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YouTube/Viacom: The Issue is with the Judge

I have trouble agreeing with Mchael Arrington over at TechCrunch which is unusual for me. In a recent post he argues that Google is entrusted with user data and needs to protect it. While this makes perfect sense, isn't the...

Posted on July 12, 2008 8:46 PM

Allied Security Trust -- Let The Patent Wars Begin

You may remember a while back I wrote about Vocaltec selling some of its patents to what appears to be a firm that will become a patent troll. This scenario is becoming more and more common... Companies are now launching...

Posted on June 30, 2008 6:13 AM

T-Mobile Lawsuit Repercussions

Rob Adler has an interesting take on the T-Mobile/Starbucks WiFi lawsuit at his Vantage blog. His point? That the PR hit of winning a lawsuit which takes away WiFi from millions of users will be extreme. I can't help but...

Posted on June 10, 2008 6:32 AM

Amazon Fights for First Amendment

The scary part about so much information about people being in a single place is that the government knows where to look. This is a good thing when they are investigating a suspect but when they start to investigate the...

Posted on June 7, 2008 9:54 PM

T-Mobile Suing Starbucks

T-Mobile is already not thrilled AT&T will replace them as the service provider of choice in Starbucks stores, now the GSM-based service provider who was early to embrace WiFi is losing revenue due to the new AT&T/Starbucks promotion of free...

Posted on June 7, 2008 1:38 PM

Vocaltec Sells Patents to Karo Millennium

In a way, I must thank VocalTec because it was companies like them that helped me realize how IP would revolutionize communications and further help me decide to launch a magazine dedicated to the market in 1997. VocalTec was one...

Posted on May 29, 2008 8:42 PM

The Liability of Social Networking

About a decade ago an attorney friend of mine told me that you should always delete emails that are one year old. He went on to explain from a lawsuit/discovery process, these e-mails could come back to haunt you. And...

Posted on May 3, 2008 3:57 PM

TiVo On the Offensive

It seems TiVo is on a roll as Dish Network has failed to to convince an appeals court to overturn a previous patent win. Dish Network could end up paying from about $100 to $200 million as a result...

Posted on April 13, 2008 10:34 AM

Will Backing up Music Soon Be Illegal?

Some of you may remember that MP3.com was a dot-com era company allowing people to upload CDs they owned and then stream this music to various devices. It was a service ahead of its time and in fact Webot...

Posted on March 16, 2008 3:16 PM

Airbone Settles Lawsuit

I must say that as an Airborne user, I really feel the product has helped me get better and avoid and/or shorten the duration of colds. Others disagree and have sued Airborne and the class-action lawsuit just settled for $23.3...

Posted on March 7, 2008 3:58 PM

Judge Gives Google a Viacom Copyright Lawsuit Extension

Apparently sometimes even Google needs more time to search through documents. In fact, a judge has granted the search leader two more months to scan through 4.5 billion documents pertaining to a lawsuit with Viacom regarding copyright infringement relating to...

Posted on February 24, 2008 9:53 AM

GooSue: Sueing Google Over Rankings

What's the latest trend in using the Internet? Why Suing Google of course. Don't like what someone says about you? Well... Whether you are a person or a city, the answer is the same; Sue Google and look to have...

Posted on February 12, 2008 2:13 PM

Why Verizon Sued Vonage

I receive many questions about patents and why one company sues another. Patent portfolios are like nuclear weapons – if you have them, you are less likely to end up in a war. I was reminded of this idea...

Posted on November 23, 2007 10:06 AM

Google Database Patent Lawsuit

Apparently today is “Write about Google” day as I thought it worth sharing that the company is facing a patent infringement lawsuit due to the database technology the company employs. Who is suing you wonder? Northeastern University and a start-up...

Posted on November 10, 2007 7:50 PM

Vonage in Settlement Talks with AT&T

Here are the details on what is happening with Vonage and AT&T settlement talks. The New Jersey based internet telephony company may be able to put this whole messy situation behind them for a cool $39 million. It would seem...

Posted on November 8, 2007 9:39 AM

Verizon Wireless Settles on Deceptive Marketing

I have extremely favorable ratings regarding Verizon Wireless BroadbandAccess. The speed of the system has been great over the many years I have used it. Lately, whenever I am on the service, I feel uncomfortable. Why? Because I know the...

Posted on October 24, 2007 6:41 AM

Ooma Dialog

I wrote a blog entry titled Ooma Hysteria a few months back. A point I made in the entry is that ooma calls can potentially be tapped by users. Others commenting in the blog agreed. The company’s Chief Technologist Jeff...

Posted on October 20, 2007 4:58 PM

SCO Bankrupt

In the 1980s I was MIS Director here at TMCnet. In case you aren’t aware I introduced desktop publishing to TMC around 1986 or so and we were one of the first publishing companies to standardize on PCs instead of...

Posted on September 17, 2007 2:38 PM

Polaris IP

Polaris IP is a company you probably never heard of but they have a patent on an e-mail routing system and are using it to sue the Internet’s largest companies. In particular, Google, Yahoo!, Amazon, A9, Borders, AOL and IAC/Interactive...

Posted on August 29, 2007 9:22 AM

Unlock iPhone get Sued

There has been tremendous coverage of the New Jersey teen who unlocked the iPhone. Now it seems it is possible that unlocking the iPhone and sharing the secret online can make you a target of a lawsuit. Here is the...

Posted on August 28, 2007 9:55 AM

Cell Phone Contract Cancellation

Are you looking to sue your wireless carrier? If you are you should know a full six paragraphs are dedicated to dispute resolution over at Verizon Wireless and ten “fat” paragraphs are dedicated to this topic in an AT&T Wireless...

Posted on August 21, 2007 1:58 PM

Apple vs. SP Technologies

Can you imagine a world where iPhones didn’t have access to touch screen technology? Well a company called SP Technologies has a patent on what seems to be the keyboard mechanism on the Apple iPhone. Will this mean Apple is...

Posted on August 7, 2007 3:29 PM

ShoreTel/Mitel Patent Lawsuit

Here is the latest on the ShoreTel/Mitel patent lawsuits from TMCnet’s Spencer Chin. I haven’t had a chance to examine the respective companies’ patent portfolios but one would imagine Mitel has a larger number just because they have been around...

Posted on July 31, 2007 6:01 PM

ShoreTel IPO

ShoreTel hit it big with an IPO which jumped 27.5% on it’s opening day. The IPO was derailed last week as a result of a lawsuit filed by Mitel. The company closed the day at $12.15, after the company priced...

Posted on July 5, 2007 9:01 PM

Is Vonage the New Google

Now hear me out. I realize the title of my article is baffling and your brain is already calculating all the different ways you will flame this piece with negative comments.   You may be thinking of all the differences...

Posted on April 12, 2007 4:36 PM