A tooth for a tooth Acer proposes to Hewlett-Packard patent infringement is countercharged

Acer Company claims Hewlett-Packard has infringed its aerial and DVD-ROM bareheaded technical patent.

In order to respond Hewlett-Packard to two lawsuits that oneself put forward, Acer Company proposed to rival Hewlett-Packard the patent was countercharged together a few days ago.

Acer Company is exploring the American market actively and expanding the whole world at present. According to company IDC of the market research, the products sales volume on the American market of Acer Company have increased in two quarters recently by 163.8% compared with the same period of last year. Hewlett-Packard has carried off some market share from other rivals such as Dell on the market of computer too, but Acer Company is the most quick manufacturer of the growth rate in the computer manufacturer that the whole world ranks the top ten.

Acer claim Hewlett-Packard infringe aerial and the intersection of DVD-ROM and bareheaded technical patent their countercharge, in patent that last week put forward. It proposes prosecution in the district court in east district of Texas, previous Hewlett-Packard puts forward prosecution to Acer Company in this court too.

Propose prosecution before Hewlett-Packard, indicting Acer Company infringes 10 items of exclusive right related to computer of it. Hewlett-Packard hopes to thereby prevent Acer from importing to U.S.A.’s market, lodge claims, the intersection of law and court cost and infringe triple of exclusive right, compensate requirements such as the fine,etc. on purpose.

Google loses a lawsuit in Germany Gmail trade mark case

One court of Germany made the award a few days ago, claimed Google can’t continue using Gmail trade mark in Germany, will commit the crime of infringing otherwise.

Senior the intersection of adviser on legal affairs and Arnd Haller, Company of Google, claim though the intersection of Google and Company show to the intersection of Hansom and the intersection of alliance and advanced the intersection of area and award that court make sorry in statement, but it shows this award will not influence it to offer the based on network E-mail service in Germany.

Meanwhile, Google Company can’t use Gmail trade mark in Britain either, it will use Google Mail as the name of its service in these two countries.

A spokeswoman of Google Company shows, the company has already put forward the application of registering Gmail trade mark within the range of European Union to European Union, the company has already got permission to use Gmail trade mark in the other European Union areas except Britain and Germany.

According to Google, it introduced Gmail network mail service for the first time in 2004, had already had Gmail trademark right in more than 60 countries or regions of the whole world at present.

The trademark right of German Gmail is 33 -year-old entrepreneur Giersch all from now, it applied for this trade mark in 2000.

According to Giersch, the legal dispute about the affiliated question of Gmail trademark right will also continue going on in countries such as Spain, Portugal and Switzerland,etc. between he and Google Company.

Google has not used Gmail trade mark in Britain, because it is all trade marks of other people now. Google company representative does not know either who Britain Gmail proprietor of the trade mark is, Google Company already confirmed that owner is not Giersch.

In Switzerland, Google and Giersch gain access to Gmail trade mark name. According to Giersch, he will try every means to prevent Google from using Gmail trade mark in Switzerland.

Microsoft conciliates collective consumers and monopolizes the claim case Compensate 10 dollars in the Windows

On Wednesday, American Microsoft announces, has already reached compositions with the collective lawsuit plaintiff in Iowa of U.S.A., Microsoft will pay 180 million dollars, will compensate the high price losses that consumers encounter because of buying the software product of Microsoft.

In 2004, judged in American Ministry of Justice Microsoft monopolized the behavior with the advantage of the operating system, and make consumers pay the more high price and buy their software products. Hereafter, the consumers of a plurality of states in U.S.A. initiated the antitrust lawsuit to Microsoft, require Microsoft to compensate to the users who bought the products that year. Iowa is only a state among them.

Microsoft shows, as to buying the users in Iowa of the software product of Microsoft from 1994 to 2006, Microsoft will pay for, the aggregate amount is up to 179,500,000 dollars. Individual can get the reparation in cash directly, company’s users can get the voucher, used for buying the computer or software apparatus. Quantity that the compensation that individual and enterprise’s user won depends on the software product of Microsoft that they bought.

As to the consumers in every Windows or DOS operating system, Microsoft will compensate for 16 dollars, the compensation standard of the software Excel of electronic spreadsheet is 25 dollars, compensation standard of Office kit is 29 dollars. In addition, the compensation standard of the word processing software Word is ten dollars, Works and ” Home Essentiial ” The compensation standard of the software is ten dollars too.

It is reported, if consumers do not exceed 100 dollars through the amount of money of the online claim, or does not exceed 200 dollars through the amount of money of posting the claim, does not need to show and buying the invoice. They only need to sign a judicial agreement. However, Microsoft shows, if find consumers have behavior of playing tricks, Microsoft will litigate.

It is reported, in 2000, several lawyers of Iowa initiated this anti-momopoly and compensated the lawsuit at first, becoming a collective lawsuit subsequently, the consumers and enterprise’s users of a lot of products of Microsoft join in. These plaintifves think, Microsoft utilizes the monopoly position to raise its product cost, this economic loss that they have caused. (make the fox reach)

Source: eNet

Outstanding the company prosecutes Microsoft and steals the IP Phone critical technology

Outstanding the system company litigates to Microsoft, accuses Microsoft of stealing the outstanding IP Phone critical technology.

Outstanding claims, from 2002 to 2003, outstanding researchers once held the meeting with Microsoft officers many times, discuss the outstanding stereosound echo cancellation technology of the company. This technology can improve the conversation quality of the IP Phone and conference system of the telephone greatly.

The company claims in referring the indictment of the federal district court of Pennsylvania state U.S.A. to that outstanding: “When both sides are planning to carry out an important mandate and technological transfer agreement, Microsoft suspended negotiating suddenly, claimed Microsoft studies great break-through. And Microsoft has never revealed the research before this. ”

Outstanding the company claims, one year ago, the research engineers of Microsoft have been studying the outstanding research material of the company, this technological break-through of theirs can not be only coincidence. While studying materials as the outstanding company demands to return, Microsoft has only returned an empty magnetic disc.

Outstanding the company demands to compensate, but there is not the concrete amount of money definitely. Microsoft has not been to accusing and making the reply yet.