Sharp drags Vizio Inc, Xianyang CaiHong Optoelectronics Technology and TPV Technology to court over patent infringements

Japan’s Sharp Corp has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against U.S. TV brand Vizio Inc and two others in an attempt to seek an injunction to ban one of Vizio’s TV products in the United States. In a statement, Sharp, a unit of Taiwan’s Foxconn, said Vizio’s 70-inch TV product uses liquid crystal display (LCD)…

France’s competition regulator orders review of Google’s Advertisement policies

According to Google, the issue revolves around Amadeus charging consumers for services that are available for free, or for a nominal charge; this practice is against its internal policies which prohibit ads for services that can be obtained for free or at a lower price from the government or another public source. In a significant…

Wixen Music Publishing Inc sues Sweden’s Spotify over copyright infringement for $1.6 billion

In its lawsuit Wixen Music Publishing has alleged that Spotify has made available thousands of songs to its users without getting a direct or a compulsory license from it which allows it to either distribute or reproduce the songs. Wixen Music Publishing Inc has sued Spotify, a music streaming company for allegedly using thousands of…

Seagate pledged not to acquire stake in Toshiba for the next 10 years: Bain Capital

Among Western Digital concerns for blocking Toshiba’s NAND memory sale was that its direct competitors, Seagate Technologies and SK Hynix will gain access to proprietary information from the acquisition. Here is how these concerns have been addressed by Bain Capital. As per a documents from Bain Capital LP, the leader of the group that is…