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Karimi & Associates Law Firm represents According to New York Times: The US International Trade Commission (USITC) determined that Google infringed on audio patents held by Sonos, a domestic developer of audio products. The ruling could impact Google’s device imports, but the company has also already submitted redesigns of the controversial technology. Google later filed a countersuit against Sonos, claiming that Sonos was infringing on its patents. The patents in question cover […]

Karimi & Associates Law Firm represents According to Reuters: The creator of the game “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds” says in a new U.S. lawsuit that a Singapore-based company made rip-off versions of its game, and Apple and Google have refused to stop selling them. Krafton Inc alleged in a Los Angeles federal court complaint that Garena Online’s “Free Fire” games copy several copyrighted aspects of PUBG: Battlegrounds, including its game structure and in-game items,

Karimi & Associates Law Firm represents according to Courthouse News Services: The online civil court system of Virginia state has been found violating First Amendment rights of the press and public over restricting reporters and journalist’s access to civil complaints. Based on first amendment rights of press and public, they have the right to have free access to the most civil records but by the virtue of the Officer Remote Access System,

Karimi & Associates Law Firm represents according to Bloomberg: Amazon’s India unit filed new appeal lawsuit against the Competition Commission of India (CCI) over the suspension of the deal between Amazon and Future Group, an Indian retailer, which halted the arbitration proceedings between two sides by order of this commission. Amazon and Future have had a long-term dispute because of the U.S. e-commerce giant’s attempts to block the sale of Future’s retail

Karimi & Associates Law Firm represents according to Reuters: Lawyers wrote for New York and other states in a filing to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia that Facebook is a monopolist that has exploited its immense market power to crush competition. Through an ongoing course of conduct to ‘buy or bury’ nascent competitors, Facebook has maintained a monopoly that harms its users and the public at large.”

Karimi & Associates Law Firm represents According to Reuters: Three application developers urged a U.S. appeals court to revive their antitrust lawsuit against Facebook over its purchase of WhatsApp and Instagram, arguing the alleged harm they suffered from the deals entitles them to sue. Facebook said in its court filing on Wednesday that the application developers’ “sole theory of harm from the years-ago acquisitions stacks speculation upon speculation.” The company in earlier

Karimi & Associates Law Firm represents according to Jurist: Washington state Attorney General, Bob Ferguson, announced that Amazon will pay $2.25 million to his office and shut down its “Sold by Amazon” third-party seller program after a lengthy price-fixing investigation by his office’s Antitrust Division. Ferguson’s lawsuit alleged that Amazon violated antitrust laws and “unreasonably restrained competition in order to maximize its own profits off third-party sales” by agreeing on prices with

Karimi & Associates Law Firm represents according to Reuters: One of NFT or none-fungible tokens marketplace platforms suspends NFT transactions due to rampant fakes and plagiarism after selling  NFT of Jack Dorsey’s first tweet for $2.9 million. The founder of this platform called this a “fundamental problem” in the digital assets market. By the day to day growing NFT Market, some reports of counterfeits and wash trading have become commonplace. After selling

Karimi & Associates Law Firm represents according to Jurist: Google filed a motion to dismiss the antitrust complaint that was filed against the company by a coalition of state attorneys. The motion denied the allegation that Google colluded with Facebook to manipulate programmatic ad markets in a collaborative project codenamed “Jedi Blue.” The suit claimed that the project intended to limit ad header bidding practices and alleged that publishers are forced to

Karimi & Associates Law Firm represents according to Jurist: In a bid to disrupt the country’s flourishing ecosystem of online disinformation, Philippines lawmakers approved a key provision in the proposed Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Card Registration Act mandating that social media accounts are created using a legal name and phone number. In a country with a history of online trolling, disinformation, and the use of anonymous social media accounts, the act was