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Players Charge NFL Imposed Collusive Salary Cap

Posted  06/11/12
The National Football League Players Association has filed a collusion claim against the NFL, its clubs, and team owners alleging a secret $123 million per-Club salary cap during the 2010 uncapped season. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court of Minnesota just one day after that court upheld NFL sanctions against the Cowboys and the Redskins for front-loading player contracts in 2010. In appealing the...

Proposed Universal-EMI Merger Could Remix Antitrust And Copyright Law

Posted  06/7/12
The proposed Universal-EMI merger could lead to another remix of antitrust and copyright law as regulators grapple with consolidation in the recorded-music business. Notably, the proposed acquisition could affect digital sampling, the technique musicians use to digitally copy and remix sounds from existing albums into a new sound recording. The FTC and the European Commission are reviewing the proposed merger...

European General Court Slams MasterCard’s Cross-Border Fees

Posted  06/5/12
The European General Court in Luxembourg, the European Union’s second-highest court, by the European Commission that MasterCard’s multilateral interchange fees on cross-border transactions unfairly restrict competition and harm retailers and consumers. In , the General Court ruled that MasterCard has violated EU competition laws with its interchange fees...

Court Strikes Flash Memory Card Claims As Too Tardy

Posted  05/30/12
Patent holders of technologies supporting digital camera and cell phone flash memory cards known as Secure Digital Memory Cards (“SD Cards”) have succeeded in against them as too tardy. Judge Jeffrey S. White has in Oliver v. 3D-3C, LLC, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District Court of California, after finding the claims are untimely...

Microsoft Restrictions On Web Browsers Draw Competitors’ Ire

Posted  05/23/12
Microsoft’s restrictions on third-party web browsers in its upcoming Windows RT mobile operating system is drawing from the general counsel of the Mozilla Foundation, the non-profit organization responsible for the development of the popular . Google, which has developed its own , has wasted no time in Mozilla’s criticism. Windows RT is a slimmed-down...

Recorded Music Market Consolidation Comes Under Senate Scrutiny

Posted  05/21/12
The latest round of music industry consolidation is coming under antitrust scrutiny as the antitrust subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee prepares for a hearing examining Universal Music Group’s proposed acquisition of the recorded-music business of EMI Music Ltd. If the proposed $1.9 billion acquisition is approved, the number of major music labels will be half of what it was in the...

Kansas Supreme Court Beefs Up Antitrust Scrutiny Of Resale Price Maintenance

Posted  05/17/12
Resale price maintenance policies that pass muster under federal antitrust law may not survive state antitrust scrutiny in Kansas, according to that state’s highest court. The Kansas Supreme Court has overturned a lower court's decision granting defendant handbag and accessory maker Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. summary judgment in a state antitrust suit brought by a class of consumers challenging...

Cloned Horses Champing At The Bit For Their Day In Court

Posted  05/11/12
Cloned horses are going to get their day in court to show that they should be treated as the equals of horses with more traditional pedigrees. A member of the American Quarter Horse Association (“AQHA”) has filed a , alleging that an AQHA rule prohibiting the registry of cloned horses and their offspring violates antitrust laws. The case is Abraham & Veneklasen Joint Venture, et al.  v. American...

SanDisk Streaks To Victory In Two Challenges To Its Flash-Memory Licensing 91porn

Posted  05/7/12
A federal judge in the Northern District of California has an antitrust complaint against SanDisk Corporation, the dominant maker of computer flash memory. In the suit, PNY Technologies, Inc. v. SanDisk Corporation, downstream competitor PNY alleged that SanDisk violated Sections1 and 2 of the Sherman Act through licensing practices of its extensive patent portfolio. According to the complaint, SanDisk...

Class Certification Denied In Facebook Advertising Suit

Posted  05/1/12
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California for class certification in a case challenging social networking giant Facebook’s online advertising practices. The case, In re Facebook, Inc. PPC Advertising Litigation, was filed in 2009 by on Facebook.  The plaintiffs, who paid Facebook on a “cost-per-click” basis, allege that they were billed for “invalid”...
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