Microsoft dismantles Kelihos botnet Microsoft’s ongoing battle against nasty botnets has continued, with the company announcing today that it has dismantled the Kelihos botnet… Read More
Lawmakers demonstrate that they understand smartphones, even if judges don’t The law is starting to catch up to an undeniable reality of modern technology — recognizing that smartphones are not… Read More
Ex-Microsoft worker going to jail for 33 months for fraud Robert Curry, a 41-year-old former Microsoft manager, has been sentenced to 33 months in prison and ordered to pay $459,341… Read More
Verizon CEO: The merger of AT&T and T-Mobile ‘had to occur’ A number of big technology companies, including Microsoft, Facebook and Oracle, have come out in support of AT&T’s $39 billion… Read More
Redfin, Glympse, Trulia and others sued over traffic patent A mysterious company by the name of Traffic Information LLC has sued Seattle area startups Redfin and Glympse — as… Read More
Washington AG joins opposition to AT&T’s T-Mobile acquisition (Updated below with T-Mobile statement) Washington state Attorney General Rob McKenna today joined the opposition to AT&T’s $39 billion acquisition… Read More
Does the patent reform bill really eliminate red tape? In his speech before Congress Thursday night, President Obama said, “Today you [the Congress] passed reform that will speed up… Read More
Ex-Microsoft employee sentenced to two years in prison for embezzlement Randal Ray Seal, a 54-year-old former analyst in Microsoft’s accounts payable department, has been sentenced to two years in prison… Read More
What Microsoft is saying about Windows Phone location data — and what it’s not saying Microsoft today said it’s investigating allegations that Windows Phone 7’s camera collects data about the locations of users against their… Read More
Google’s Schmidt: Patent issues ‘terrible,’ but Motorola deal about more than that Eric Schmidt, Google’s executive chairman, gave his take on the company’s Motorola acquisition — and the state of the U.S.… Read More
Morning Radar: Paul Graham’s patent pledge; Super Mario in Seattle; etc. Y Combinator’s Paul Graham asks companies to take the patent pledge. The concept? Big companies shouldn’t use patents to bully… Read More
Microsoft accused of secretly collecting geolocation data on Windows Phone 7 Apple found itself in a bit of hot water back in April when researchers discovered that iPhones and 3G-enabled iPads… Read More
How Carly screwed up AT&T’s $39B T-Mobile acquisition OK, so Carly herself isn’t specifically to blame. But the U.S. Department of Justice today cited last year’s T-Mobile USA… Read More
Blindsided by DOJ suit, AT&T says it will fight for T-Mobile Updated below with statements from DOJ and Sprint. AT&T just issued a statement saying it’s “surprised and disappointed” by the… Read More
Hells Angels get into a legal scrap with Amazon.com (over a T-shirt) This is a far cry from Altamont Speedway. The Hells Angels, the notorious motorcycle club, have filed a lawsuit against… Read More
Google paying $500M to resolve drug advertising probe Google has agreed to forfeit $500 million, one of the largest penalties of its kind, for letting Canadian pharmacies market… Read More
Google’s $12.5 billion price tag for Motorola just isn’t good enough, says shareholder Anytime you have this much cash flinging around, lawsuits tend to emerge. So, it’s not a surprise that just a… Read More
Morning Radar: HasOffers to double staff; Mega Startup Weekend; Swype; and more HasOffers, the affiliate marketing company started by twin brothers Lucas and Lee Brown, is looking to hire 30 more staffers… Read More
F5 names Skype CFO to board, buys IP assets of Crescendo Networks F5 Networks has appointed Skype Chief Financial Officer Jonathan Chadwick to its board of directors and announced the purchase of… Read More
WSJ: Feds also probing Android in Google antitrust inquiry When the Federal Trade Commission launched its antitrust inquiry into Google in late June, it notified the company that the… Read More
Google: Microsoft, Apple trying to strangle Android with ‘bogus’ patents [Follow-up: Microsoft says Google declined an invitation to bid together on Novell patents.] Google is fighting back publicly against what… Read More
Tech Law: A new era for startup financing documents Startup investors Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson have an interesting take on the standardization of legal documents used in angel… Read More
Patent verdict vs. Microsoft shrinks from $500M to $70M It turned out to be another big week for patent news. A federal jury in San Diego today found that… Read More
As patent debate rages, Google gobbles up IBM inventions GeekWire readers have been engaged in an intense debate over the past week about the role of software patents —… Read More
Starbucks files suit to defend its use of the acronym SDN Starbucks has found itself in a legal squabble with a South Dakota Internet Service Provider over the use of three… Read More
Intellectual Ventures sues HP, Dell and others over patents Dell, HP, Wal-Mart, Best Buy and others have been sued by Intellectual Ventures, the Bellevue-based company run by former Microsoft… Read More
Technology Law: The Dropbox Doth Protest Too Much Dropbox updated its terms of service last week and a firestorm of controversy ensued. Many thought Dropbox was setting itself up… Read More
Amazon wins first round vs. Apple in ‘app store’ fight Amazon.com’s “Appstore” for Android can keep its name, at least for now, after a federal judge denied Apple’s request for… Read More
Microsoft announces another Android patent deal and signals claims vs. Chrome Microsoft today announced that another Android hardware maker, Wistron Corp., has agreed to pay royalties to Microsoft for its use… Read More
Microsoft, Apple, others beat Google with $4.5B bid for giant Nortel patent trove A consortium that includes Microsoft, Apple and Sony bid a whopping $4.5 billion in cash to win more than 6,000… Read More
