Coffee drinkers who love their Starbucks to the last drop should pay close attention to a lawsuit brought against the Seattle-based coffee giant, alleging that the chain purposely underfills its lattes.… Read More
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a motion today to join Microsoft’s lawsuit against the U.S. Justice Department. Microsoft filed the suit last month, claiming gag orders — which… Read More
Seattle-based music licensing company Audiosocket has filed a lawsuit against the now-suspended campaign of former presidential hopeful Ted Cruz over the use of two songs in campaign videos. According to… Read More
It’s easy to fall under the spell of Amazon. The all-powerful e-commerce behemoth provides an unparalleled customer experience and has been establishing itself as the one-stop everything store for over… Read More
Text-message senders, beware: U.S. courts are moving ever-closer to blaming the sender of a text for car accidents that occur when the recipient is driving and texting back. How could… Read More
A new lawsuit blames Snapchat, along with a teenager who was allegedly using the popular messaging app to share how fast she was driving, for an accident that left another driver in Georgia with severe… Read More
Amazon is suing five more sites in its ongoing legal campaign against fake product reviews — this time targeting the alleged operators of “Amazon Verified Reviews,” “Buy Amazon Reviews,” “Paid Book Reviews”… Read More
Google paid Apple $1 billion in 2014 to use its search engine on the iPhone, according to court records dug up by Bloomberg News. The disclosure provides new details about the complicated relationship… Read More
Oculus Rift is facing several legal claims against its makers, which is unsurprising given the attention the device has received in general. Oculus is already combatting one lawsuit from Zenimax, which claims… Read More
As one of the first journalists to write about the identity theft phenomenon more than a decade ago, people often ask me if I think LifeLock is worth it. I’ve… Read More
Seattle-based Dato has been deadlocked in a trademark infringement argument with fellow tech startup Datto for months, ever since Dato changed its name from GraphLab in January. Datto, which has been… Read More
Ramar Larkin Jones was in the middle of painting beach balls to look like Pokéballs when he got the news. After throwing a Pokémon-themed party on the eve of the PAX… Read More
FOLLOW-UP: Pokémon’s lawsuit to block fan party came without warning — or profits The Pokémon Company International, Inc. filed suit against two Seattleites on Wednesday, claiming they broke copyright laws when… Read More
A judge has denied Facebook’s attempt to have a lawsuit over the Oculus Rift thrown out. ZeniMax sued Facebook, claiming trade secrets were used in the development of the Oculus Rift. Oculus is… Read More
Amazon’s defense is starting to take shape in a lawsuit filed by Angie’s List, which is accusing the Seattle-based retailer of using Angie’s List to help find contractors to build a competing home services business… Read More
Angie’s List is accusing Amazon of using its service to conduct hundreds of searches to find and reach out to professional service providers on its network. In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in… Read More
Nintendo recently won a patent case over their Wii Balance Board technology. Ithica Ventures and Ithica Development sued Nintendo in 2013, claiming the technology used in the balance board infringed on their… Read More
Paying for bag fees has apparently struck a nerve with a federal judge, who has turned down Expedia’s request to dismiss a lawsuit that accuses the online travel agency of failing to… Read More
A New York real estate owner is suing Amazon, claiming that the Seattle retailer reneged on an agreement to rent 10 floors in a Manhattan office building. The Durst Organization filed the lawsuit on… Read More
People feeling ticked off over how much storage iOS 8 takes up on their iPhone have a new lawsuit to rally around. The suit, filed yesterday in federal court, alleges that… Read More
Zillow has filed a motion in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California to dismiss a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by one of its former employees. The… Read More
A federal judge has denied Amazon’s request to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission, which accuses the retailer of failing to get parents’ permission for purchases made by children inside… Read More
Zillow has fired a sales manager in the company’s southern California office, following an internal investigation which found misconduct tied to sexual harassment of a fellow employee. The news of… Read More
A judge has denied Microsoft’s request to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Getty Images, which is claiming “massive” copyright infringement. Back in September, Getty Images sued Microsoft over a Bing… Read More
Microsoft has sued the Internal Revenue Service to get more details about a contract between the tax agency and a law firm the IRS hired to look into the Redmond-based… Read More
Samsung today defended its attempt to back out of a disputed patent deal with Microsoft, citing antitrust concerns over the Redmond company’s purchase of Nokia’s smartphone business. At issue in the… Read More
Twitter has sued the U.S. Department of Justice in a move to expand the amount of data it can share with users about what type of requests for information it… Read More
Samsung Electronics is seeking arbitration in Hong Kong to resolve issues that have sprung up in a 2011 patent agreement with Microsoft. The arbitration proceeding was disclosed in a lawsuit initiated by… Read More
Amazon is opting to fight a lawsuit filed earlier this year that alleges some prices on Amazon Prime-eligible products are inflated to help cover the cost of shipping, even when delivery is supposed… Read More
Microsoft has removed a Bing image widget from its site following a lawsuit filed by Getty Images last week that accused Microsoft of copyright infringement. A Microsoft spokesman said: “We have temporarily… Read More