Paul Allen, cofounder of Microsoft, on of Fortune’s top 50 riches people, and lymphoma survivor, is taking some of Microsoft’s biggest competitors to court over alleged patent violations. According to E-Week, “Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has filed patent-infringement suits against Apple, Google and nine other companies. The patents apparently cover technologies related to e-commerce and [...]
Microsoft Co-Founder Sues Search Engines, Social Networks
August 28th, 2010Oracle Sues Google Over Android Technology
August 15th, 2010According to a press release from Oracle, Google has infringed Sun/Java patent rights. The complaint, released through Marketwire via Comtex, stated: “Oracle today filed a complaint for patent and copyright infringement against Google, Inc. “In developing Android, Google knowingly, directly and repeatedly infringed Oracle’s Java-related intellectual property. This lawsuit seeks appropriate remedies for their infringement,” [...]
Google Losing in Ageist Lawsuit?
August 8th, 2010According to the Wall Street Journal, a case Google has been trying to get thrown out of court regarding the firing of an employee is back on the docket. The California Supreme Court upheld an appellate court ruling that the facts of Reid vs. Google justified a trial on the merits. According to WSJ: “Mr. [...]
Google Execs Facing Jail Time in Italy?
December 20th, 2009The BBC ran a story back in October regarding Google and Italian privacy laws: [A] video, posted on Google Video in 2006 shortly before the firm acquired YouTube, showed a teenager with Down’s Syndrome being bullied by four students in front of more than a dozen others. Prosecutors argue that Google did not have adequate [...]
Meta -Tags Mattered – Way Back When.
September 9th, 2008Finally, precedent – even if it’s moot. A judge ruled last week that using competitors’ words in meta-tags was a no-no. As if it mattered anymore – but hey, it’s the principle of the thing. And Venture Tape Corp just made a cool half a mil on the principle of the thing. Google doesn’t [...]













