The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to review a lawsuit between Microsoft and Xbox 360 users who allege that a defect in the console caused their game discs to be scratched, making them… Read More
A former Zirx worker says she was required to work set hours and wear a uniform when she parked cars for the on-demand valet company — but she was never considered… Read More
View image | gettyimages.com The family of Ahmed Mohamed, the 14-year-old Muslim student who was arrested when a clock he built as part of a science project was mistaken for a… Read More
A former Washington state Uber driver has filed a lawsuit alleging he was wrongfully classified as an independent contractor by the ride-sharing company, meaning he hasn’t received compensation and employee benefits he’s owed,… Read More
Microsoft announced a sweeping reorganization of its legal team on Friday as the company builds a new department around recently promoted Microsoft President Brad Smith. The biggest change is the appointment of… Read More
A federal judge in Seattle ruled in favor of Amazon this week in a dispute over counterfeit goods sold by a third-party retailer on the e-commerce giant’s site, but said he’s… Read More
Amazon is not liable for patent, copyright or trademark infringement when a third-party retailer uses its platform to sell counterfeit goods, a jury found on Thursday in a closely watched lawsuit… Read More
Two current Microsoft employees came forward this week to allege that they, and their female coworkers, are rising through the company’s ranks more slowly because of employee review processes that… Read More
Amazon continued its war against fake product reviews on Friday, filing a lawsuit against more than 1,000 people it says offered to write fake reviews of products listed on Amazon’s e-commerce… Read More
A former Microsoft security program manager alleges in a newly filed lawsuit that the company’s employee review system discriminates against women in performance evaluations, compensation and promotions. “Microsoft’s company-wide policies and practices… Read More
An appeals court on Thursday ruled in favor of Microsoft in a patent battle with Google, further cementing an emerging legal precedent that may limit the amount electronics manufacturers must pay to license… Read More
If you ever owned an Xbox 360, you might want to take note: Due to a disc-scratching manufacturing defect, Microsoft is in hot water with the courts … still. In… Read More
Amazon is gearing up to fight a legal precedent that could keep online retailers from suggesting searches for products they don’t sell. In a new appeal, filed this week, Amazon’s lawyers… Read More
A federal judge has refused to dismiss patent infringement claims against Amazon in a lawsuit filed by Seattle-based novelty pillowcase maker Milo & Gabby, which is seeking to hold the e-commerce giant liable for… Read More
Dan Price, the Seattle tech leader who made headlines this year for boosting his employees’ minimum annual salary to $70,000 and cutting his own to the same, has been sued by his… Read More
The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation into Amazon’s e-book contracts with publishers, examining whether their terms give the Seattle-based company an unfair advantage over its competitors in the… Read More
Our guest on this week’s GeekWire radio show was Brad Smith, Microsoft’s general counsel and executive vice president of legal and corporate affairs. We covered a wide range of topics: Microsoft’s… Read More
Editor’s note: Following news of Lifestyle Lift (a national chain of cosmetic surgery centers known primarily for aggressively advertising a cosmetic surgery procedure) shuttering its operations, RealSelf Founder and CEO… Read More
The person behind the site buyamazonreviews.com is disputing a lawsuit filed by Amazon against sites that offer Amazon sellers the ability to buy reviews from Amazon customers. Communicating via chat on the site, a man… Read More
Amazon has filed suit against the alleged operators of sites that offer Amazon sellers the ability to purchase fake 4- and 5-star customer reviews of their products. The suit, the… Read More
Lawyers for Microsoft and Google will appear Wednesday morning at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco in a long-running dispute over patents that were originally owned by cell phone maker… Read More
As recently as 2011, according to Amazon, someone at Appistry Inc. registered the genomics data technology company to use Amazon Web Services. As part of that process, the person clicked to agree to the standard AWS customer… Read More
Microsoft filed suit against Kyocera this afternoon, alleging that the Japanese electronics company’s Android-based smartphones infringe on the Redmond company’s patents. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle, seeks… Read More
Two longtime Microsoft employees have filed suit against the company over their terminations. The suit alleges they were the targets of internal retaliation after raising red flags about more than $7,000 in expenses submitted by an unnamed… Read More
Samsung and Microsoft say they have settled their lawsuit over a patent licensing agreement that required Samsung to pay Microsoft for its use of Android, based on Microsoft’s claims that Google’s… Read More
Commentary: Washington state legislator Derek Stanford (D-Bothell) just introduced a bill that would eliminate the enforceability of non-compete agreements in Washington State. Microsoft will do everything in their power to kill… Read More
New legislation introduced in the Washington State House of Representatives would make it much tougher for employers in the state to use non-competition agreements to limit the ability of employees to… Read More
If Microsoft’s General Counsel has his way, 2015 will be a “year for solutions” when it comes to the intersection of the internet and international law. Brad Smith told an… Read More
Contour, the action camera company with roots in the Seattle region, has filed a patent-infringement suit against market leader GoPro — but the smaller rival wants to make it clear that this… Read More
The Internal Revenue Service is petitioning a federal court to compel a who’s who of former Microsoft executives — including longtime CEO Steve Ballmer and former Windows chief Jim Allchin — to… Read More