facebook internationally as well as in the US. December 2007 Zuckerberg publicly apologises for launching the dubious advertising system Beacon on Facebook.

The RIAA's habit of roping numerous unrelated defendants into a single "John Doe" lawsuit has drawn the attention of a federal magistrate—and not in a good way. In the case of Arista v. Does 1-27, a lawsuit targeting students at the University of Maine, Magistrate Judge Margaret J. Kravchuk suggests that the court look into imposing Rule 11 sanctions on the RIAA's legal team.

Johnson & Johnson receives minor boo-boo in its ongoing lawsuit with the American Red Cross over the “Red Cross” trademark

"at this stage, that American Airlines' complaint does state a claim upon which relief can be granted."

California-based DualCor has sued Intel over its use of "Dual-Core" in its product labelling.

"Pantera.com webmaster Leif Alfenas filed a lawsuit in the Michigan Western District Court on August 2, 2007 against the Pantera Partnership (consisting of Vincent Paul Abbott, Philip Hansen Anselmo, Rex Robert Brown, and the estate of Darell Lance ["Dimebag Darrell"] Abbott) over the domain, which has apparently been registered to Alfenas since 1998. The Pantera Partnership, meanwhile, filed a suit of their own in the Michigan Eastern District Court against Alfenas (who resides in Michigan) the very next day, August 3, 2007."

DDP Settles Trademark Lawsuit Against Jay-Z July 25, 2007 (ce litige était mentionné dans un billet antérieur).

BBspot has obtained secret documents which RIAA lawyers use to determine whether to file a lawsuit against a copyright violator. These documents give insight into the RIAA's decision-making process, and could help people avoid lawsuits in the future. We offer these documents as a public service.

"March 20, 2007 - CINCINNATI (AP) - Procter & Gamble Co. has won a jury award of $19.25 million in a civil lawsuit filed against four former Amway distributors accused of spreading false rumors linking the company to Satanism to advance their own business. "