The Royal Bank of Scotland is reportedly being sued by the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) over claims that nearly half a billion mortgage bonds sold by the largely British-owned bank were faulty, costing investors billions. The NCUA is a regulating body for small American banks known as credit unions, and claims that RBS is …
The games maker Activision is set to go to court with rivals Electronic Arts (EA) over the company’s most successful video franchise ‘Call of Duty’, after a US supreme court judge gave further legal proceedings the go-ahead. The case is highly complicated, but it centres on games developers Vincent Zampella and Jason West. The pair …
The internet domain registrar and web hosting company Go Daddy is facing a patent infringement lawsuit over the periodic email reminders sent to customers when their account is up for renewal. The lawsuit has been filed by WhitServe, a Connecticut-based patent licensing firm which currently runs a service known as NetDocket, which is designed to …
A company based in the northeast London town of Romford is facing a £1,000 fine after it was found to be selling faulty electric heaters which could have caused injuries or property damage. London Europe Ltd, which trades as Home Stores in The Mall, was investigated by fair trading officers from Havering Council following a …
The US Supreme Court has ruled that computer giants Microsoft must pay a total of $290 million in damages after it breached a smaller firm’s patent and its appeal was denied. The lawsuit was filed back in 2007 by small Canadian company i4i, which claimed that Microsoft had infringed on a patent relating to a …
The US signer Britney Spears is reportedly being sued for $10 million in a breach of contract lawsuit relating to her fragrance line. Licensing company Brand Sense Partners are claiming that Spears and her father, the co-conservator of her assets, breached a contract in which it was agreed that the firm would be paid a …
The American rap artist Eminem is reportedly suing car makers Audi for copyright infringement, over claims that one of his songs was used in an advert without his permission. Eminem’s publishing company, Eight Mile Style, filed the lawsuit, in which it is claimed that Audi used the rapper’s hit song ‘Lose Yourself’ or music sounding …
Three children have been taken to hospital after a bouncy castle situated within the grounds of a North Yorkshire hotel broke loose from its tether and blew into a telegraph pole. The incident, which occurred last month, has emphasised for many business owners just how important it is for them to have either public liability …
The independent Japanese lens maker Sigma is reportedly being sued for £95 million in a patent infringement lawsuit filed by the multi-national optics and imaging corporation Nikon. The lawsuit, filed in the Tokyo District Court, centres on a Nikon patent for vibration reduction technology used in its DSLR lenses, a patent which the company claims …