SimCity pioneer Will Wright settles game startup Hive Mind lawsuit

Will Wright will be free to work on game ideas again.

Now Google is the patent bad boy? FTC staff want to sue Android maker

International Trade Commission staff are recommending the agency file a lawsuit against Google because of its efforts to block U.S. imports of iPhones and Windows Phones.

Apple wins preliminary International Trade Commission ruling against Samsung

One day after Apple's massive new product introduction event, the company has won a preliminary ruling against Samsung at the International Trade Commission.

In midst of employee theft lawsuit, Kixeye CEO takes a blast at Zynga

Kixeye chief exec Will Harbin says, "Zynga is burning to the ground and bleeding top talent, and instead of trying to fix the problems -- better work environment and better products -- they are resorting to the only profit center that has ever really worked for them: their legal department."

Facebook owes 125 million people 2 cents each in proposed settlement

Did Facebook use your face to help sell 55-gallon barrels of personal lubricant? If so, you too may be eligible for a whopping two pennies in compensation, ramping to $10 if you apply.

Google/Motorola unilaterally drop ITC patent infringement case against Apple

Four-star U.S. general Oliver P. Smith is credited with the statement: "We're not retreating, we're just advancing in a different direction." He must have worked for Google in a different universe.

Galaxies still colliding as Samsung adds iPhone 5 to infringement suit, gets Tab ban lifted

They said they were going to do it. Now they've done it.

Samsung: LG stole our technology (and maybe even shared it with others)

Samsung owns 99 percent of the world's OLED market. This is one reason why, the company claims, Korean rival LG has been hiring its engineers and stealing its intellectual property.

Why Samsung paying Apple a billion in patent tolls is awesome for the mobile industry (and you)

Samsung's billion-dollar fine, which could go as high as $3 billion, is a great, excellent, and wonderful thing for the entire smartphone industry. And it's an awesome thing for you and me, smartphone users.

Yeah, really (although I agree, it probably sucks for Samsung).

Samsung willfully infringed Apple patents, jury finds; awards $1B in damages (updated)

Updated 6:16pm PT with new damages awarded to Apple.

After just 21 hours of deliberation, the jury has reached a verdict in the Apple-Samsung patent trial, a landmark case that is set to change the way we look at competition …

Judge tells Apple and Samsung CEOs to hug it out before jury vote

The latest from the big Apple vs. Samsung intellectual property legal fight is that the case isn't ready to be judge by a group of peers.

Judge to Google, Oracle: tell me which bloggers you’ve paid

Oracle v. Google re: Java found a way to get interesting again. A couple of months after Oracle's billion-dollar fishing expedition went bust when Google's Android was found not to infringe on Java patents, the judge has asked both parties which bloggers they paid.

Apple v. Samsung: Apple asks judge for immediate judgement in its favor

The Samsung-Apple legal battle just took yet another left turn into soap opera status. One day after Samsung took the dangerous step of taking the case to the media, Apple has asked the judge to issue a summary judgement in …

First Zynga insider trading lawsuit filed

Soon after Zynga’s crash-and-burn quarter reduced its stock to the $3 level, five legal firms have announced investigations into allegations of insider trading.

The problem?

As we reported before, Zynga executives and investors, including CEO Marc Pincus, sold over $500 …

Apple and Samsung: best of frenemies

We haven’t seen a love-hate relationship like this since the Honeymooners.

Apple and Samsung are fighting tooth and nail in the market, together winning half of the global marketshare and 90 percent of the profit for smartphones.

And they’re mauling …

Apple-Samsung jury selection begins today

Never has the question “Do you use an iPhone?” been so important.

In a Silicon Valley court today, Apple and Samsung are facing off in one of the most significant trials of the extensive iOS-Android legal battles. Apple is seeking …

SeeYouInCourtVille: law firms investigating Zynga for possible insider trading

Three months before releasing a quarterly earnings report that slaughtered an already-decimated stock, Zynga executives and investors unloaded some of their stock, raking in more than $500 million dollars. Now, multiple law firms are investigating whether the company or its …

Kodak loses patent case against Apple, again, then appeals, again

Kodak moments are in short supply right now.

The former photography giant has almost struck out with its bid to prove that Apple infringes on image-preview technologies that the bankrupt century-old company says it invented.

Strike one: January 2011, the

Settlement filed in EA Madden NFL Football price-fixing lawsuit

Under the terms of the proposed settlement, EA will have to pay $27 million to consumers who bought its Madden NFL, NCAA Football, and AFL games.

Steve Jobs is too popular to be shown in Samsung-Apple trial

Steve Jobs is still so popular, eight months after his death, that to mention him too frequently would bias jurors in a Samsung-Apple lawsuit.

At least, that’s what Samsung thinks.

According to Reuters, a Samsung attorney told a San Jose …