2024-09-28
In a nutshell: Valve has deleted the Steam Subscriber Agreement's binding arbitration clause and class action waiver which was previously applicable to US users & other areas where they were enforceable. This is the first revision to the SSA since 4/25/23. https://x.com/...
The Verge
Steam changes its subscriber agreement, removing its forced arbitration policy and allowing gamers to take legal action against its parent company Valve
Steam just removed its forced arbitration policy, opening the door for lawsuits against its parent company, Valve.
Binding arbitration clauses are very stinky (as documented extensively by Rossmann), so no matter how you slice it, getting rid of it from the SSA is a good move. But I can't help but wonder what's with Valve's very abrupt change of attitude tonight. https://x.com/...
The Verge
Steam changes its subscriber agreement, removing its forced arbitration policy and allowing gamers to take legal action against its parent company Valve
Steam just removed its forced arbitration policy, opening the door for lawsuits against its parent company, Valve.
2023-12-27
The real winner in this Apple Watch Series 9/Ultra 2 patent debacle is Canada. All those watches that Apple can't sell in the US, they probably instructed their stores to box them up and send them to the nearest Apple Store up north to sell here instead.
Reuters
Biden's administration declines to veto the ITC's Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 import ban over Masimo's patents; Apple asks an appeals court to halt the ban
The real winner in this Apple Watch Series 9/Ultra 2 patent debacle is Canada. All those watches that Apple can't sell in the US, they probably instructed their stores to box them up and send them to the nearest Apple Store up north to sell here instead.
Bloomberg
How Apple hiring Stanford PhD Marcelo Lamego, who was CTO of Masimo sister Cercacor, in 2013 to add Watch health features sparked a fight that led to the US ban
Apple's hiring of a key engineer 10 years ago helped spark a fight that led its watch to be banned from the US.