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Groupon pays $8.5M in settlement over voucher expirations at Nordstrom, other retailers

Groupon has agreed to pay $8.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging that expiration dates and other restrictions on… Read More

Google pays $10M for TeraHop patents: Sale to help investors in fraud case recoup cash

Big technology companies are searching everywhere for patents, looking to protect themselves from future litigation. Now, Google has emerged as… Read More

Motorola rulings put Google and Microsoft on a collision course over Android

Microsoft has so far been waging its patent battle against Android indirectly, striking deals and going to court with makers… Read More

Seattle financial advisor indicted for funneling $46M into his startup ventures

Mark Spangler, a 57-year-old Seattle financial advisor who formerly served as head of the National Association of Personal Finance Advisors,… Read More

Bill Gates-owned Corbis faces $12.75M in damages in fraud case

Corbis, the digital image company owned by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, must pay $12.75 million in damages as part of… Read More

Washington AG settles with alleged Facebook ‘likejacker’

The Washington State Attorney General’s Office today announced a settlement in a case brought earlier this year against a company… Read More

Judge scolds Microsoft and Motorola for ‘hubris’ and arrogance in patent case

After listening to three hours of arguments from Microsoft and Motorola in a patent dispute today, a federal judge in… Read More

Microsoft vs. Motorola: Key hearing today in patent case

A court hearing set for today in Seattle will focus on a dispute between Microsoft and Motorola Mobility, potentially impacting… Read More

Microsoft in Android patent licensing deal with Pegatron

Microsoft just announced another patent licensing agreement with a maker of Android and Chrome devices, Pegatron Corp., making more headway… Read More

Reality Check: Twitter’s patent pledge not what it seems

On Twitter’s corporate blog yesterday, the company’s engineering infrastructure VP Adam Messinger wrote that Twitter intends to implement an “Innovator’s Patent Agreement,”… Read More

Pendrell stock falls 45% after court overturns $603 million verdict in Boeing case

Pendrell Corp., the Kirkland patent holding firm led by former executives of Clearwire, said it was disappointed after the Court… Read More

Daily deal site Tippr offers a full refund after duped by fake Bose headsets

In what CEO Martin Tobias described as the company’s first mass refund, Seattle daily deal site Tippr has apologized to… Read More

A tale of two acquisitions: A few thoughts on the $1 billion bets by Microsoft and Facebook

It’s not everyday that the tech industry sees two of its giants fork over $1 billion, especially for things that… Read More

Estately’s copyright notice knocks one of Canada’s largest real estate firms offline

Earlier this week, we told you the story about Estately sending a cease-and-desist letter to one of Canada’s largest real… Read More

Social purpose corporations: Good business can now do good

We all know that entrepreneurs and investors in startups hope to make money.  Conveniently, the traditional corporate form allows that. … Read More

Attorney rating service Avvo prevails in libel case, calls it a victory for ‘Web transparency’ and First Amendment

Calling it a victory for Web transparency and the First Amendment, Seattle-based Avvo today said that a judge has dismissed… Read More

T-Mobile sued by Israeli firm over near field technology

Wireless carrier T-Mobile USA is facing a lawsuit over its near field communication (NFC) technology. Israel’s On Track Innovations (OTI),… Read More

The JOBS Act means different things to different people in the startup community

The Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act cleared its final legislative hurdle today. It is now on its way to… Read More

Yahoo vs. Facebook: This just got very awkward for Microsoft

Yahoo grabbed the attention of the tech industry today, but not with a new product announcement. The company filed a… Read More

DOJ takes aim at Apple and publishers over e-book pricing

Perhaps this is a sign of just how badly Apple wants to compete with Amazon.com in the electronic book business.… Read More

College bookstores settle dispute over how textbooks are touted on Amazon

The National Association of College Stores — a trade association that represents more than 3,100 college bookstores — was none… Read More

Nathan Myhrvold’s Intellectual Ventures slaps AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint with patent lawsuit

Intellectual Ventures, the patent holding firm operated by former Microsoft chief technology officer Nathan Myhrvold, has filed a lawsuit against… Read More

Judge: Microsoft’s Android tactics were ‘hard bargaining,’ not patent misuse

We learned a couple weeks ago that Barnes & Noble lost a key preliminary decision to Microsoft in their patent dispute. A… Read More

DOJ clears Google’s Motorola acquisition and Nortel’s patent sale, with a warning

The U.S. Justice Department today cleared the way for what amount to two major patent-related transactions: Google’s acquisition Motorola for $12.5… Read More

Are you Kinning me? Microsoft beats trademark lawsuit over Kinect

Guest Commentary: Microsoft makes the Kinect motion controller for Xbox 360, and for a while tried out a mobile phone… Read More

Microsoft vs. Barnes & Noble: Here are the 3 patents they’ll be fighting over this week

Microsoft and Barnes & Noble will go to trial this week at the International Trade Commission in a closely watched… Read More

Microsoft wins round vs. Barnes & Noble in Android case

Dealing a blow to Barnes & Noble’s defense vs. Microsoft in a closely watched patent case, an International Trade Commission administrative… Read More

Facebook, Washington AG file suits over ‘likejacking’ scheme

Facebook and Washington state Attorney General Rob McKenna today filed lawsuits against Adscend Media, an ad network that allegedly is… Read More

Angry shopper sues Amazon over data theft at Zappos.com

Just three days after online shoe retailer Zappos.com suffered a serious data breach, a Texas woman has sued Amazon.com over… Read More

Microsoft says it opposes SOPA ‘as currently drafted’

Much of the tech world’s attention is focused on the Stop Online Piracy Act this week, with Wikipedia and others… Read More

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