Last week, social gaming juggernaut Zynga filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against one of Europe’s leading social games companies, venture-backed Kobojo. The Paris, France-based social games studio last year released…
Troubled Finnish phone giant Nokia is increasingly troubled, unicorns be damned. The latest bad news for the phone maker: along with high-ranking executives Stephen Elop (CEO) and Timo Ihamuotila (CFO),…
For digital startups, intellectual property is king. A company’s IP can be just as important, and if not more, than the balance sheet and financial results. Given the significance, it’s…
Acacia Research Corporation, a renowned patent troll we’ve mentioned in the past, this morning announced that one of its subsidiaries has acquired patents covering digital imaging and related technologies that…
I think I can boil down the alphabet soup of Internet bills that have floated around Congress this year to one simple sentence. All it requires is taking the old…
April 9th, 2012 will go down in shopping history as the day the software gods emptied the coffers to preserve mobile market share with two very disparate strategies. While both…
Perk up: you aren’t a criminal. That’s a good thing, it means you get to keep your job, or find one if you are hunting. Yes, you digital rascal, you user…
Today, Obama is set to sign into law the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act. In this post I’m going to argue that the passing of the JOBS Act is…
So you’ve started a business, or “launched a startup”, congrats! But is your brand protected? Nothing represents your business more and sets the stage for all that follows than your…
According to a report today from AFP, crime suspects may be contacted by a court using their email, Facebook or Twitter accounts. The message would contain a short link leading…
The potential legal concerns for users of the popular sharing site Pinterest are getting a lot of attention, from the lawyer who publicly renounced her “pinning” to the suggestion that…
Earlier today, we broke the news about Facebook winning a 2008 lawsuit filed against Power Ventures, the owner of former social networking hub Power.com. Yesterday, a court ruled that Power…
Excellent news for social networks and Web service providers and their users this morning, as the European Court of Justice has ruled (PDF) that such businesses cannot be required to…
Internet entrepreneur, Reddit user, and League of Legends player are not usually words used to describe United States Congressmen, but Jared Polis has a knack for defying expectations. In addition to…
I’m not afraid to admit that I’ve found myself completely confused by the Stop Online Piracy Act, better known as SOPA. Politicians bank on Internet users being confused about the…
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