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Apple Smacks HTC to Strike Google

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March 3rd 2010
Author
Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – Apple whipped out its patent portfolio and said HTC was in violation of 20 of them suckers. A suit was filed not only with the U.S. District Court in Delaware, but also the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) — an interesting wrinkle as the ITC doesn’t reward damages [...] more...

Craigslist taking more spammers to court

Written on
October 13th 2009
Author
Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – Though we often fantasize about Craigslist going all Chuck Bronson in “Death Wish” and taking the law into its own hands, in reality we have to settle for the online directory company filing lawsuits against its mortal enemies — the spammers. Craigslist dropped off four suits in the clerk’s [...] more...

Will Oprah lawsuit straighten out online advertorial?

Written on
August 31st 2009
Author
DM Confidential

DM CONFIDENTIAL — There might never be a good way to learn about bad news, but some ways are definitely worse than others, e.g. when it involves you. That would certainly be the case with the biggest news to ripple through the performance marketing ecosystem this past week, news bigger [...] more...

Techcrunch’s Michael Arrington ‘loses’ lawsuit for the right reason

Written on
August 3rd 2009
Author
Edward Barrera

ADOTAS — Every time I finally think he is a complete blowhard, Michael Arrington does something that I can’t help but admire. He apparently got into a serious feud with an unsavory character, Sam Sethi, who was a former TechCrunch UK editor. Sethi lied about sponsorship revenue possibilities, wrote some unethical [...] more...

NebuAd rises from the ashes

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May 20th 2009
Author
Edward Barrera

ADOTAS — Hold off on the death notice for the scorned behavorial targeting company, which has been embroiled in lawsuits and faced federal scrutiny. Apparently, NebuAd is being rebranded in the UK as Insight Ready. According to No DPI, NebuAd’s phone number gets answered by Insight Ready and NebuAd were branding [...] more...

Yahoo, facing 25 patent lawsuits, starts off by losing one

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May 20th 2009
Author
Edward Barrera

ADOTAS — Patent lawsuits are burden large companies must bear, either because companies are trolling or companies just screwed up. While some are legitimate, you have to wonder if all are. And I guess that’s why companies like Yahoo revamped a strategy that chose settlement over court fights. But the new [...] more...

NebuAd, death imminent

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May 19th 2009
Author
Edward Barrera

ADOTAS — The behavorial targeting company that all other BT companies use as an example of what not do is closing shop. According to court documents, NebuAd, a deep packet inspection company, has been winding down its affairs since last summer. NebuAd laid off nearly all of its officers and employees, it [...] more...

Google hit with antitrust lawsuit, bigger problem looms

Written on
February 18th 2009
Author
Edward Barrera

ADOTAS – Google has another lawsuit to fight. TradeComet.com filed an antitrust suit against the search giant, accusing it of unfairly manipulating its advertising system to harm a potential competitor. The small web site operates a site called SourceTool.com, a vertical search engine for those seeking business products and services. The company [...] more...

RIM Sues Motorola for Blocking Job Offers

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December 26th 2008
Author
Reuters Group

Research In Motion Ltd is suing Motorola Inc, alleging that the mobile phone company improperly blocked the BlackBerry maker from hiring current and laid-off Motorola employees. The suit, filed in state court in Chicago on Tuesday, comes three months after Motorola alleged that RIM violated an agreement reached in February that [...] more...

Judge: Google Not Liable for Fraudulent Ads

Written on
December 23rd 2008
Author
Kathleen

ADOTAS – A lawsuit filed against Google for allegedly fraudulent ads has been dismissed by a San Jose District Judge. The ads in question were for pay-per-click ringtone ads created on the AdWords Platform. The judge ruled that the Communications Decency Act absolves the Internet titan from liability. The plaintiff is [...] more...



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