On-demand video use surged at some video providers after a second snowstorm blanketed much of the Northeast and mid- Atlantic last week (CD Feb 12 p7), our survey of major providers found. That was accompanied by an increase in broadband and data usage across wireline, wireless providers and cable providers in the two regions, including RCN, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile and Verizon. Some TV stations continued to have higher-than-usual website visits.
DirecTV sued Dish Network for false advertising, claiming that a recent ad campaign misrepresents what are comparable packages between the two companies, according to the complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan. DirecTV is asking the court to force Dish to pay DirecTV all profits related to the advertising, financial damages sustained by DirecTV as a result of the advertising, exemplary damages and attorneys’ fees. The company said Dish’s advertising violates the Lanham Act, New York General Business Law and common law of unfair competition.
DirecTV sued Dish Network for false advertising, claiming that a recent ad campaign misrepresents what are comparable packages between the two companies, according to the complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan. DirecTV is asking the court to force Dish to pay DirecTV all profits related to the advertising, financial damages sustained by DirecTV as a result of the advertising, exemplary damages and attorneys’ fees. The company said Dish’s advertising violates the Lanham Act, New York General Business Law and common law of unfair competition.
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review of polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip (PET film) from India for the period of January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007.
Facebook is unintentionally aiding organized crime groups that “scour the Internet for personal information,” according to near-identical lawsuits seeking class-action status in the U.S. District Court in San Jose, Calif. The social networking site’s changes to default privacy settings late last year -- opening more personal information to public view and the subject of a complaint to the FTC (WID Dec 18 p2) -- made it easier for those groups to “dupe” Internet users into handing over more information and then stealing from or impersonating users, said the suits. We couldn’t reach attorney David Lake, who filed both two weeks ago but used different sets of lead plaintiffs, nine in all, as well as different co-counsels.
GENEVA -- Countries want to follow the U.S. and U.K. and experiment with cognitive technologies without global blockages, a white-spaces booster said after a Feb. 1-10 ITU- R meeting to flesh out possible options for the 2012 World Radiocommunication Conference. But broadcasters, science and satellite interests raised concerns about the future use of cognitive systems.
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative review of stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from Japan for the period of July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008.
Brazil's Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (MDIC) has announced that on March 1, 2010, Brazil's Foreign Trade Chamber (CAMEX) will announce its final list of U.S. products it may subject to increased duties of up to 100%, due to the U.S.' noncompliance with World Trade Organization findings in the upland cotton dispute.1
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative review of stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from Mexico for the period of July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008.
A proposal floated for months to end the legal fight over New York City’s e-waste program seems sure to get a new look now that CEA and the ITI Council have agreed with the city and the Natural Resources Defense Council to discuss a settlement (CED Feb 9 p1).