Earlier this month, Chinese online video website Ku6.com announced it was downsizing staff by up to 20%. But now local media reports state those layoffs are not legal.

A joint raid conducted yesterday by the Hong Kong police and Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority was aimed at curtailing the sale of illegal mobile phone jammers.

U.S.-based Motorola Solutions Inc. has entered into an agreement with China's Huawei Technologies Company Ltd. to settle all pending litigation between the two parties pending the satisfaction of certain conditions.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged IBM with funneling gifts, cash, and entertainment to government officials in South Korea and China.

Beijing Second Intermediate People's Court has announced its decision for Kaixin001.com's lawsuit against Oak Pacific Interactive, which previously launched a similar social networking site as that of Kaixin001.com, asking the latter to stop using the Chinese name of "Kai Xin Wang" and pay compensation of CNY400,000 to the complainant.

A new report issued by a Chinese government-funded research organization states Facebook and Western social networking sites pose spy risks, and these problems should make social media mavens worry about possible clampdowns on social networking sites in China.

One of China Mobile's top executives is being investigated for "suspected serious personal violations" by government authorities.

Shanda Literature, the Internet literature subsidiary of Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited, has announced that it plans to sue the Chinese search engine company Baidu.com in January 2010, because Baidu.com includes a large number of online pirated literature works, which infringe the rights and interests of Shanda Literature.

Chinese semiconductor foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation has announced that it reached an agreement with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited.

Chinawriter.com.cn has posted a message allegedly from Google which states that the American search engine will compensate Chinese writers USD60 for each book of each writer who agrees to allow Google to use the book online.

Chinese PC maker Asus has jointly announced with IBM that the two parties have signed a cross-licensing agreement to enhance their cooperation and to end the protracted patent infringement dispute between the two.

Chinese video website Youku.com announced that it has sued Sohu.com at Beijing Haidian People's Court for Sohu's infringements of Youku's copyrights and harming Youku's reputation.

Shanghai No.1 Intermediate People's Court has launched the first Internet court in China to turn the traditional face-to-face trial into a "keyboard-to-keyboard" one of the information age.

China's first professional academic institution that focuses on the systematic and theoretical research of Internet management and information society law has been started at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications.

According to information from Shanghai's court website, Chinese online game operator The9 is targeting the American game developer Blizzard Entertainment in two lawsuits which involve property loss compensation and commercial defamation, respectively.