Judge Richard Posner threw out a heated case between Apple and Google-owned Motorola Mobility yesterday, ending an infringement squabble between two companies in deep competition.
“Neither party is entitled to an injunction,” said Judge Posner in his Opinion and Order. …
Five disgruntled Facebook users have forced the social network to change how it manages its popular Sponsored Stories ad units.
The users, two of whom are minors, sought class-action status in a lawsuit against Facebook for using their names and …
Yahoo, which is suing social network Facebook over patents, requested more time from the courts before being forced to reply to Facebook’s claims in the lawsuit. The reason? The two companies are attempting to settle.
“The parties are currently engaged …
Comcast is helping the little guy avoid getting screwed. For once.
The massive media conglomerate is refusing to comply with court-ordered requests to deliver the names and contact information of its customers to porn studios. The studios claim that Comcast’s …
Apple has agreed to pay $2.25 million to settle a legal complaint accusing the company of misleading Australian consumers about whether the new iPad included “4G” data abilities, according to The Australian.
In late March, we heard the Australia’s Competition …
Social networking giant Facebook will face another lawsuit from investors contending that the company and banks misled them during the IPO, according to a CNET report.
Facebook had its IPO in mid-May and by all accounts, it was a botched …
In the convoluted case of the botched Facebook IPO, the story goes that the social network’s underwriters, with guidance from a Facebook executive, reduced their 2012 earnings estimates, shared that material information with a few, preferred investors, and let institutional …
Facebook shareholders have filed a class action lawsuit against the social network, as well as underwriting banks including Morgan Stanley, over its first-day trading slide, the law firm Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd announced this morning.
The suit alleges that …
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Leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers got hit with a sexual harassment and gender discrimination suit earlier this month, rocking a firm that has been known for bringing women into the venture capital industry.
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Facebook has settled a lawsuit concerned “Sponsored Stories” that could have cost the company billions if the plaintiffs had won, according to a Reuters report.
In light of Facebook’s team taking the company public last Friday, it will have to …
Just hours before Facebook opened on the public market today, a group of Facebook users sued the company in a $15 billion class-action lawsuit over privacy, according to Bloomberg.
Facebook has attracted scrutiny for quite some time when it comes …
After proving it can still innovate in the smartphone arena with the Lumia 900, Nokia is now getting aggressive about defending its patents. The company announced this morning that it has filed patent suits against HTC, Research in Motion, and …
Of all the overly oppressive music industry groups in the world, German royalty collections body GEMA definitely ranks near the top — especially after a recent court case the group won against Google’s YouTube.
GEMA, which represents over 60,000 German …
Sixteen states have piled lawsuits on top of Apple, Macmillan, Penguin, and Simon and Schuster, four companies which were served with an antitrust lawsuit this morning by the Department of Justice.
The suit is led by Texas and Connecticut, which, …
Executives at daily deals company Groupon are responsible for egregious corporate wrongdoing, a new suit alleges.
In a derivative complaint filed last Wednesday in Illinois, Groupon shareholder Theresa Monturano is suing the executives and board members for breach of fiduciary …
Yahoo’s popular photo-sharing community Flickr has been called out as one of the primary properties infringing on Facebook patents in the social network’s counterclaim, which it filed Tuesday.
Facebook responded to a March patent suit brought against it by …
UPDATE: Groupon’s share price is now down more than 15 percent for the day.
Groupon’s stock has been falling since it revealed on Friday that it was revising its first quarter earnings to reflect a larger than expected loss. With …
DVR service and set-top box company TiVo has filed a lawsuit today against Motorola Mobility and Time Warner Cable, according to SEC documents.
In the suit, TiVo claims that the two companies are infringing on three of its patents, including …
Facebook‘s counsel asked courts to dismiss a case against founder Mark Zuckerberg today, involving plaintiff Paul Ceglia, who claims he rightfully owns 50 percent of the multibillion-dollar company.
“Today’s motion proves what Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg have emphatically stated all …
Apple was denied permission to compel Google to deliver files about its Android operating system or acquisition of mobile hardware maker Motorola Mobility today after a judge decided Apple was being to broad in its request.
“The motion is vague …
