THQ auction results: Sega buys Relic, Ubi gets THQ Montreal, Koch lands Volition, and more

THQ auctioned off its properties and assets today as ordered by Delaware bankruptcy court.

Beleaguered Kodak strikes legal blow against Apple

Kodak, the formerly powerful but now bankrupt camera company, has tasted victory in its ongoing patent war with Apple.

Kodak has been scrambling to maintain its very existence lately, and part of that struggle includes a lawsuit it brought against …

Not a Kodak Moment: Apple being sued by Kodak over patents

Apple is being sued by Kodak, the camera company that recently filed for bankruptcy, for a number of patents, which Apple says Kodak doesn’t have the right to sell.

According to Reuters, the Cupertino-based company is standing in the way …

Lights out for LightSquared? Startup considers filing for bankruptcy

After months of devastating setbacks, wireless network startup LightSquared is considering filing for bankruptcy, according to founder and hedge fund manager Philip Falcone on Wednesday.

Falcone, who’s Harbinger Capital Partners is majority owner of the wireless startup, said bankruptcy could …

Bankrupt Kodak will stop producing cameras in 2012

Kodak, the beleaguered company that invented the handheld camera, is slashing its product lines in an attempt to survive a rapidly changing consumer electronics landscape.

The company began preparing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy at the very beginning of 2012; the …

Dish to close down more Blockbuster stores soon

Finding a Blockbuster near you will become even harder in the near future. Dish Network Corp, which purchased the video-rental retail chain last year, made a statement Thursday saying more of the retail stores would be closing down in the …

Sad picture time: Kodak prepping for Chapter 11

After 131 years of innovating the photography industry, Eastman Kodak is reportedly preparing for a Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Kodak has been on unsteady ground ever since digital photography began decimating the print photo business in the mid-2000s. The company …

Internet claims another victim: Borders closes remaining retail stores

Borders, the second-largest chain of book stores, announced that it will close its 399 remaining retail locations after failing to sell to another company, reports the Wall Street Journal.

The closed chain could cause sales of traditional paperback and hardcover …

Dish Network bids $1.38B for TerreStar Networks

TerreStar Networks on Wednesday revealed that Dish Network had placed an opening bid of $1.38 billion for the ailing telecommunications company’s assets through a bankruptcy auction, according to Reuters. TerreStar has operated under bankruptcy protection since Oct. 19.

Dish Networks …

4 tips for buying a bankrupt competitor

(Editor’s note: Scott Edward Walker is the founder and CEO of Walker Corporate Law Group, PLLC, a law firm specializing in the representation of entrepreneurs. He submitted this column to VentureBeat.)

A reader asks:  One of our competitors just …

Life sciences briefing: Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008

TODAY’S HEADLINES:

ViOptix pulls in $12M for tissue-oxygen sensors (release)
Tethys Bioscience raises funding, preps diabetes-prediction test (release)
Synergy Life Sciences closes $143M medical-device fund (release)
Venture-backed Go Fig. files for bankruptcy protection (VentureWire, sub req’d)
Whole-genome sequencer Knome strikes