Apple sues former chief architect of the iPhone and iPad microprocessors, who quit in February to start data center chip startup Nuvia, for breach of contract
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US government charges Anthony Levandowski, a former star engineer at Google and Uber, with 33 counts of theft and attempted theft of Google trade secrets
this time in criminal court Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE : Former Waymo lidar lead Anthony Levandowski charged with stealing trade secrets Sasha Lekach / Mashable : Former Google and Uber exec faces...
DOJ charges Russian national involved in “Project Lakhta”, an alleged foreign influence operation to interfere in US midterms by pushing misinformation online
Facebook's ‘War Room’ Is a Marketing Ploy Shaun Nichols / The Register : Apple boss demands Bloomberg Super Micro U-turn, Russian troll charged, NSA hands out cash, and more Washington Post : McCain's...
Qualcomm asks US ITC to ban imports of certain iPhone models using Intel components due to infringement of 6 patents that it claims are not standard-essential
Wall Street reacts to the escalating fight between Apple and Qualcomm Eric Born / The Tech Report : Qualcomm seeks a US import ban on some iPhones and iPads Ashley King / Phandroid : Qualcomm wants to...
Amazon and Expedia file sworn statements in court, join Washington State's lawsuit against Trump's travel ban; Microsoft cooperating with the State AG office
It sounds a bit silly at first blush … Reuters : Microsoft working with Washington State on suit against Trump immigration order Bryan Chaffin / The Mac Observer : Trump Reportedly Drafts Executive Or...
Microsoft: keep secrecy the exception, not the rule; DOJ should adopt new limits, or Congress should amend the Electronic Communications Privacy Act
is this the nuclear option? Brandon Bailey / Associated Press : Microsoft sues feds over secrecy orders on customer data Paul Thurrott / Petri : Microsoft Sues the U.S. Government Over Secrecy Orders ...
Arista countersues Cisco alleging antitrust violations ahead of ITC ruling
Tuesday, January 26, 2016 Tiernan Ray / Tech Trader Daily : Cisco Calls Arista Antitrust Suit ‘Bogus’ Shaun Nichols / The Register : Arista slaps Cisco with countersuit in network hardware row Tiernan...