News & Reviews:   court

Yesterday, the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court ordered Maybank to pay RM166000 to Chan Yan Li for failing to prevent suspicious transactions that emptied her account. That said, what should you know about it?

It has been a few weeks since the court battle between a young woman and tech giants started. Today, a jury in Los Angeles has delivered a major legal blow to Meta and Google, awarding $6 million (over ~RM23.5 million) in damages to the young woman who sued over childhood social media addiction.

The logo is the most important element of a company that allows customers to recognize the products or services that one offers. A while ago, Chanel, the European fashion brand, alleged that the Chinese tech giant HUAWEI has a logo that is similar to its registered French logo. The fashion company even took the matter to the Luxembourg-based General Court but ended up losing as the tribunal concludes the logos from both companies are not similar in some context.

During the antitrust trial between Apple and Epic, there were a few documents from Apple which revealed that iMessage was not made available to Android devices even though the app did not run into incompatibility issues. This is largely due to the orders made by Apple executives to keep iMessage exclusive to the iOS platform, making it harder for existing iOS users to migrate to Android-powered smartphones.

Recently, Grab has stated on their official website saying that it will be possible to order several meals from the same food court for a single delivery price. Currently, this feature is available in selected food courts located in Johor Bahru, Penang, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, Melaka, and Ipoh for now.

It seems that Apple’s iPhones are required to support e-wallets other than their very own Apple Pay, based on a court ruling in Germany that was passed very recently. The court ruling required all “operators of electronic money infrastructure” to allow e-wallet integration, at a reasonable fee which means that you could use your Apple device to make payments even without Apple Pay.