Oracle demands that the trial that Google won be thrown out on the grounds of withholding evidence during discovery.

Oracle started a copyright case against Google in 2010, claiming infringement on the Java API in Google's Android OS. Oracle lost, for a second time, this May. But now, the Oracle attorneys claim that Google was trying to enter into market for Java SE on desktops, which might have had impact on the jury's decision, while Google's attorneys' response is that this information was beyond the scope of the trial.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a lawsuit claiming the parts of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that deal with copy protection and digital locks are unconstitutional. DMCA became law in 1998, making it a federal crime to copy a DVD or anything that breaks digital copy-protection schemes.

The digital locks, often referred to as digital rights management or DRM, were often extended or used to curtail free speech, journalistic or scientific research, cultural participation and digital security.

Two security researchers use the vulnerabilities in Jeep Cherokee's entertainment system to completely hijack the controls of the vehicle over a wireless network. After this "proof-of-concept", a congress initiative for better car security law was raised, while Chrysler issued a recall of 1.4 million vehicles.