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The Facebook Lawsuit: A Look at the Documents

Jennifer Valentino-DeVries, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 12, 2011 at 10:25 am PT

So, remember last year when that guy came out of nowhere and sued Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, claiming he owned 84 percent of the social-networking company? Well, he’s back. And he has emails.

Apple Stacks Sandbags Against Cover Flow Damages

John Paczkowski in News on October 4, 2010 at 9:45 am PT

Cover Flow, the animated GUI Apple uses to display content in iTunes and Time Machine, is causing the company some legal and financial woes. Last week a U.S. District Court in East Texas ordered Apple to pay as much as $625.5 million in damages to Mirror Worlds, which sued it alleging Cover Flow violated a series of patents.

DOJ, Tech Companies Settle Hiring Probe

John Paczkowski in News on September 24, 2010 at 1:51 pm PT

The U.S. Department of Justice has reached an agreement with six major Silicon Valley companies over their employee recruiting practices. The companies named in the settlement: Google, Apple, Intel, Adobe, Intuit and Pixar.

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"Cookies" Cause Bitter Backlash

Jennifer Valentino-DeVries and Emily Steel, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on September 20, 2010 at 8:00 am PT

Tools that track users’ whereabouts on the Web are facing increased regulatory and public scrutiny and prompting a flurry of legal challenges. Since July, at least six suits have been filed in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against websites and companies that create advertising technology, accusing them of installing online-tracking tools that are so surreptitious that they essentially hack into users’ machines without their knowledge.

Dell Nears Accounting Probe Settlement

John Paczkowski in News on July 16, 2010 at 6:30 am PT

After suffering through a five-year accounting probe, Dell is finally nearing a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The company said this morning that it had proposed a settlement that would resolve allegations that it manipulated accounts in order to meet business performance targets.

Apple Expands HTC Lawsuit

John Paczkowski in Mobile on June 23, 2010 at 7:30 am PT

In early March, Apple filed a suit against HTC alleging infringement of 20 patents related to the iPhone’s graphical user interface, underlying architecture and hardware. Now, it appears the company has circled back to sue HTC again.

Salesforce.com Honored With Rare Microsoft Patent-Infringement Suit

John Paczkowski in News on May 19, 2010 at 3:07 am PT

In a January Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Salesforce.com listed among its risk factors “a communication from a large technology company alleging that we were infringing upon some of their patents.” The company didn’t identify the source of that communication or the extent of its allegations, only that the two were in discussions and no litigation had yet been filed. Well, on Tuesday litigation was filed–by Microsoft.

Big Music Wins One: LimeWire Loses Court Fight

Peter Kafka in Media on May 12, 2010 at 1:17 pm PT

A big victory for Big Music: A federal court has ruled in favor of the music labels in their fight against LimeWire, one of the most prominent file-sharing services on the Web.

Apple Sues HTC [Complete Court Filings]

John Paczkowski in Mobile on March 2, 2010 at 8:15 am PT

Earlier this morning, Apple revealed that it has filed suit against smartphone manufacturer HTC, accusing the company of infringing on 20 Apple patents tied to the iPhone. Named as exhibits in the litigation: A handful of Android and Windows Mobile devices. After the jump, copies of the suit, which was filed with the office of the United States International Trade Commission and the U.S. District Court in Delaware.