Court

News Nokia files 13 new patents against Apple, four of them in the UK.

News A lawyer says a total ban on Twitter in court is not feasible.

News The Pirate Bay founders may have had their jail sentences reduced, but their fines have gone up.

News A hacker, who was a major player in the m00p group, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison.

News In court, Google claims Oracle edited a code comparison designed to prove the search firm illegally used Java code when creating Android.

News Middlesbrough Crown Court has dropped a case against a teenager for file sharing.

News Ciena’s bid for Nortel’s Optical Networking business has received court approval, but not before the companies made concessions.

News The US Justice Department has begun investigating alleged antitrust behaviour at IBM.

News The Pirate Bay suffers a blow as it is ruled that the judge in charge of the original copyright case was not biased.

News The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) will not prosecute Gary McKinnon in relation to allegations of computer misuse.