Facebook legal team strikes back

Facebook will try to get a New York man's claim for majority ownership of the Web site thrown out of court, attorneys for the social networking site say, writes Salon.

A complaint by Paul Ceglia, a software developer from Wellsville, claims that a seven-year-old contract he signed with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for software development entitles him to 84% of the company.

"No one's ever said it's not his signature or it's a fake contract," Ceglia's attorney Terrence Connors said during a federal court hearing in Buffalo.

Wii and DS platform holder Nintendo is celebrating a significant legal victory in the Netherlands after 11 retailers were convicted of acting unlawfully by importing and selling DS R4 cards and Wii mod chips, reports MCV.

The retailers had claimed Nintendo's objections were an act of unfair competition - a claim rejected by Hague District Court.

“Nintendo protects its intellectual property rights globally and takes action to prevent the distribution of pirated software and devices that allow illegally downloaded software to be played,” a statement reads.

Following a letter sent to Apple CEO Steven Jobs expressing concerns about Apple's plan to track its users' locations, representatives Joe Barton and Edward J Markey have received a response from Cupertino, states Daily Tech.

Penned by Bruce Sewell, general counsel for Apple, the response elucidates the company's plans in much more detail.

In the letter Sewell says forcing users to agree to the new terms (language concerning the tracking was included in an iTunes update, which was un-installable if you did not click to agree) was merely to help inform users of the change.