One week, 3 lawsuits between technology corporations

Security firm Symantec has asked a US court to ban Microsoft from developing Windows Vista, while Google Suggest is accused of abusing pirated software. Meanwhile, before Creative's lawsuit, Apple immediately sued the company that produced the Singapore music player.

Symantec has asked Microsoft to remove Veritas storage technology in products such as Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Vista and "Longhorn" Windows Server. In August 1996, Veritas signed an agreement to allow Microsoft to use its management technology in the Windows NT operating system version. However, Symantec bought the company for $ 10.2 billion last year.

Security firm claims its software has been "illegally used", while Microsoft said it had full rights to deploy Veritas technology because it bought intellectual property rights from Veritas in 2004.

The lawsuit is likely to slow down the release date of Windows Vista, according to plans to be released in January 2007.

Meanwhile, Belgian company ServersCheck has complained that the search terms in the Google Suggest service can direct users to sites containing illegal software.

Every time people type keywords into the Google Suggest program, this toolbar will automatically display a series of related suggested terms. When the word ServersCheck is entered, Google will suggest words such as " serverscheck crack ", " serverscheck pro crack ", " serverscheck keygen " (unlocking keyscheck).

According to Maarten Van Laere, CEO of ServersCheck, the US search service company needs to change those suggested words because 93% of customers accessing the company's website are through a popular search engine Google. Google lawyer Trevor Callaghan said they also blocked some sensitive terms in the service.

Earlier this week (May 15), Creative, the world's second-largest player, filed with the US International Trade Commission, accusing Apple of violating one of its patents. Creative asked the court to force Apple to stop producing and selling popular iPod music players.

On the same day, Apple immediately filed a lawsuit against Creative in the Wisconsin federal court, ruling that the Asian company violated four intellectual property patterns of "Apple."

" We voluntarily organized negotiations to find a solution that would benefit both sides. However, during those meetings, Apple did not mention the four copyright forms they offered to sue them. me, "said Phil O'Shaughnessy, Creative spokesman.

TN