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Intellectual Ventures sues Motorola over six patents

Motorola has been sued for patent infringement by Intellectual Ventures, the Bellevue-based company run by former Microsoft technology chief Nathan… Read More

Former Paul Allen security guards file lawsuit, allege unethical behavior at Vulcan

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and his private investment arm, Vulcan, have been sued by four former security guards at the… Read More

Pendrell forks over $90 million for ContentGuard, gobbling up more than 250 patents

Pendrell Corp., the Kirkland company formerly known as ICO Global, today announced that it is paying $90.1 million in cash… Read More

Microsoft dismantles Kelihos botnet

Microsoft’s ongoing battle against nasty botnets has continued, with the company announcing today that it has dismantled the Kelihos botnet… Read More

Lawmakers demonstrate that they understand smartphones, even if judges don’t

The law is starting to catch up to an undeniable reality of modern technology — recognizing that smartphones are not… Read More

Ex-Microsoft worker going to jail for 33 months for fraud

Robert Curry, a 41-year-old former Microsoft manager, has been sentenced to 33 months in prison and ordered to pay $459,341… Read More

Verizon CEO: The merger of AT&T and T-Mobile ‘had to occur’

A number of big technology companies, including Microsoft, Facebook and Oracle, have come out in support of AT&T’s $39 billion… Read More

Redfin, Glympse, Trulia and others sued over traffic patent

A mysterious company by the name of Traffic Information LLC has sued Seattle area startups Redfin and Glympse — as… Read More

Washington AG joins opposition to AT&T’s T-Mobile acquisition

(Updated below with T-Mobile statement) Washington state Attorney General Rob McKenna today joined the opposition to AT&T’s $39 billion acquisition… Read More

Does the patent reform bill really eliminate red tape?

In his speech before Congress Thursday night, President Obama said, “Today you [the Congress] passed reform that will speed up… Read More

Ex-Microsoft employee sentenced to two years in prison for embezzlement

Randal Ray Seal, a 54-year-old former analyst in Microsoft’s accounts payable department, has been sentenced to two years in prison… Read More

What Microsoft is saying about Windows Phone location data — and what it’s not saying

Microsoft today said it’s investigating allegations that Windows Phone 7’s camera collects data about the locations of users against their… Read More

Google’s Schmidt: Patent issues ‘terrible,’ but Motorola deal about more than that

Eric Schmidt, Google’s executive chairman, gave his take on the company’s Motorola acquisition — and the state of the U.S.… Read More

Morning Radar: Paul Graham’s patent pledge; Super Mario in Seattle; etc.

Y Combinator’s Paul Graham asks companies to take the patent pledge. The concept? Big companies shouldn’t use patents to bully… Read More

Microsoft accused of secretly collecting geolocation data on Windows Phone 7

Apple found itself in a bit of hot water back in April when researchers discovered that iPhones and 3G-enabled iPads… Read More

How Carly screwed up AT&T’s $39B T-Mobile acquisition

OK, so Carly herself isn’t specifically to blame. But the U.S. Department of Justice today cited last year’s T-Mobile USA… Read More

Blindsided by DOJ suit, AT&T says it will fight for T-Mobile

Updated below with statements from DOJ and Sprint. AT&T just issued a statement saying it’s “surprised and disappointed” by the… Read More

Hells Angels get into a legal scrap with Amazon.com (over a T-shirt)

This is a far cry from Altamont Speedway. The Hells Angels, the notorious motorcycle club, have filed a lawsuit against… Read More

Google paying $500M to resolve drug advertising probe

Google has agreed to forfeit $500 million, one of the largest penalties of its kind, for letting Canadian pharmacies market… Read More

Google’s $12.5 billion price tag for Motorola just isn’t good enough, says shareholder

Anytime you have this much cash flinging around, lawsuits tend to emerge. So, it’s not a surprise that just a… Read More

Morning Radar: HasOffers to double staff; Mega Startup Weekend; Swype; and more

HasOffers, the affiliate marketing company started by twin brothers Lucas and Lee Brown, is looking to hire 30 more staffers… Read More

F5 names Skype CFO to board, buys IP assets of Crescendo Networks

F5 Networks has appointed Skype Chief Financial Officer Jonathan Chadwick to its board of directors and announced the purchase of… Read More

WSJ: Feds also probing Android in Google antitrust inquiry

When the Federal Trade Commission launched its antitrust inquiry into Google in late June, it notified the company that the… Read More

Google: Microsoft, Apple trying to strangle Android with ‘bogus’ patents

[Follow-up: Microsoft says Google declined an invitation to bid together on Novell patents.] Google is fighting back publicly against what… Read More

Tech Law: A new era for startup financing documents

Startup investors Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson have an interesting take on the standardization of legal documents used in angel… Read More

Patent verdict vs. Microsoft shrinks from $500M to $70M

It turned out to be another big week for patent news. A federal jury in San Diego today found that… Read More

As patent debate rages, Google gobbles up IBM inventions

GeekWire readers have been engaged in an intense debate over the past week about the role of software patents —… Read More

Starbucks files suit to defend its use of the acronym SDN

Starbucks has found itself in a legal squabble with a South Dakota Internet Service Provider over the use of three… Read More

Intellectual Ventures sues HP, Dell and others over patents

Dell, HP, Wal-Mart, Best Buy and others have been sued by Intellectual Ventures, the Bellevue-based company run by former Microsoft… Read More

Technology Law: The Dropbox Doth Protest Too Much

Dropbox updated its terms of service last week and a firestorm of controversy ensued. Many thought Dropbox was setting itself up… Read More