A judge for the US International Trade Commission (ITC) on Friday issued a preliminary ruling against Samsung in their complaint that mobile phones and tablet computers imported by Apple infringed on four Samsung patents. The patents in this case covered narrow data processing and user input methods. Samsung asked that the ITC block the import [...]

Nigeria’s High Court in Abuja declined to stop impeachment proceedings against President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday. This means the Nigerian House of Representatives’ impeachment proceedings for non-implementation of the nation’s budget will be allowed to continue according to Nigeria’s Constitution. In bringing the lawsuit, National Chairman of the African Liberation Party , Dr. Emmanuel Okereke, [...]

Philippine President Benigno Aquino III on Wednesday signed a cybercrimes law to prevent various electronic offenses including forgery, fraud, identity theft and child pornography. The new crimes are grouped into two sections: Internet Crimes and Commercial Crimes. “Among the punishable acts under the new law include offenses against the confidentiality, integrity and availability of computer [...]

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Sunday released the former “First Lady” of the Khmer Rouge regime, Ieng Thirith. The court ruled that due her degenerative illness, said to likely be Alzheimers, she should be released from detention . Thirith, the sister-in-law of former leader Pol Pot , has continued to [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday urged religious and political leaders around the world to encourage an end to violence that erupted after a US citizen released an anti-Islam film last week. While Pillay said she “fully understand why people wish to protest strongly against” the film, she “utterly condemn” the [...]

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh announced Friday that he will implement an indefinite moratorium on executions due to “numerous appeals.” The international community was very critical of Jammeh when he executed nine prisoners last month after vowing to execute all death row inmates by the middle of September, ending a 27-year moratorium on executions in the [...]

A Wisconsin judge on Friday struck down a controversial law that limits the collective bargaining rights of public sector unions. Juan Colas, a judge for the Dane County Circuit Court , held that the collective bargaining law, known as the Budget Repair Bill, violated union workers’ rights to freedom of speech, freedom of association and [...]

Prosecutors in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Friday urged the tribunal to seize the passport of former Khmer Rouge leader Ieng Thirith whose release was ordered after she was declared mentally unfit to stand trial. The ECCC ruled on Thursday that Ieng Thirith is suffering from a mentally debilitating illness, [...]

The Supreme Court of Russia upheld the Arkhangelsk region’s ban on “gay propaganda” on Thursday, but ruled that gay pride parades and other demonstrations in support of gay rights are legal. According to the court, the ban applies only to direct appeals to minors to engage in homosexual activity and even then information about homosexuality [...]

Apple won an injunction against Motorola Mobility on Thursday in a German court due to patent infringement in Motorola’s smart phones and tablets. The patent at issue, EP2126788 which corresponds to US Patent No. 7,469,381 , is for “rubber-banding” technology which allows users to continue scrolling beyond the end of a list and then have [...]