According to a new infringement lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court (read it below), the Google Wallet app violates a Canadian resident's U.S. patent. Plaintiff Peter Sprogis holds U.S. Patent No. 7,298,271 for a "Method and apparatus for providing awards using transponders." The '271 patent abstract describes a customer loyalty program using…
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Facebook, online advertising agency adSage, and a web-based wholesaler of Chinese goods are named as defendants in a new class-action trademark lawsuit accusing them of enabling the placement of, or placing ads for, counterfeit NFL apparel on the social network. (read it below) Inkies Sports, Inc. d/b/a Krystal's NFL Shoppe, a New…
Apple was hit with a patent infringement lawsuit (read it below) over Siri, the Cupertino, California company's computer voice search-and-speak technology inside newer iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch devices. The twist in this case, however, is that patent holder Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute isn't the one suing. Instead, the plaintiff is…
A consumer Apple iPhone class-action antitrust lawsuit (read it below) accuses the Cupertino, California, company of conspiring to monopolize early iPhone purchasers' voice and data plans by locking them into exclusivity contracts with AT&T Mobility, in violation of federal antitrust law. The proposed class of plaintiffs includes consumers who bought…
Burns v. Astrue, Utah Supreme Court (10/12/12) Family Law, Public Benefits, Trusts & Estates Here the Supreme Court answered a question of Utah law certified to it by the U.S. district court. The question was, "Is a signed agreement to donate preserved sperm to the donor's wife in the event…
Yesterday Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg scored a huge win against Paul Ceglia, the plaintiff claiming 50% ownership of the social media company, but whose allegations the defendants have consistently maintained are based upon a fraudulent work for hire document. In a 24-page decision and order (D&O) issued Wednesday (read it…
A heads up to all our Free Law Friends that next week is the 6th annual Open Access Week (October 22 – 28). Appropriately, it will be celebrated “everywhere”. Check out the Open Access site to see a full list of 2012 events. In our own backyard there will be…
Evolutionary Intelligence, LLC sued Apple, social media companies Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Yelp, Groupon, and Living Social, telecom Sprint Nextel, and mobile advertising network Millennial Media in federal court yesterday, claiming infringement of 2 patents. Curiously, the names of the patents are virtually identical, although the abstract and specifics are different.…
Why would a defendant litigate over four and a half years, finish conducting discovery, tell a court that it’s ready for trial, and then – only then – ask a plaintiff to admit that he posted photographs on Facebook and other social media sites? That is the question answered in…
The European Union (EU) is expected to announce legal action against Google for allegedly violating EU law by failing to give users a choice to opt out its new privacy policy, according to The Guardian. The French data commissioner, known as the 'CNIL' or Article 29 Working Party that has…