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Former Amazon employee: Disputed non-compete deal ‘excessive’ and ‘overbroad’

A former Amazon manager is responding defiantly to the company’s lawsuit over his new job at Google — further positioning his case as a new legal test for tech-industry employment… Read More

Prominent Portland tech CEO Scott Kveton accused of sexual assault

Urban Airship is one of Portland’s most promising startup companies, delivering billions of push notifications to mobile phones on behalf… Read More

Amazon sues former employee for taking Google cloud job, in new test of non-compete deals

Amazon is suing a former Amazon Web Services strategic partnerships manager, Zoltan Szabadi, alleging that his new job at Google Cloud Platform… Read More

Law firm sues Lively over unpaid bills, but CEO says company isn’t dead yet

Seattle-based music startup Lively, which abruptly closed its doors earlier this month, has been sued by its own law firm… Read More

Supreme Court shoots down Aereo streaming service

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled this morning that the Aereo television streaming service violates U.S. copyright law, dealing a setback… Read More

Washington state AG to force Ohio Internet company Change-My-Address.com to refund customers

Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson is forcing Ohio Internet company Change-My-Address.com to refund customers $3 million, stemming from consumer… Read More

Court denies Move’s motion to block new Zillow employee

A King County Superior Court Judge has denied a motion by Move Inc. to block the employment of Errol Samuelson… Read More

Zillow vs. Move: Dueling declarations show bitter feud over key real estate exec

There’s nothing quite like a bitter feud in the real estate business, and we’ve certainly seen our share of them… Read More

Meet Zillow’s new $5 million man: A guy so valuable that Move Inc. is suing over him

Errol Samuelson is a valuable man. Not only does he possess deep real estate industry experience — often quoted in… Read More

Redfin’s first CTO explains lawsuit against the company, says he just wants to be treated fairly

David Selinger is a die-hard Redfin supporter. He’s purchased homes through the online real estate service, and speaks highly of… Read More

Patent office: Most Zillow claims around Zestimate valuation tool are ‘unpatentable’

Zillow may be facing a tougher legal challenge against its longtime rival Trulia after a patent review board ruled this… Read More

Redfin co-founder and ex-CTO sue company, allege scheme to cancel shares as IPO nears

Redfin is facing a lawsuit in King County Superior Court from two of its earliest employees who allege that the… Read More

The Move exec who got sued after joining Zillow talks about why he made the leap

Bloodsport. House of Cards. Those are a few of the ways that Inman News publisher Brad Inman describes what’s occurring… Read More

Microsoft defends its Hotmail snooping in Windows leak investigation

Responding to criticism of its investigation into an alleged leak of company trade secrets, Microsoft acknowledged overnight that it searched… Read More

Zillow poaches one Move exec, gets sued for hiring another

For the second time this month, Zillow has poached a leading executive from rival Move Inc. Zillow announced today that… Read More

Is this Realtor’s Web site a direct rip off of Redfin?

Take a look at the Web site of Asset Realty Group, and you might start to see some striking similarities… Read More

Redfin improperly classifies field agents as contractors in California, suit says

Redfin is facing a class action suit in California for classifying field agents as independent contractors. The suit — filed… Read More

T-Mobile wins injunction against AT&T unit over magenta trademark

A federal judge has ruled in favor of T-Mobile, ordering a preliminary injunction against AT&T’s Aio Wireless that bars the subsidiary… Read More

‘Paper’ maker FiftyThree calls on Facebook to ‘stop using our brand name’

FiftyThree, the maker of the acclaimed sketchbook app Paper, is publicly calling on Facebook to reconsider use of the name… Read More

Courtney Love wins landmark Twitter defamation case

In a landmark case for social media, a Los Angeles jury has found that singer Courtney Love did not defame… Read More

Early stakeholders in Scout Analytics claim venture capitalists engaged in ‘self dealing, corporate waste’ prior to $32M acquisition

Not everyone is happy about today’s $32 million acquisition of Scout Analytics by ServiceSource. A group of series A preferred stockholders… Read More

legal issues

Former Amazon employee: Disputed non-compete deal ‘excessive’ and ‘overbroad’

Prominent Portland tech CEO Scott Kveton accused of sexual assault

Amazon sues former employee for taking Google cloud job, in new test of non-compete deals

Law firm sues Lively over unpaid bills, but CEO says company isn’t dead yet

Supreme Court shoots down Aereo streaming service

Washington state AG to force Ohio Internet company Change-My-Address.com to refund customers

Court denies Move’s motion to block new Zillow employee

Zillow vs. Move: Dueling declarations show bitter feud over key real estate exec

Meet Zillow’s new $5 million man: A guy so valuable that Move Inc. is suing over him

Redfin’s first CTO explains lawsuit against the company, says he just wants to be treated fairly

Patent office: Most Zillow claims around Zestimate valuation tool are ‘unpatentable’

Redfin co-founder and ex-CTO sue company, allege scheme to cancel shares as IPO nears

The Move exec who got sued after joining Zillow talks about why he made the leap

Microsoft defends its Hotmail snooping in Windows leak investigation

Zillow poaches one Move exec, gets sued for hiring another

Is this Realtor’s Web site a direct rip off of Redfin?

Redfin improperly classifies field agents as contractors in California, suit says

T-Mobile wins injunction against AT&T unit over magenta trademark

‘Paper’ maker FiftyThree calls on Facebook to ‘stop using our brand name’

Early stakeholders in Scout Analytics claim venture capitalists engaged in ‘self dealing, corporate waste’ prior to $32M acquisition

Nintendo battles patent troll and wins … a patent portfolio

Ex-Microsoft manager charged with insider trading on Barnes & Noble deal and Microsoft earnings reports

GoldieBlox sues Beastie Boys surrounding parody ad related to hit song ‘Girls’

‘Rockstar’ vs. Google: Group backed by Microsoft and Apple sues over Nortel patents

Report: Seattle-area software engineer in Silk Road case was a federal informant

Amazon wins key ruling in fight with IBM over $600M CIA cloud computing deal

Report: Nathan Myhrvold’s Intellectual Ventures curtails patent buys, looks to raise $3B

Contour’s court-appointed receiver sets auction, says brand may still survive

Lead juror in Microsoft vs. Motorola was genetics pioneer Mary-Claire King