http://www.nwfusion.com/topics/lawsuits.html The latest networking lawsuit news from NetworkWorld.com. Network World, Inc. Copyright(C) 1994 - 2009 Network World, Inc. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-judge-sets-schedule-for-google.html The judge in the copyright infringement case pitting the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers against Google and its book search program has set a date for the final hearing on the parties' controversial settlement proposal. Juan Carlos Perez 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111909-company-selling-free-web-auction.html An online marketer offering supposedly free Internet auction kits has settled a complaint filed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for charging consumers US$59.95 a month for enrollment in an "online-supplier" program, the FTC said Thursday. Grant Gross 2009-11-19T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111809-ftc-online-check-writing-service-not.html The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has filed a civil contempt complaint against an online check-writing service, saying the company continues to allow customers to create and e-mail checks without verification of their identities. Grant Gross 2009-11-18T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111709-china-rules-microsoft-violated-intellectual.html A Beijing court has ruled that Microsoft violated a Chinese company's intellectual property rights in a case over fonts used in past Windows operating systems, state media said Tuesday. Owen Fletcher 2009-11-17T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111409-google-plaintiffs-submit-revised-book.html Right up against a deadline to submit a revised settlement agreement to a judge overseeing a lawsuit filed against Google by the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers, the parties filed their second take near midnight on Friday. The original settlement agreement had come under fire from many parties but most notably from the U.S. Department of Justice, whose withering and broad critique of the deal led the judge to demand revisions in the proposal. Elizabeth Heichler 2009-11-14T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111309-swiss-contend-google-doesnt-blur.html Switzerland's data protection authority said Friday it will sue Google for allegedly failing to obscure faces, license plates and other sensitive images from its Street View photo mapping Web application. Jeremy Kirk 2009-11-13T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111209-ftc-files-contempt-complaint-against.html The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has asked a federal court to issue a contempt order against electronics financing firm BlueHippo after it allegedly violated a 2008 court order requiring the company to make good on promises to deliver computers to customers. Grant Gross 2009-11-12T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111209-amd-intel-settle-antitrust-ip.html Intel and Advanced Micro Devices Thursday announced that they have settled all antitrust litigation and patent cross-license disputes between the companies. Marc Ferranti 2009-11-12T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/110909-google-plaintiffs-blow-book-search.html Google, the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers (AAP) need more time to revise the proposed settlement of the copyright infringement lawsuits the author and publisher organizations brought against Google over its Book Search program. Juan Carlos Perez 2009-11-09T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/110909-domain-auction-site-faces-shill.html A Miami lawyer has filed a class-action lawsuit against domain name auction site SnapNames.com, after the company announced that a former employee was bidding against potential customers in domain name auctions. Grant Gross 2009-11-09T12:00:00-04:00