Interview With Halfbot Over Their App Store IP Theft Of "The Blocks Cometh"
We wrote about a blatant theft of IP a few weeks back. It was about the company Halfbot and their game Blocks Cometh and how their original flash game was stolen and put on the iTunes App store. After...
View ArticleTroller's Gonna Troll: Motorola Sues TiVo Over Patent Infringement
Motorola is suing TiVo over their infringing DVR technology, a move that is an attempt to head TiVo off at the pass after it sued Verizon over the same patents. The patents, which detail DVR...
View ArticleApples To Apples: Apple Inc. Files For Apple Corps' Old Apple Logo Trademark
The legal dispute between Apple Corps and Apple Inc. for the rights to the Apple logo are far reaching. Since the first case back in 1978, Apple Inc. has slowly whittled away at Apple Corp’s initial...
View ArticleLawsuits Allege Netflix Violates Privacy Rights All Over The Place
Flickr’d Netflix, the Internet darling, has come under fire from various privacy advocates. The company has been the subject of five (!) separate lawsuits in the past two months, all of which center on...
View ArticleLimewire Settles For A Measly $105 Million
Limewire has agreed to pay $105 million to record labels, after a protracted court battle in which the record companies famously estimated Limewire’s damages could reach $75 trillion. So in a way, Mark...
View ArticleApple Extends List Of Copycat Devices In Samsung Patent Battle
Here’s something totally baffling: in what way does Samsung’s Sidekick 4G violate Apple design patents? Have you ever seen anything close to a Sidekick with an Apple on it? In any case, the plot has...
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AT&T Fires Back After Law Firm Tries To Block T-Mobile Deal Through Arbitration
AT&T’s legal team probably didn’t have too restful a weekend. On Friday afternoon, the legal firm accidentally posted a partially redacted letter to the FCC revealing the original cost of its...
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Michael Robertson Gets A Cease & Desist From Univision For DAR.fm, His “TiVo...
Michael Robertson is no stranger to legal threats from the music industry. The founder of MP3.com fought a landmark case against Universal Music Group in the 1990s over digital music copyrights, which...
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The Shareholder Pitchforks Are Out For Netflix
Whenever a broadly held stock like Netflix takes a huge hit, the shareholder lawsuits are not far behind. Back in September, Netflix shares took a 70 percent dive after the company raised subscription...
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Pirate Parties Organizing Lawsuit Against FBI Over Megaupload Takedown
The Megaupload troubles make for interesting discussion because there is much to be said on both sides. Whether the illegal aspects of the network “outweigh” the legal aspects is a question that will...
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Aereo Responds To Broadcasters’ Lawsuit: Your Position Does Not Have “Any Merit”
Barely two weeks ago, Erick was on hand at a news conference in which Barry Diller and company presented IAC’s latest media-tech investment — a startup called Aereo. Simply put, Aereo streams broadcast...
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Facebook Patents Developing: A Lawsuit From Mitel; More Patent Applications...
For those who may have thought that last week’s patent lawsuit filed by Yahoo against Facebook was a one-off, here are some developments that indicate that we may be seeing more of this to come:...
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Hasbro Goes After Blogger In IP Theft Case
You’d never think that the world of Nerf guns and dart shooters was so intense, but Hasbro apparently sued a blogger for leaking information about unreleased Nerf products he found on Chinese...
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Startups Vs. Startups: App Developer Gets Sued By Lightbank-Backed WhosHere
So here’s a story that hopefully will be an eye-opener for entrepreneurs and startups, while providing a painful peek into trademark harassment and the importance of due diligence. It goes a little...
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TheOatmeal Fights Back Against Troll Lawyer
TheOatmeal is a great web comic featuring funny birthday cards, wacky bear sex, and other merriment. It’s drawn by Matthew Inman and is great. Now, however, it’s the target of a decidedly odd – and...
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Cartoonist’s Lawyer Responds To FunnyJunk: The Oatmeal Will Not Cave
It’s on now. Matthew Inman at the The Oatmeal has hired a crackerjack lawyer, Venkat Balasubramani, who sent a long and detailed letter to FunnyJunk essentially saying that their mothers should, in the...
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The Oatmeal To Charles Carreon: “Come Back When You’ve Calmed Down”
The Oatmeal’s Matthew Inman wrote an open letter to the lawyer who has been harassing him for most of two weeks, Charles Carreon. Carreon just sued Inman as well as the National Wildlife Fund and the...
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3Taps Is Planning To File A Countersuit Against Craigslist Tomorrow, Citing...
The legal fight between mega-listings site Craigslist and third parties that have used its data in their own applications looks like it is taking on a new dimension this week. 3Taps, the company sued...
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3Taps Files Countersuit, Says Craigslist Is Anticompetitive. ‘We Just Want To...
Craigslist may have a peace sign as part of its logo, but the war over its data continues. As TechCrunch reported it would yesterday, 3Taps has today filed a countersuit against Craigslist in the U.S....
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Oatmeal Studios Responds To The Oatmeal Lawsuit: “We Are Simply Trying To...
After we asked for clarification this morning, Oatmeal Studios has released a brief statement regarding their lawsuit against The Oatmeal and a chain of card and gift shops, Recycled Greetings, that...
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