Articles Tagged with groupon

Facebook, Apple, Twitter, Six Other Tech Cos. Sued for Patent Infringement October 18, 2012 Updated: October 18, 2012 by Joel Zand

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.…

Guilty Plea in $13M Facebook, Groupon Securities and Wire Fraud Case October 2, 2012 Updated: October 2, 2012 by Joel Zand

A former Chairman of the the Advisory Board of a professional mutual fund pleaded guilty today in federal court to a series of charges in a $13 million conspiracy to defraud in investors by falsely claiming that Praetorian Global Fund Ltd. privately owned pre-IPO Facebook and Groupon stock before each…