Archive for the ‘iPhone’ tag
Hershey Defends Chocolate Milk App with Preemptive Lawsuit
Hershey’s Chocolate Milk iPhone application allows users to pour a virtual glass of milk, add chocolate, blow virtual bubbles with a straw, and end the entire event with a mooing sound. Sounds fun, right? Well Hershey is worried that Hottrix LLC, the maker of the iMilk app, may eventually come after the chocolate giant alleging [...]
U.S. Copyright Office: Jailbreaking Your Smartphone is Legal
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) does not bar jailbreaking your smartphone, according to the U.S. Copyright Office. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) had asked for a clarification regarding the anti-circumvention clause of the DMCA, which prohibited users from going around technical locks on phones to install and use third party applications not sanctioned by [...]
Apple and AT&T Face Class Action Over iPhone Locking
A couple weeks ago, we talked about the possible class action suit against Apple for antenna and reception issues with the iPhone 4; now we learn a federal judge has given the OK to proceed for a class action suit based on a monopoly claim against Apple and AT&T. Judge James Ware of the US [...]
Apple Could Face Class Action for iPhone 4
The newly released Apple iPhone 4 is already making a splash in legal news because of a “consumer investigation” by Sacramento, Calfornia firm Kershaw, Cutter & Ratinoff, LLP into “potential problems” with the phone’s release. The law firm, which has also sued Facebook over allegedly deceptive ads in Farmville and Mafia Wars, wants to talk [...]
iPod Nano Class Action Settlement Checks in the Mail
If you were one of the early admirers of the iPod Nano, you might be getting a check in the mail soon.
The class action lawsuit against Apple because first generation iPod Nanos scratched too easily has been settled.
