As ‘smartphone wars’ brew, RIM partners with Intellectual Ventures We’ve seen plenty of litigation in the mobile industry in recent months, with Microsoft, Apple, Google and others engaged in… Read More
It’s official: Sprint says AT&T’s T-Mobile deal stinks We knew that Sprint wasn’t happy about AT&T’s proposed acquisition of T-Mobile USA, based on comments by Sprint CEO Dan… Read More
Groupon, LivingSocial challenged over terms of daily deals More and more people have been embracing daily deals, figuring out how to work within the rules and limitations to… Read More
Weekend Reading: Apple vs. Amazon.com, the full text Who needs a novel when there are juicy court filings to read? When the news broke this week that Apple… Read More
Tech Law: Fred Wilson’s $5,000 Startup Lawyer Challenge Fred Wilson issued a challenge this morning to startup lawyers: can we close a startup’s seed financing round for legal… Read More
Excerpt: Setback for Google in book-scanning case In the mood for some evening reading about the future of online books? Here’s the full text of the ruling… Read More
Apple hits adult ‘app store’ MiKandi with cease-and-desist over trademark Amazon.com isn’t the only company being targeted by Apple for using the phrase “app store” in conjunction with its Android… Read More
Google: Microsoft’s Android claims ‘threaten innovation’ Google itself hasn’t yet been named as a defendant in any of Microsoft’s patent litigation over Android, but the search… Read More
Apple suing Amazon.com over “Appstore” name Amazon.com has made a point of calling its upcoming mobile marketplace for Android an “Appstore,” as opposed to an “App… Read More
The patents Microsoft is using to sue Barnes & Noble Just how many anti-Android patents does Microsoft have up its sleeve? In reading through the Redmond company’s lawsuit this afternoon… Read More
Microsoft sues Barnes & Noble over Android in Nook Microsoft says it has filed patent infringement lawsuits against Barnes & Noble and the manufacturers of its Nook e-reader, based… Read More
Tech Law: When a phone is actually more like a footlocker Earlier this year, the California Supreme Court decided it was OK for police to search the text messages on a… Read More
Trademark or not, Apple lays claim to “the” App Store https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVvVQc3O01U We’ve been keeping a close eye on a dispute between Microsoft and Apple over the iPhone/iPad maker’s attempt to… Read More
Microsoft debuts on list of world’s most ethical companies Take that, David Boies and Judge Jackson? Achieving an honor that would have been unthinkable a decade ago, Microsoft today… Read More
