breach of warranty

For Blog 6, I found an article about breach of warranty. A television company controlled by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation faced a second lawsuit in six months alleging that it defrauded a rival and misappropriated trade secrets. DirecTV, the biggest satellite television firm in the US and a company that Mr Murdoch narrowly failed to buy last year, has launched the action against NDS, the Middlesex supplier of smart cards that prevent pirating. The lawsuit comes six months after Canal Plus Technologies (CPT) of France began a $3bn legal action against NDS alleging it helped fund hackers who published secrets on the internet about its pay-TV technology. The DirecTV suit, filed under seal in a US district court in Los Angeles, makes a series of allegations against NDS including breach of contract, fraud, breach of warranty and misappropriation of trade secrets. Bob Marsocci, a spokesman for DirecTV, said: "We filed the complaint because NDS breached our contract and defrauded us. We have a very strong case and will present that in court." DirecTV is seeking damages, the delivery of software which it claims is required by contract and an injunction to prevent any further breaches. NDS, which has dismissed CPT's allegations as baseless, last night insisted the new case was without merit.

source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2002/sep/20/newscorporation.citynews

Steven