Mark Winterbottom and Jamie Whincup claimed the race wins at Pukekohe Park on Sunday but series leader Shane van Gisbergen wore the biggest smile, emerging from the weekend with an iron grasp on his first Supercars title.The Aucklander lapped up the home crowd affection in claiming the Jason Richards Trophy for best points haul from the New Zealand meet, roaring to a 191-point championship lead with just two races at Homebush to come next month.The 27-year-old said he fought back tears when he realised hed won the weekend prize, named after his late countryman.Its a pretty special thing to win this trophy. No Kiwis done it, he said.Everyone was his friend, he was such a nice guy ... to get it in front of the home crowd was pretty awesome.Van Gisbergen needs only to finish 16th in each Sydney race - or fifth in either - to claim the crown, the first for a Kiwi since Jim Richards in a Nissan in 1991.There was a moment in Auckland when the title race hung in the balance.Desperately seeking any improvement in his championship deficit, Whincup dive-bombed his teammate around the turn eight hairpin, t-boning van Gisbergen.Both Red Bulls spun out of control.Van Gisbergen re-emerged in eighth, steadily climbing through the pack to finish third.Whincup redressed behind his teammate and was served a drive-through penalty, finishing 25th and ceding another huge chunk of points to his sole title rival.If the racing was explosive, the meeting of the teammates in pit lane afterwards was anything but.Whincups apology for his misstep was meek and van Gisbergen quickly accepted it along with the huge advantage in the title race he gained.Team boss Roland Dane told Fox Sports he wasnt surprised to see Whincup resort to the most desperate of measures, given the six-time champion was guaranteed second place in the overall standings.It was going to happen at some point ... Jamie probably felt he had nothing to lose, he said.The six-time title winner said he wouldnt lose hope of a seventh championship until the fat lady sings.Absolutely its going to be hard work, he said, but I never give up. Ill keep my head down until the last race.Van Gisbergen is also refusing to count his chickens.The gap is quite big but weve still got to go there and get a good result, he said.In all, the dominant Red Bulls claimed three one-two results - with Whincup claiming two victories - for the weekend.Winterbottom won Sundays first race after powering from the second row of the grid past van Gisbergen and Scott Pye.I might be old but I do alright off the line, the reigning champion said.Pye went on to finish second, DJR Team Penskes best result in the series in two years.Scott McLaughlin claimed third in race two.The Volvo mans duel with Craig Lowndes for third place in the overall standings will be one of the hottest contests at Homebush.McLaughlin arrived 76 points in arrears to the 42-year-old but cut the deficit to 21 after besting him in three of the four New Zealand races. Cheap Custom Astros Jersey . 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One of the worlds oldest telecommunications companies is suing Valve over Steam.British Telecommunications has filed a federal lawsuit against Valve, alleging that the game developer infringed several patents via its popular Steam marketplace and distribution platform. In a 111 page court document obtained by ESPN, plaintiff British Telecom (BT) specifically pinpoints Steams storage of third-party video games as well as certain broadcasting, chat, and messaging features.Despite BTs repeated attempts to reach an amicable resolution with Valve, and BTs numerous requests that Valve stop infringing the [patents], Valve has continued to infringe willfully and wantonly, alleged British Telecom lawyers in the complaint.The lawsuit, filed in Delaware federal court, targets the heart of how consumers play, watch, interact, and purchase esports. At any given time, millions of gamers are online via Valves Steam interface.Valves internet-based digital distribution platform for video games, Steam, is the largest in the world and supports thousands of games, some of which have been developed by Valve itself and some of which have been developed by others, wrote lawyers for British Telecom.Valves Steam Library, Steam Chat, Steam Messaging, and Steam Broadcasting are all specifically mentioned in the complaint.The four patents at issue in the legal filing -- denoted by the lead inventors last name -- are included as attachments.dddddddddddd Inventors obtain patents as a way to legally protect their work from being copied by others without permission. Patent violations can result in monetary damages and court-ordered injunctions preventing further infringement.BT brings this action to recover the just compensation it is owed for Valves past infringement, and to prevent Valve from continuing to benefit from the patented inventions in the future without authorization or compensation to BT, explained British Telecom lawyers.Screenshots featuring Valves Counter-Strike: Global Offensive game, as well as other titles, are included prominently in the complaint.The British Telecom lawsuit does not address any possible gambling-related aspect of Steam, but comes amidst an unrelated lawsuit alleging that Valve facilitated skins betting on various third-party websites. The skins wagering case is in its early stages.British Telecom is represented by powerful New York City law firm Proskauer Rose. Valve has yet to formally reply to the complaint. 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